FLV to PSP for Mac - How to convert YouTube video to PSP on mac

This tutorial shows a step-by-step demonstration to you about converting videos downloaded from YouTube, Google Video, MySpace etc on Macbook. Enjoy them on your Sony PSP First of all, we must make it clear that YouTube videos and Google videos are Flash Video files ending with the extension *.flv.

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 and it must be embedded in (or linked from) an SWF file. You create (or download) a “container” SWF file to play 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.

How to download YouTube video for Mac?

With the help of FREE download program: Youtube downloader for Mac, it  is a very easy to use Youtube video download tool and YouTube Converter for Mac OS User. It has the complete functions to download YouTube video, archive Youtube video, and convert Flash video(FLV) to iPod,iPhone, PSP, Apple TV, Zune, Pocket PC and a lot of other mobile devices on Mac OS.

Step 1. Launch FLV to PSP  MP4 Converter for Mac

In order to finish this guide, please install the FLV to PSP  Converter for Mac. Once FLV to  PSP Converter for Mac is installed, launch the converter program. Click on the “Add Files” button on the tool bar to import your target FLV files into the program.

Step 2: Change the Output Settings

Select “PSP Video MPEG-4″ in the “Format”, and then you can change the video and audio settings with “Settings” tab. If it is not in need, just keep it by default.

Edit FLV Files

You can edit FLV files after importing videos into the program.

Clip the video by trimming and cropping:

Trim the video length to obtain the video clip you like by dragging slide bar under the preview pane. With cropping function, you can easily cut off the boring black edges around the video.

Click”crop” button, you shall get the crop window just like below:

Click “Settings” to configure the video and audio settings including bit rate, frame rate, video coedec, etc.

Click the”Browse” button to select the destination folder you want your mp4 videos to be stored:

Start conversion

After all the settings, click “Convert” and start to convert FLV files on the file list to the output folder.

After finishing encoding MP4 on Mac os, you can find the converted MP4 files in the folder that you specified. Now it is time for you to transfer the videos to PSP using the data wire and enjoy them on your PSP!

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