Editing .FLV files

andyrpsmith wrote on 9/22/2019, 3:38 AM

Looks like Vegas cannot open FLV files or is there an option that I need to turn on?

Many thanks

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Marco. wrote on 9/22/2019, 3:58 AM

No option, Vegas Pro doesn't support FLV.

andyrpsmith wrote on 9/22/2019, 4:21 AM

Many thanks, that means I have to use my Power Director - haven't used it for a few years!

Former user wrote on 9/22/2019, 4:38 AM

No, assuming what's within the flv is vegas compatible you just remux it with avidemux etc. Also if you created the flv using OBS, then that is what you should be doing as writing to mp4 or .mov can not survive a computer or software crash many times and you will lose entire encode, not so for flv or mkv. Obs has an auto remux to mp4 feature that you can turn on. Occurs after you finish encoding

andyrpsmith wrote on 9/22/2019, 5:21 AM

Yes recorded with OBS but the file has some buffering freezes which I want to edit out. What would be the best way to do this. I have it in power director but it does not have flv as an out put option.

andyrpsmith wrote on 9/22/2019, 5:29 AM

AAh now I understand, just looked up FLV files. So I should get OBS to convert the FLV to MP4 after the FLV completes?

andyrpsmith wrote on 9/22/2019, 5:36 AM

OK had a look and set up a replay buffer and checked the remux to MP4 - now to give it a try.

Former user wrote on 9/22/2019, 5:56 AM

You can manually remux existing flv's to mp4 by going to File/Remux Recordings & choosing files you want to remux

andyrpsmith wrote on 9/22/2019, 1:09 PM

Many thanks. I have done both. Converted to MP4 in OBS and edited the FLV in Power Director and output to MP4 using the XAVC codec. This gave the best picture quality.

Musicvid wrote on 9/22/2019, 9:53 PM

FLV is a deprecated format, with the discontinuance of Flash.

Mp4 in OBS is actually better quality.

Former user wrote on 9/22/2019, 11:07 PM

Is the mkv quality equivalent to flv or mp4 ? I have lost multi-hour recordings using both mp4 and mov containers, due to software & operating system crashes as well as loss of power. so I switched to mkv which I've read should be as bulletproof as flv