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== Editing and adding Flash videos ==
While Google and YouTube offers an easy conversion process from an original video file format to FLV (streaming Flash video) by simply uploading videos on their portals and thereafter embedding them on any page of this site, Google or YouTube videos will automatically display links to other and usually irellevant videos at the end of the stream, often in combination wtih advertising. To avoid sich irellavant content from being appended to your video, upload your video directly on MadaCamp instead. But first you need to convert the video into FLV (Flash video) format.
[[File:Avidemux.jpg|600px]]
If your video has been shot with a digital camera, it is most likely not in the necessary FLV format (Flash video) to begin with. Your original may be Mpeg, AVI, Quicktime or some other standard format. The conversion to FLV process can be done using an advanced video editor, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avidemux Avidemux]. Avidemux is a free video editor available on all operating system. In Using Avidemux, open the video file, select FLV format via the ''Video'', ''Audio'' and ''Format'' selectors. Optionally add filters. Give the new video file an .flv extension and ''Save Video''. Thereafter upload the newly created FLV file and add it onto a page, as follows:
<nowiki>[[File:Video.flv]]</nowiki>
<nowiki>[[File:Video.flv|300x375px]]</nowiki>
Alternatively, [http://ffmpeg.org FFmpeg] is an n excellent and free video editing tool, but which requires command line editing, which . This is usually only done by Linux and OSX Mac expert users.
For Windows users, an easy-to-use FLV creation tool is the [http://www.miksoft.net/mobileMediaConverter.htm Mobile Media Converter]. While Mobile Media Converter lacks advanced video editing features, its simplicity makes the conversion process very easy for beginners.