Convert FLV to play in Windows Media Player

Posted by Sim at Jun 05, 2008 11:05 PM |

This is my ultra-basic how-to for converting a Flash Video to something that Windows Media Player can understand using free software.

I wanted to convert a flash FLV file to play it in Windows Media Player, so I did the following:

  • Installed DownloadHelper plugin for Firefox and downloaded the FLV file.
  • Played it back in VLC (Video Lan Client).
  • Set the output for VLC using the following settings:
    :sout=#transcode{vcodec=WMV2,vb=1024,scale=1,acodec=mp3,ab=192,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=file,mux=asf,dst="C:\Documents and Settings\foo\Desktop\Video.asf"}}
  • Opened it in WMP and watched it!
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