You may encountered such a situation when we find some lovely videos on the Internet and wish to download them to our computers. These videos on video sharing site are mostly Flash videos, for Flash has both high quality and relatively small size. When you want to download these Flash video, you may need a tool that can help you with ease. Unfortunately, the computer Operating System does not have the pre-built feature to download videos directly from the online video streaming sites. You have to install an application software for doing that.
One such brilliant product is the Aimersoft Flash Downloader. It allows you to save Flash video from websites like YouTube, Metacafe, Hulu, Vimeo or Dailymotion. What’s more, the conversion speed also is pretty fast. You can download the whole channels or playlists in YouTube by simply clicking the "Download All" button.
How to capture online Flash video on Mac effortlessly
Here is a detailed description which you can follow to download Flash videos as you like effortlessly. The tutorial is almost the same in Mac, so just make sure you have downloaded the right version.
You should download and install this Flash downloader successfully first and then use it to capture Flash files as you like.
There are 3 simple ways to record Flash video using it.
1. After you have launched it , a “Downlaod” button will appears on the top right of the video that is opened. You can click on the “Download” button and it will automatically capture Flash video.
2. Copy the URL of the page that has the video and paste it in the Add to start downloading the video to your Mac.
3. Drag the URL of the video from the browser (Chrome, Safari or Firefox) and drop it to the interface of the program, then it will start capturing Flash videos.
How to convert Flash videos to any regular format as you like
Not only that, once you have saved Flash video, this software has an inbuilt feature to convert it into any video format like, MP4, MPV, MOV, etc. The audio files also can be converted into MP3, M4A, etc.
There are 2 steps to convert the format of the captured video:
1, When you have downloaded the videos you want, go to the main display window of the program. Then choose the format or media devices you want to convert to in the pop-up window.
2, Press the OK button to begin the conversion. You just need to wait for several minutes, for the conversion will be finished soon. You can locate your converted videos by right clicking your mouse.
Tips: Except that, it also has an embedded video player (for Mountain Lion) for playing the MP4, FLV and WebM formats. It ships in with a Video Library that helps you to manage the above mentioned three formats on your hard drive with ease. Also, the interface is smooth that makes it very easy to use.
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