Convert and Import Youtube FLV Videos to Windows Movie Maker

PR Log (Press Release) – Nov 03, 2009 – Many people may have this questions:  I downloaded a wonderful video from Youtube and wanted to edit it in Windows Movie Maker. However, the program doesn’t accept FLV file. Is there any solution to import and put Youtube FLV videos to Windows Movie Maker?

To import Youtube videos to Windows Movie Maker, you need third party video converter software to convert the FLV video file to the file format compatible with Movie Maker. This tutorial will help you solve the problem.

What Kind of Video Files Can Be Imported to Windows Movie Maker? Windows Movie Maker is a presentation software program that comes already installed (in most cases) on all Windows computers.

Windows Movie Maker is a fun and easy-to-use video editing program that allows you to make home movies, photo albums and business presentations. Still pictures, other video clips, sounds, music and narration can all be imported to the project. Generally speaking, the formats accepted by Windows Movie Maker are WMV, AVI, MPG, ASF, WMA, WAV, and MP3.

How to Import Youtube FLV Videos to Windows Movie Maker? Videos downloaded from Youtube are FLV file format which is not compatible with Windows Movie Maker. As mentioned above, the first step is to convert FLV to the file format accepted by Windows Movie Maker and the freeware WinX Video Converter could be your ideal solution. This video converter supports batch conversion and also allows you to customize video settings like defining bit rate, frame rate, resolution according to your needs.  More information at: http://www.winxdvd.com/video-converter

The steps to convert Youtube FLV videos to AVI for it is one of the formats supported by Movie Maker.

Step 1: After downloading and installing WinX Video Converter, launch the application and load the FLV file (files) you want to edit in Windows Movie Maker.
Step 2: Split Video Clip (Optional). Trim the video to cut any clip from the original video by dragging the slide bar to the accurate position or by setting the “Start Time” and “End Time” of the clip you want to get.
Step 3: Choose AVI as output format. It is available for you to flexibly define the video & audio parameters to get the best video & audio quality as you wish.
Step 4: Pick a Destination folder to save your files and start conversion. All the tasks of converting FLV to Windows Movie Maker will be fulfilled soon.

When conversion completes, you can import the AVI video files you created into Windows Movie Maker. Free download the WinX Video Converter at:
http://www.winxdvd.com/video-converter/download.htm