Convert a Video Format with Any Video Converter

I use an inexpensive Flip Video Camcorder to record my videos. The default format is AVI, which results in a very large file size. While this is fine when inserting a video in an Impress presentation, it takes forever to upload to a website or a blog. To decrease the size of the a video file, I use a free, Windows-only tool called Any Video Converter (http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free) to convert the file to Flash Video Format (FLV), which is much smaller and supported by blogs and websites.


The process for converting a video file is very easy:

(1) When you launch Any Video Converter, the following screen will appear:


















(2) Left click on "Add Video."
















(3) Navigate to where you saved the file you wish to convert and left click on "Open."















Note that the AVI file for the short (23 second) video being used in this example is quite large: 45.1 megabytes.


(4) Note that file size of the same video will be only 1.48 megabytes after it has been converted into Flash Video Format (FLV).



















(5) The file you selected will now appear in the Any Video Converter screen.


















(6) The current format of the video file will be displayed in the "Profile:" at the top right of the Any Video Converter screen.

To chose the new format:

(a) Left click on the little down arrow next to the current format.

(b) Choose the new format from the drop down menu that appears.
















(7) My Flip Video Camcorder records audio as well. I like to remove this audio during the conversion process and add it separately later on.

To remove the audio from the converted video:

(a) Select "Disable Audio."

(b) Left click on the down arrow next to the status, which is to the right of "Disable Audio."

(c) Left click on "Yes."

















(8) The audio will now be removed from the FLV version of the video file.



















(9) Now, left click on "CONVERT" to begin the conversion process.



















This will create a second copy of the video file in the selected format. Your original version will not be changed.

(10) The progress of the conversion will be displayed under "Status."



















(11) Unless you specify otherwise, Any Video Converter will create a folder called "Any Video Converter" in your "Documents" folder, and store the converted video in a subfolder it creates specifically for files in that format. In this example, the converted video file will be stored in "Documents\Any Video Converter\FLV\[filename]."


















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