A rather expensive video conversion utility for Mac OS X

Nov 6, 2008 19:21 GMT  ·  By

Macvide has updated its Flash-to-video conversion utility, FlashVideo Converter, to version 2.2. The new release improves video quality and movie size optimization. Also, version 2.2 adds a Background Color selection feature.

FlashVideo Converter lets Mac users running Tiger or higher convert any Adobe Flash file such as .swf, .flv to common video format files such as mp4 (iPod Video), MOV (QuickTime), 3GP (cellular and mobile), ASF/WMV and the usual MPEG files as well. FlashVideo Converter also allows user interaction on Flash content during conversion thanks to new functionality added in version 2.0.

Using an app like FlashVideo Converter you can convert your favorite flash movies to create your own video or DVD collection. For example, some of the demo videos offered by developers when releasing a new product are made in Flash; while you don't always have the time to go online, or worse, have no Internet connection, FlashVideo Converter lets you capture those guides in regular video formats that your Mac or portable device can play whenever you want.

Main features of the software include the ability to encode Flash to Video to .MOV format,; Flash to Video to *.MP4 iPod format or Flash to Video to *.3GP (*.3GPP, *.3G2) format. FlashVideo Converter supports mp4 iPod files for converting into *.SWF and *.FLV files. It also features support for Flash 6, Flash 7, Flash MX, Flash 8, Flash 9 compressed movie and can convert movie clips, ActionScript and ActionScript2. Movie width and height determination, customizable dimensions for exported video and auto determination of Movie length are also tasks that FlashVideo Converter can perform with ease.

You may download your own copy of FlashVideo Converter 2.0 using the link below. The unregistered version adds a logo to the output video. If you decide the application is worth the $99.95, just hit the “buy now” button when the program opens. FlashVideo Converter is a Universal app which requires Mac OS X no higher than version 10.4 (Tiger).

Download FlashVideo Converter 2.2 (Update / Demo / Buy)