You have ".flv" movies on computer, and the ipod won't support that. Then what to do?Wanna convert FLV to iPod touch, nano, or classic? If you meet situations like this, you can refer to this FLV to iPod converter guide to convert your FLV videos to ipod with ease.

part 1. Download FLV from YouTube, myspace
FLV stands for "Flash Video", which is a container file format used to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player, offering high rates of compression yet ensuring the quality. It is a format that is designed for web video playback, Notable users of the Flash Video format include YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo! Video, metacafe, Reuters.com, and many other news providers.

Download YouTube Videos with Firefox Plugin - Video downloader. It is a quick and convenient way to extract your favorite YouTube videos using this add-on. Besides YouTube, this plug-in supports other video streaming sites including Metacafe, Google Videos and Dailymotion, etc.

Part 2. How to convert FLV to ipod touch, nano, classic?
There are many FLV to iPod converters currently available on the Internet, you can choose a suitable one. I will show the conversion process with Wondershare FLV converter, it performs as powerful FLV to iPod converter, which can help you convert flash video FLV to iPod MP4, MOV, MP3 files with high speed and excellent quality.

It is recommended not to do other operation while converting FLV to iPod, as it will affect the output quality of the converted video.

First, install and run this FLV to iPod converter, now we can finish the conversion in simply 4 steps:


Step 1: Add FLV files.
Import the FLV files by clicking "Add" button, or just drag & drop files into "Getting started" table. You also can add several FLV files at a time.

Step 2: Edit original FLV files.
If you like, you can cut, merge, crop, adjust effect, trim, and add watermark to your original FLV files, to get a better output effect. You can compare by original preview and output preview, as shown below:

Step 3: Choose output settings.
Choose MP4 or MOV as output video format, or MP3 audio format, all of them are supported by iPod touch, nano and classic. Also, you can customize the output parameter by clicking "Settings" button.
The recommended specification exactly are:
Video Encoder: H.264, Resolution: 320 x 240, Bit rate: up to 768 Kbps, Frame Rate: 30 FPS, Audio Encoder: AAC, Sample Rate: up to 48 KHz, Bit Rate: up to 160 Kbps, stereo audio.

Step 4: Start conversion.
Click "Start" button to convert FLV to iPod files. All the tasks will be fulfilled in high speed and ideal quality.

Part 3: Transfer converted FLV files to iPod
First, launch iTunes, click File option on menu, and add your converted files to iTunes library. Then, connect your iPod to computer via USB cable, iTunes will detect your iPod. After that, click iTunes "File -> Sync iPod", and the files will be transferred to your iPod from iTunes library. When updating completed, you will find the videos on you iPod.
And now, we have successfully converted flash video FLV to ipod Touch Nano Classic. Have fun

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