Importing FLVs into a video editing software???

[J C]

I run a site that only has FLVs. FLVs are much better quality at a lower size.

But is there a program (like Pinnacle Studio) that imports FLVs like it does MPGs and AVIs?

I want to go back and edit my videos, but I can't unless I want to reconvert them MPG or AVI. That will take way too long; I have tons of videos.

Does anyone know a program that works wil FLVs?

[Richard_G]

I can't think of any editor that will work with .flv files, in fact, there aren't that many players that will open them. If it is your site and they are your videos, you must have the originals before they were turned into .flv. Edit those and then convert. If you haven't, then your only option is going to be to convert to an editable format first.

[Ai Haibara]

Yeah, I'll second editing the originals before converting them to FLV. I'd guess there's a strong possibility the videos converted from FLV > MPEG/AVI would take another quality hit in encoding (if it hasn't already in converting from FLV to MPEG or AVI), then you'll have another hit when encoding back to FLV. If the quality of the videos is low enough, the effect may be fairly noticable.

One way of avoiding the first quality hit (in converting from FLV to AVI) is to use FLV Splitter, which will demux the FLV into:
Video stream: AVI (FLV/VP6 encoded*, no audio)
Audio stream: MP3
...and possibly a timecode file.

* To be able to view/edit/convert the AVI properly, you'll need the relevant codecs installed... such as VP6 or ffdshow.

However, I'd still recommend editing from the original source before converting to FLV. I know there is decent or even better-quality FLVs out there on the web, but it's still better to avoid as many quality hits as possible.

[Soopafresh]

for %a in ("*.flv") do ffmpeg -i %a -vcodec huffyuv -acodec pcm_s16le -y %~na.avi

[J C]

Don't have the originals. I deleted them to save space.

I know how to convert back to MPG or AVI, I just wanted to see if there was a video editing software somewhere that accepted them.

[Alex_ander]

Total Video Converter can convert .flv to lossless Huffyuv,
AviSynth opens .flv as DirectShowSource with Gabest flv splitter and FFDShow installed.

[Richard_G]

Don't have the originals. I deleted them to save space.

Biggest mistake of your life......

Don't EVER, EVER delete originals. If you need the space back them up to an external drive, as a data DVD, onto MiniDV tape, anything, but if there is the remotest possibility you are ever going to want to edit them in the future, keep them somewhere.

[J C]

Don't have the originals. I deleted them to save space.

Biggest mistake of your life......

Don't EVER, EVER delete originals. If you need the space back them up to an external drive, as a data DVD, onto MiniDV tape, anything, but if there is the remotest possibility you are ever going to want to edit them in the future, keep them somewhere.

Actually, I have two external hard drives.

And these clips where of videos that I recorded from the TV. I do have the shows (which the clips are of), but I'm not going to go back through and make the cilps again.

What I do is import the video onto the computer, make clips in Pinnacle Studio (high quailty AVI, very big, which is why i deleted them), and then used FlixPro to convert to a high quailty, low space file.

I just wanted to play around with the video. If there isn't a program that imports FLVs like Pinnacle Studio does MPGs and AVIs, I can wait till someone makes one. It will be too much trouble to convert back to MPGs or AVIs.

[J C]

I did google for the video software I was familiar with to see if FLVs were supported before posting this.

But I googled again (not looking for a sepecific software but one the imported FLVs) and came up with this:

http://www.flash-video-mx.com/flv_importer/

I'm not familiar with Adobe Premiere, is it like all of the other video editors like Pinnacle Studio, Windows Movie Maker, Unlead Video Studio, ect.?

[Richard_G]

All the ones you mention tend to be aimed at the hobby user and are made to be simple to understand and use but a bit limited. Premiere is aimed more at the semi-pro market and is more like Ulead MediaStudio Pro (which is what I have always used). It is far more flexible and capable of a lot more than the others (even if the average user only uses a very small part of it's capabilities), but is a bit daunting when you first look at it and has a fairly steep learning curve.

[J C]

All the ones you mention tend to be aimed at the hobby user and are made to be simple to understand and use but a bit limited. Premiere is aimed more at the semi-pro market and is more like Ulead MediaStudio Pro (which is what I have always used). It is far more flexible and capable of a lot more than the others (even if the average user only uses a very small part of it's capabilities), but is a bit daunting when you first look at it and has a fairly steep learning curve.

So Premiere is better! I'll find a trial and see how it works.

[garbagea]

You can use Movica if you are interested in basic editing

http://movica.sourceforge.net