Converting .flv to raw video

Question

What is the best piece of (free) software for converting flash video (.flv) into raw format for editing (with minimal quality loss).
Or would a certain level of settings on say mp4 be virtually lossless?
Thanks
Justin

Answer 1

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Originally posted by:
Walter Elias
If you're converting to any kind of standard HD video format,
then of course you're going to experience loss in frame rate. You
should have done your homework before setting up the file. For
television, the frame rate is approximately 30 fps (actually 29.97)
in NTSC (North America) and 25 fps in PAL (much of the rest of the
world). There are other "standard" frame rates for HD video,
including 59.94 and 60. But not 40. Compressed Quicktime, AVI and
MPG is often rendered at 15 fps so as to make less gargantuan files
and be playable on websites and handheld devices. This is done by
skipping or interlacing every other frame. from an original created
at 30 fps. But your 40 fps is an odd rate which wouldn't compress
easily. Perhaps your media player is configured to play back movies
only at standard rates.
Awesome. This is the problem I was having. I actually had
done some research and found that different types of encoding used
different framerates and just settled on 40 since its a good high
number. I anticipated possibly having to change the FPS so I made
sure that the only sount is ambience, this way nothing besides the
overall speed is messed up.
quote:
As a test, try building a small, temporary animation file at
30 fps and see whether you experience the same problems.
This is what I did eventually changing the entire file to 30
fps.
As a side note is there a standard framerate for HD?