Flash video is a container file format applied to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player version 6 or newer. The two known flash video formats are FLV and F4V. The audio and video data within FLV files are encoded in the same manner as they are within SWF files which is an Adobe Flash file format but can't be edited in Adobe Flash. Usually Flash video can only be viewable on most operating systems via Adobe Flash Player and web browser plugin. If you want to watch flash video on some portable device like iPhone, you have to install third-party software. Maybe you have got a number of video players on your device and don't want to install another one any more. You can rely on flash video converter to help you convert flash video to Mp4 for playback on portable devices.

So this post will provide you the best flash video to MP4 converter tools. You can also rely on them to convert flash video to MP3 if you want to extract music or audios from flash videos.

Best Flash video converter review and download:

1. ImElfin Video Converter (Win & Mac)

I introduce ImElfin Video Converter first because it provides me so many wonderful features, such as converting any media to another video/audio format, even for DRM-protected media. Besides, it supports batch conversion, which saves me much time. What's more, I can also use it to download and capture web videos. Apart from all of this, it also provides me amazing editing features and converting 2D to 3D. With all these functions, I can edit my videos as I like.

As we're talking about the flash video converter, this one is definitely a fairly good flash video converter enabling you to convert flash video to MP4 or MP3. Easy to use: simply drag and drop videos or add videos by hitting "Add videos" button, and then click "profile" icon to preset profile, video codec, bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, etc. After all settings done, one-click "Convert" button to start converting flash video to destination format.

2. Freemake Video Converter (Win)

Supported formats: FLV, SWF, MP4, MP3, WMV, MKV, AVI, 3GP, 3G2, TOD, AVCHD, MOV, etc.

This one is flash video converter freeware which can also be regarded as the flash swf to video converter. However it only offers Win version and requires .NET Framework 4.0 installed. What I like about it is its clean interface. One can easily figure out how to use it. Click "Add video" icon to import flash video and hit "Convert" button in the menu bar to navigate to the conversion interface.

Small defect: Too many malware intends to be automatically installed during the installation process. So be careful to install just what you need.

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3. Convert.Files (Win & Mac)

Supported formats: FLV, MP4, MP3, 3GP, MKV, MOV, VOB, WMV, AMV, AVI, ASF, M4V, MTS, etc.

As you can see, this one is flash video converter online. Using it you don't have to install any software. Just click "Browser" to choose a local flash video file and then select "MP4" or "MP3" as the output format". Last hit "Convert" to begin converting flash video to MP4 or MP3. After the conversion finished, you will receive a download link for you to download the converted flash videos.

One shortcoming: You have to upload your flash video files online, which may have some risks to your files.

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After trying these three flash video converter tools, I found imElfin Video Converter is the best one which can totally satisfy my needs for it has successfully assisted me to download flash video and convert flash video to other formats. Hope you will also like it.

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