Are there any Mac OS X apps that convert Flash video (.flv) to h.264?

I’ve got some video from the web in Flash video format (.flv). I want to convert it to h.264.

I’ve got Perian installed. QuickTime seems to play the video fine, but when I use any of the options to export it, I get audio, and a blank white screen instead of the video footage.

Are there any Mac OS X apps that convert FLV to h.264? (Command-line or GUI.)

Paul D. Waite

Posted 2010-09-07T17:22:59.880

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possible duplicate of Free video converter software for Mac?

– Doug Harris – 2010-09-07T17:58:58.243

@Doug: definitely in the same ball park, but that question doesn’t mention Flash video, and mine doesn’t specify that the app has to be free. – Paul D. Waite – 2010-09-07T18:05:05.407

1I can't believe no one mentioned Evom on that thread, either. Dead-simple one-drop conversion to standard iPod format, and free. – ghoppe – 2010-09-07T18:44:29.193

Answers

Have you tried Evom?

ghoppe

Posted 2010-09-07T17:22:59.880

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I have not! But I shall. – Paul D. Waite – 2010-09-07T18:02:31.043

What a great app, worked perfectly. Well played. – Paul D. Waite – 2010-09-07T18:10:49.157

Care to elaborate on what's so awesome about Evom @ghoppe? – Ivo Flipse – 2010-09-09T11:33:02.663

1Evom is free, made by "little app factory" (a well known mac developer), and it works fantastic!! – bentford – 2011-07-09T06:01:14.583

You can do this with ffmpeg and no transcoding if the FLV contains an already H264 encoded video (quite common). Here's how I got it (assuming you have git and Xcode installed, e.g. that you can compile)

git clone git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git ffmpeg
cd ffmpeg
./configure --enable-shared --disable-mmx --arch=x86_64
make
make install
ffmpeg -i "file.flv" -vcodec copy -acodec copy file.mkv

Optionally, you can convert the file.mkv to MP4 in Subler

RipperDoc

Posted 2010-09-07T17:22:59.880

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VLC doesn't just play anything, it can also reencode things. If you need batch conversion with a GUI, you could do worse than AppGeeker (flv to mp4 h.264 mac). If you want batch conversion, and insanely precise control at the expense of an insanely obtuse command line interface, ffmpeg is the best thing ever.

Dells Mark

Posted 2010-09-07T17:22:59.880

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HandBrake would be a better option, and is much faster than Evom for me.

hcharge

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