Riva FLV Encoder
Quick and Fast: Popular, useful and easy to understand encoding program. You need it because Flash video (.flv, hence the name Riva FLV Encoder) is the most popular format on the internet today.
IMPORT FORMATS: AVI, WMV, MOV (Quicktime), MPEG
EXPORT FORMATS: FLV
Where to get it: http://rivavx.de/?encoder Make sure you’re downloading the FREE FLV Encoder. Riva offers some things that are NOT free. The program seems to be primarily for Windows.
This is a very simple program. I love how fast and easy it is to use. Flash Video is known for being the most popular format for web video because it works whether you have Windows/PC(yea!!!) or a Mac(boo!!!). You will probably need this program at least once in your video career, so download it now to be prepared.
Riva encodes from AVI, WMV, Quicktime and MPEG to Flash Video(FLV). Some versions of these formats are not supported, including WMV 9. To see a whole list, go Here.
Tutorial: Although Riva FLV Encoder is simple to use when you know what you’re doing, there are some quirks you should know about. For your first time with it, you should read the tutorial Here. You only need to worry about the paragraphs that actually mention Riva.
License and Use: Free. You are, however, encouraged to donate to Riva using PayPal.
Go to www.creativecow.com and you’ll notice that all the video tutorials are in Flash Player because they’re flash video. If that doesn’t convince you how popular FLV is, then start surfing the net.
