If you have downloaded videos from YouTube on PC, you may notice the files are saved as .flv generally. Some online videos would be .f4v, as FLV videos with H.264 codec. What will you do when you want to edit the downloaded flash videos FLV/F4V on Final Cut Express? We know that flash video FLV and F4V can not support by FCE /FCE4.
So if you have many FLV or F4V movies stored on PC, you may need to transcode and edit the flash videos (*.flv, *.f4v) for Final Cut Express. Aunsoft Mac Flash Video Converter is the recommended FLV/F4V to Final Cut Express converter for you to make all Flash videos and YouTube videos (*.flv, *.f4v) edit on Final Cut Express.

Follow the steps below to put and edit your downloaded youtube videos to Final Cut Express on Mac OS X (Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard) .
Step 1. Input flash videos FLV/F4V to Aunsoft Mac F4V Video Converter.
Runa Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac as the best Mac F4V to Final Cut Express Video Converter on on Mac OS X , and click the “Add” button to load FLV or F4V format files. You may also drag and drop the videos from folder to converter UI for importing.
Step 2. Choose MOV for Final Cut Express.
Click the Format option and choose Common Video > MOV (*.mov) or Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > MOV (AVC) (*.mov) as output video format. To get high quality video, you can click the Settings button and make sure the original option is used for the Bit rate option. The application will convert FLV/F4V files to QuickTime .mov for FCE.

Tips:Also can choose the Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 video (*.mov) or DVCPRO HD video (*.mov) as output format. Import Flash FLV, F4V format to FCE/FCE 4/FCP/FCP 7 without rendering for editing.
Step 3. Convert YouTube videos or Flash Video FLV/F4V to Final Cut Express.
Click the convert button under the preview window, the FLV/F4V to Final Cut Express conversion from Flash Video FLV/F4V to Final Cut Express on Mac OS X starts immediately.
After converting and merging the flash flv/f4v files, just import the output files to Final Cut Express 4. You can also import the output MOV videos to Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Avid for editing with perfect A/V sync.
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