How to convert YouTube FLV video to Phone 3GP

When you download a YouTube video you save it in FLV format. However, FLV files can't play on most mobile phone. So, if you want to convert a YouTube video(.flv) and put it on your phone (.3gp), you can refer to this detailed guide about how to convert FLV to 3GP video.

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 YouTube FLV to Phone 3GP format?

3GP/3G2(3GPP/3GPP2) stands for 3rd Generation Partnership Project and 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 respectively. They are multimedia container formats used by mobile phones. 3GP was designed to make file sizes smaller so mobile phones could support video.

There are many Youtube to 3GP 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 3GP converter, which can help you convert flash video FLV to 3GP/3G2(3GPP/3GPP2) files with high speed and excellent quality.

It is recommended not to do other operation while converting FLV to 3GP, as it will affect the output quality of the converted video.

First, install and run this FLV to 3GP converter, now we can finish the conversion in simply 4 steps:

Wondershare FLV to ipod Converter, convert FLV to iPod video

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 also compare by original preview and output preview.

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.

Step 4: Start conversion.
Click "Start" button to convert FLV to iPod files. All the tasks of converting FLV to 3GP will be fulfilled in high speed and ideal quality.

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