Batch Convert FLV to AVI or MPG

Most video portals on the Internet use the flv - that’s Flash Video - format to stream videos to their users. While Flash Video has several advantages over many other video formats when it comes to streaming it on a website it does have some severe disadvantages when it comes to playing those videos on a computer and even more so on a DVD player.

FLV videos have to be transcoded into the AVI or MPG format to be able to play them on standalone players or burn them to DVD. Thanks to Alter Falter (German blog) I discovered a software that can transcode several flv files at once into AVI or MPG files. The software is called Pazera Free FLV to AVI Converter. It does not have to be installed at all, just unpack it to your system and start the executable.

Click on Add files to add as many flv videos as you like, they will be processed one after the other once you select the output format and click on Convert. The options are to create AVI or MPG files from the flv files. Converting them to MPG is the easier way, you just select a general quality level VCD, SVCD, DVD or Custom and if you want the videos in PAL or NTSC.

If you want to convert them to AVI you have to select an appropriate video codec and change the Auto settings for better results. Stefan suggests to use a bitrate of 1500 instead of Auto but I guess you have to play around with those settings a little bit to find the best options for your preference.

What I really like is that the whole process is uncomplicated. Add files, select output format, click on Convert. That’s all there is to do.