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FLV to WMA (Windows Media Audio)

This tutorial is to show you a step-by-step demonstration of converting videos downloaded from YouTube and Google Video, etc, to WMA for playing on Windows Media Player or MP3. First of all, we have to make it clear that the YouTube videos and Google videos communicating online are of the Flash Video file, or FLV file format.

What is FLV?

FLV, or Flash Live Video file, is a preferred file format that is designed for web playback, offering high rates of compression to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player.

FLV content cannot be played back directly but must be embedded in (or linked from) an SWF file. You create (or download) a “container” SWF file from which to play the FLV file. The most common approach is to use an SWF file that functions as a media player with screen and playback controls. Notable users of the FLV format include YouTube, Google Video, Reuters.com, Yahoo! Video and MySpace.

What is WMA?

Short for Windows Media Audio, a Microsoft file format for encoding digital audio files similar to MP3 though can compress files at a higher rate than MP3. WMA files, which use the “.wma” file extension, can be of any size compressed to match many different connection speeds, or bandwidths.

Additional information is available on Microsoft Windows Media page.

Install and launch Moyea FLV to Video Converter Pro 2



Add File

Click on the “Add FLV” button on the tool bar to import your target FLV files into the program. You can either input FLV from your folder or from IE cache by clicking the drop-down list behind “Add FLV” button. Before you import the FLV, you can click to preview them.



With this program, you can also add watermarks to the video.

Change the Output Settings

Before you start the settings to the audio, you must select the output format in the “Export format” box. As shown in the picture below, select Audio and then Audio WMA.

Click “Settings” and you could start to adjust the audio, changing the audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, and channels.



Convert

After all the settings, you can click “Convert” and “Start” to convert the files on the file list to the output folder. And then, you can enjoy the WMA with Windows media player or MP3.

If I were to open a website, and I wanted to host videos on my website, I would have a lot of options open to me.  Many websites will offer videos, and they too have many different options.  However, some options are just better than others and there are a number of ways that a person can look at this when they think about how they want to host their streaming videos.  Streaming videos are fast and offer efficiency and quick delivery to the individuals that are trying to watch the videos that are offered.  But it is also important to offer a good hosting service people if people have to download new materials in order to be able to see the video, they may not want to do that and the individual that is hosting the video will probably lose out on having a loyal member of their online community, while that web surfing individual will be losing out on seeing a potentially great video.  When it comes to deciding how to host the videos that are offered, a person will want to see what is most popular when it comes to hosting videos, so that more people would be likely to just be able to see the videos without having to download anything else.

It should come as little surprise to anyone that since computers come with Windows installed on the computer that the most popular choice would be to look into Windows Media video streaming hosting on the website.  Windows Media video streaming hosting is the best choice because everyone already has this installed on their computer, so the individual viewer does not need to change anything, unless for some reason they uninstalled the program when they got their computer.  Since far fewer people are likely to uninstall a program that is popular than install a program that isn’t as well marketed, this again proves that Windows Media video streaming hosting is a good idea.  This is true no matter what type of genre is being put up on the Windows Media video streaming hosting website.  Sometimes the genre is news, other times it is adult entertainment.  This does not matter to the hosting program.

Not only that, but the updates are automatic.  When a person goes to your website, they will rarely run into a problem if you offer Windows Media video streaming hosting.  This is because when there is an update ready with the Player, Windows will tell the individual and they will be able to update it then.  Sometimes the update is even automatic which will save the individual a lot of time later when they go to your website and notice your decision to go with Windows Media video streaming hosting.  While the individual might not be able to tell that this is such a benefit to them, since they simply will likely not come up against a problem, they might not understand how superior you hosting is at first, but they likely will if they ever try to look anywhere else.

In the never ending struggle to PORT FORWARD my Camstreams out-put across my

Verizon Actiontec GT704WG Wireless DSL Modem / Router

I would like to share with you the modest success of my most recient effort.

Setting up the Verizon Actiontec GT704WG Wireless DSL Modem / Router

1. Reset the router to factory settings under tools.

2. Go to security and:

a: Make sure the firewall is OFF.

b: Set DMZ for all network computers to ON.

c: Go to applications and choose your computer from the drop-down network menu.

d: Set applications button menu to user and press NEW rule.

e: Give rule a name.

f: Set protocol drop-down menu to TCP;UDP.

g: Select a range of PORTS to open. For example if you wish to use port 5700 I suggest you START 5000 , END 5999 , MAP 5000. Then APPLY.

h: Press the BACK button.

i: Click on your new rule in the list box and ADD it to your computer.

j: Then press APPLY.

To beef up my Camstreams encoder I switched to the regular Windows Media Encoder Version 9 available free to Windows users from MicroSoft downloads.

I used the following suggested settings from Camstreams with a few alterations (listed).

Windows Media Encoder Version 9

Run the encoder, select ‘Broadcast a live event’, Click OK

Select the devices you want to use in the next screen, click Next — I don’t use audio devices.

Select ‘Pull from the encoder’, click Next

Enter port number 5700, click Next — I also run two others on different ports.

Keep the first two settings as ‘Multiple bit rates video’

Scroll down in the ‘Bit rate’ box to the one marked ‘148kbps, 15, 320×240′, uncheck any others and check this one, press Next

‘Archive a copy…’ leave unchecked, click Next

Select ‘No,…’, click Next

Give your stream some info if you want – if not just leave blank, click Next

Click Finish

Give the encoder a few seconds to sort itself out, then click ‘Properties’

Click the ‘Compression’ Tab, Click ‘Edit…’

Under ‘Target Bit Rates’, select your 148Kbps stream and click ‘Edit’

In ‘Audio Format’, pull down “10kbps, 16Khz, Mono CBR” — I don’t use an audio device.

Change ‘Frame rate’ to 20fps

Change ‘Video Bit rate’ to 48K (including the ‘K’), click OK — I use 20K.

Go to the File menu, and select ‘Save As’ – call the file a name (e.g. broadcast.wme) and save it to your Desktop. In the future you can launch the encoder with this settings file by double-clicking it, so you do not have to set it up every single time.

Click ‘Start Encoding’ to start your broadcast.

Good luck with your Camstreams broadcast from behind a Verizon Actiontec GT704WG Wireless DSL Modem / Router.

Author: Mr. Steven G. Liggett A.K.A. Webcam Steve of — http://PieceOfShitComputer.com/