How to convert .flv (swf flash video) to .avi or .mpg

Some sites have flash video’s online that play in your browser, if you have the correct plugins.
Thanks to Veblin, I learned that these video’s are stored on your HD (most likely the Temp Internet Files), and that they (sometimes) have the .flv (FLash Video) extension.

The .flv files play fine in the latest VLC player (v 0.81) or a dedicated FLV player like <!-- m -->http://www.martijndevisser.com/archives/000021.php

How to Make a Copy of DVD Decrypter

DVD Decrypter is a useful and free utility for ripping DVDs, but is no longer available for new download. Here are some suggestions for how to go about locating a copy.

How TO Rip DVD Movies To Your iPod

HOWTO Rip DVD Movies To Your iPod Using Free Software Insert a DVD of your choice. If DVD Player opens, quit it. Run Handbrake. Select Detected volume, as shown in Figure 1. Click Open. Handbrake will detect all the titles on the DVD. If you’re ripping a movie, just select the longest title in the list. If you’re ripping a TV show or something with multiple episodes on one disc, then select the episode you want, as shown in Figure 2.

How to Rip a DVD Using AdvdSoft DVD Ripper

Click File, then Open Disc, then select DVD (not with "menus">.

How to Install a DVD Drive

It’s fairly easy to upgrade your computer and install a DVD drive whether it’s internal or external. The total cost should be under $100 since you’re doing the labor.

Steps

To install an external DVD drive:

How to Convert Video to Mobile Formats Flicks for Small Screen

Windows only: BitTorrent super-host The Pirate Bay claims its ViO MobileConverter tool reduces nearly any video's size by 20 percent and converts it for mobile devices faster than anything else. Let's see about that.

 

Why the speed and quality test? Simply because ViO, with all the nuance of the typical Pirate Bay communication, claims this on its home page:

 

Rip a DVD with DVD Decrypter

As you probably already know, ripping a DVD simply means to copy its contents into your personal computer's hard drive or onto another DVD. Some prefer to do this to keep a back-up copy for really rare materials, while others simply want the added freedom to watch a legitimately bought DVD from their personal computers.

1. Ensure that your personal computer can accommodate the extra load.

Make sure your personal computer has sufficient hard disk space for movie files. Typically, DVDs contain up to 8 GB of data.

2. Look for DVD Decypter on the Web.

How To Use a DVD Ripper

If you're tired of the common 700MB size of blank CDs, then why not try to burn files onto DVDs? You'll enjoy at least 4GB of file space. But before you can enjoy the larger storage capacity for your files, you need first to learn about DVD rippers and how this sort of application is used. A DVD ripper is simply an application that can do DVD backup, convert DVDs, copy DVDs, and convert DVDs to MP4 or DVD MPEG. Aside from that, you can also save files while compressing them--that's the real ripping.

 

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