"I have lots of video files downloaded from the Internet on my computer. However, most of them are FLV files while my iPod doesn't play FLV videos! I want to play these videos on my iPod touch so I can watch them or listen to them anytime, anywhere. How do I get my iPod to play FLV files? I'm not at all tech savvy and want help! Thanks in advance. - Jessie"
Yeah, it's quite comment to come across this occasion. And today we're going to show you how to convert FLV to iPod (including iPod touch 5) supported formats so you can enjoy all the movies and music videos that you have on your computer anywhere you go.
Though FLV is not a format supported by iPod, thankfully, an easy-to-use FLV to iPod converter called Aimersoft Video Converter Ultimate will solve your problem. With it, you can convert FLV to MP4, MOV, M4V for playing on iPod and even extract MP3 music from FLV video files. Moreover, all other regular video formats like MKV, 3GP, ASF, VOB, WMV, AVI and more are supported. For Mac users, Aimersoft Video Converter for Mac can help you convert FLV files to iPod in no time at all on Mac OS X (Mountain Lion). Now download the right version and follow the easy steps below to convert and transfer FLV video clips to iPod.
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How to convert FLV to iPod friendly formats
Note: Here we take converting FLV videos to iPod in Windows (Windows 8) to show you how to easily finish the conversion process. The method to complete the task on Mac OS X is the same. You just need to make sure you get the right version according to your situation.
1 Add FLV videos
After downloading, install the program following the wizard. Run it and click Add Files on the main interface to import them for conversion. Alternatively, you can directly drag your videos to the interface to load them. Since batch conversion is well supported, you can add many time to convert at a time so as to make the whole process much faster.
2 Choose iPod as the output format
To convert FLV videos for playing on iPod, the best output choice is provided here: simply click Output Format on the right and choose your iPod model as the output video format. In this way, you'll convert FLV to videos with the best settings for your iPod. And you can also choose MP3 from Format > Audio list as the output audio format to extract MP3 from FLV for iPod.
3 Start converting the FLV videos for iPod
When all settings are OK, click Convert to start converting your files. When the conversion is over, click Open Folder to locate them and then you can transfer the video files to your iPod via iTunes. After that, just enjoy the videos! Now get this video converter and all will be done without hassles.