For common Flip video camcorder users, it is simple and easy to import your Flip videos on your Mac with the USB connector included with your Flip video camcorder upon purchase. You just need to flip out the USB connector of the camcorder and plug it into the USB port on your Mac, a built-in software named FlipShare (where your recorded Flip video stored) will automatically pop-up on your Mac.
The videos will be automatically loaded to FlipShare once it has been installed. A yellow warning triangle to the top of each clip indicates those videos that have not yet been transferred over to your computer's hard disk. You can transfer these videos by right clicking them to export to video to wherever you want to save them or by clicking "Save to Computer" to save them to your computer's hard disk.
From the above statement you may know, Flip videos are transferred from Flip video camcorder to your Mac via a built-in software called FlipShare, these videos from FlipShare are mainly in MP4 format, some in AVI format, both of which can't be used by QuickTime, iTunes, iMovie directly, therefore, you need to convert your Flip videos from FlipShare to some formats that are readable by Mac. This is what FlipShare video file converter for Mac can do.
FlipShare video file converter for Mac is a practically and powerful application that specially made for Flip video camcorder users for proper using Flip videos from FlipShare on Mac. It is suitable for all models of Flip video camcorders and can perfectly convert Flip videos to all kinds of popular file formats like AVI, WMV, MPG, MOV, MKV, DV,3GP, FLV, SWF, ASF, RM that can be imported to various video editing programs, put on different kinds of portable devices or uploaded to popular video sharing websites etc.
Mac Flip video file converter also equips with amazing video editing functions. It has been updated and can be workable with both PowerPC and Intel (including Snow Lepoard) that helps you make your own movies. It can be served as a versatile video trimmer, video cutter, video joiner, video merger. Besides, you can also snapshot your favourite pictures when previewing and do some advanced setting as well. Welcome to try.
Step by step to use FlipShare video file converter for Mac
1. Save Flip videos from FlipShare on your Mac
Connect your Flip video camcorder with Mac, and save the videos on your Mac with the built-in FlipShare
2. Download and install FlipShare video file converter for Mac
Feel free to download the program , install it and run a test.
3. Import Flip video
Clip Add file on the top of the panel to browse your computer hard disk to import Flip videos
4. Select output format and directory
Click the drop-down list of Profile to select the proper output format you want, and then click Browse to specify a location to save the converted files.
5. Edit Flip video
On the top of panel, next to Add File button, there are two other buttons named Trim and Effect, click each of them you can do the corresponding editing.
6. Convert Flip videos
Click Convert to start converting after all the settings have been made.
