What is AVI?
Defined by Microsoft, AVI stands for Audio Video Interleave. It is a special case of the RIFF (Resource Interchange File Format). AVI is the most common format for audio and video data on the PC, and it is most suitable for editing.
AVI is Microsoft's response to Apple's QuickTime technology. Early AVI files were limited on choice of video and audio codecs, quality, and resolution. However, with the introduction of DirectShow, AVI became a very flexible and powerful architecture. Some new codecs, such as DivX and XviD enable AVI files to have similar or even better quality than DVD.
For further processing and editing, we need frequently convert the FLV files downloaded from the Internet to AVI files for local application. YouTube Robot is a fine choice to convert FLV files to AVI, and besides conversion, it provides the function to edit the created AVI files. |
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| 1. Download and launch YouTube Robot |
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2. Add File
Click "FILE" on the menu to import target FLV file into the program. YouTube Robot support all kinds of FLV files without the need to install extra codecs; and the FLV files it supports include On2 VP6 video FLV, H263 video FLV, NellyMoser audio FLV, etc. |
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| 3. Adjust the Audio and Video Settings |
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| Select "Common Video/ AVI" in the pull-down
menu of "Choose Output Format " as the format of the output
video file. |
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In the panel of "Profile Settings", you can change the video settings: video codec, frame rate, resolution (frame size), etc.
The size of the AVI file depends a lot on the chosen video codec. The old codecs shipped with Windows, such as MJPEG, Microsoft Video 1, etc, are not very efficient. You can use additional codecs from Microsoft or third party codecs to reduce the file size. DivX and XviD are two fine third party codecs, which produces video with excellent quality with smaller file size. Both of them are based on MPEG-4, and both can be used with the AVI file format.
However, if you use any non-standard codecs from the AVI file, please keep in mind that the viewer of the created video must have the codecs installed on their PC, too, and your file may not be compatible with all video editing software.
In the panel of "Profile Settings", you can change the video settings: the audio codec, etc. Depending on the codecs, you may also change the sample rate, channel, frame size and bit rate.
If you choose "mp3" as the audio codec, you may encounter some problems. The MP3 compressor does not work correctly in video files and often causes the conversion to abort in the middle. And we suggest that it's better not to use this one.
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Add watermark
If you are a register user ,you can use “ Add custom watermark ”function. You can add your company's logo or your website address to output video files. Select “settings”from meum,then click the “Add custom watermark”button,you can choose your own logo.Default choose is “None”,when you select ”Text “ option you can input your slogan or website address and you can change font and color. Also you can drag and drop the words to anywhere of the black screen (etc:top left corner or top right corner). When you select“Bitmap”option, you can select your picture and drag picture on the screen .Now you output file will include your Company's logo or website address. |
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4. Select the Output Directory and Convert
When you have completed the settings, you can go on select an output directory by clicking the browser icon. Then click on "Convert" button on the skin or right-click open the menu choose "convert selected" on the menu.
Follow the screen instructions and you can get the desired AVI files. |
Important: YouTube Robot is intended for use as a personal archiving tool only. Please respect the rights of the copyright holders of any material you get. |
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FLV to AVI
