Portable Freeware Flash Files Converter

FLV files are commonly used in the Internet by YouTube, Google Video and other video services as regular streaming formats. These files formats are not supported by Windows Media Player and some other popular media players. In order to review downloaded videos on your computer you need to convert that file into more common format, such as AVI or MPG.


Pazera Free FLV to AVI Converter is an absolutely free application that converts Flash Video files (FLV, SWF) into AVI or MPG (MPEG-1, MPEG-2).

The utility can be useful for both newbies and experienced users. The program has a number of predefined settings (profiles), that could be used “as is” with no settings changes, specially designed for novice users. While more advanced users can enjoy software advanced capabilities, customizing video and audio encoding parameters: audio and video codec, audio and video bitrate, fps, sampling frequency, resolution, volume and other.

The software is 100% freeware for private and for commercial use with no limitations, watermarks, adware, spyware etc.

One more nice thing is that this application is distributed within a ZIP file and does not require installation. To use it, just extract archive and run flvtoavi.exe file. This program doesn't use system registry and can be run from portable devices. All settings are written to INI file.

Program website: http://www.pazera-software.com/products/flv-to-avi-converter/

Direct Downloading Link (portable version): http://www.pazera-software.com/files/Pazera_Free_FLV_to_AVI_Converter_PORTABLE.zip

Find and Download Clip with ClipFinder

It seems that video naturally came as the next big thing on the Internet, slowly replacing MP3 madness. Video adds one more dimension to the people perception, sometimes making easier to show than describe.
So, how and where do you find videos on the Internet? Youtube has definitely the biggest collection, capturing a significant share of the video market. However, there are many other video sites with original content that might be worth trying as well. But, searching each and every one would be a pain.

ClipFinder from the popular German software manufacturer Ashampoo is offering a convenient solution. It is a freeware video search program that crawls some of the popular video sites, looking for content that matches your query. It supports YouTube, MySpace, MetaCafe, iFilm, VideU, MyVideo, ClipFish, Google Video, sevenload, Dailymotion, and several other video sites. The results are presented as video thumbnails that can be viewed with the built-in player with no need of visiting the hosting websites. Among additional features are possibility to bookmark and download chosen videos and advanced search through the videos databases of all the involved portals.

Link to the authors’s description and downloading: http://www2.ashampoo.com/webcache/html/1/product_2_0055__.htm

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Find and Download Clip with ClipFinder

For those, who hate clogging your computer with additional software, I can offer an alternative solution - use multi-site video search online services, searching several video hosts from a single page. The rating list, hosted at RateItAll, provides a brief description, web links, and rating. You can leave your feedback with particular services as well.

Access the list through the link:
http://www.rateitall.com/t-26312-searching-multiple-video-sharing-sites-in-one-place.aspx

Download and Convert YouTube Video in 100 seconds

Save2pc, formerly known as YouTube Downloader, is a free simple tool that downloads files from YouTube, Google Video, or some other video hosting sites (MySpace Video, Break, Daily Motion, and couple of porn sites downloading is available in the paid PRO version) and saves them to your disk as Avi, Mpeg, and Flv (or in the mobile devices files formats (mp4, 3gp, mov) as the additional option, available in the PRO version).

If I would do the detailed software review, the most common word would be “Simple”: simple computer program, simple interface, simple operations. But, for this program, the detailed review is unneeded. Simply paste the URL of the clip you want to download and select the output video format. User interface of the program is very simple, so you do not need to have any technical knowledge to use it.

The Light version is portable, and does not require installation. Download from authors’s web site: http://www.save2pc.com/download-portable.html