Vixy.net – online download and convert YouTube flash video

Filed in: Reviews, Tips, Web — April 29th, 2007

Last year, I reviewed the Video Downloader which allows us to download online video but it does not convert flash video(FLV) to avi/mpeg video files. Here comes the Vixy.net.

Vixy.net is a online FLV converter that convert online flash video to common video file formats. It is handy because it does the conversion for us!

vixy supports AVI, MOV, MP4, 3GP, and split MP3 from video.
Image: vixy supports AVI, MOV, MP4, 3GP, and split MP3 from video.

Review Vixy.net

I tested Vixy.net with a few online video URLs from YouTube, Google Video and Metacafe but only YouTube url is working. Also, it took a few times to successfully download and convert the YouTube video. I got a few timeouts and server busy errors.

vixy is converting youtube flv video into avi
Image: vixy is converting youtube flv video into avi

The flash video conversion is quite fast. It took less than a minute to convert a 2 minutes YouTube video. I cannot comment on the download speed because of my lousy ISP broadband. *shrug*

Anyway, Vixy.net is nice if you want to download YouTube video and do not know how to convert the flash video for your PC / iPod / PSP. But, I hope Vixy.net will support more online video websites, other than YouTube.

If you are interested to run the service on your server, the FLV to MPEG4 Converter engine is available as open source. Great huh? :)

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  • http://panorazzi.com/colorfool wooncherk

    i’ve been using viloader.com to download and convert… different from vixy.net… not only does it support converting from an URL… it also supports fle uploads from Local Harddisk… and its conversion has more options… almost from any video/audio format to the other…

  • http://panorazzi.com/colorfool wooncherk

    i’ve been using viloader.com to download and convert… different from vixy.net… not only does it support converting from an URL… it also supports fle uploads from Local Harddisk… and its conversion has more options… almost from any video/audio format to the other…

  • LcF

    @wooncherk: I guess you mean viloader.NET ?

  • LcF

    @wooncherk: I guess you mean viloader.NET ?

  • http://panorazzi.com/colorfool wooncherk

    oh… haha… i typed it TOO FAST TOO FURIOUS… ya… it’s a typo… it should be viloader.net

  • http://panorazzi.com/colorfool wooncherk

    oh… haha… i typed it TOO FAST TOO FURIOUS… ya… it’s a typo… it should be viloader.net

  • ash (not my real name)

    does vixy.net give you viruses? I used it six times, and then the computer got a virus. I’m really hoping that it isn’t vixy but instead this program called soulseek. Please leave a reply and answer my question!

  • ash (not my real name)

    does vixy.net give you viruses? I used it six times, and then the computer got a virus. I’m really hoping that it isn’t vixy but instead this program called soulseek. Please leave a reply and answer my question!

  • marco

    There are many online convert services now: e.g. vixy.net

    I use new one :

    http://www.all2convert.com

    because you I can convert all videos from youtube, google, break, myspace and metacafe etc. direct in my Mobile phone, iPod, iPhone or computer.
    Video convert in 3gp, mp4, mov, avi, flv etc.

    Keep well,

    Marco

  • marco

    There are many online convert services now: e.g. vixy.net

    I use new one :

    http://www.all2convert.com

    because you I can convert all videos from youtube, google, break, myspace and metacafe etc. direct in my Mobile phone, iPod, iPhone or computer.
    Video convert in 3gp, mp4, mov, avi, flv etc.

    Keep well,

    Marco

  • Allison

    Marco, that website you suggested is great. Wayyy better then Vixy.

  • Allison

    Marco, that website you suggested is great. Wayyy better then Vixy.

  • Elizabeth

    I prefer to use just “ZillaTube” software to do all these quickly and easily.

    It doesn’t depend on website to download, so no traffic and downloads even faster.

    Besides converting offline with ZillaTube is so much more quicker.

    I highly recommend it – it’s at http://www.zillatube.com

  • Elizabeth

    I prefer to use just “ZillaTube” software to do all these quickly and easily.

    It doesn’t depend on website to download, so no traffic and downloads even faster.

    Besides converting offline with ZillaTube is so much more quicker.

    I highly recommend it – it’s at http://www.zillatube.com

  • Blake

    So far I think that vixy.net is the Best but a also found another site called zamzar.com. It does the same thing as vixy.net but the files that U convert get sent 2 Ur e-mail adress.

  • Blake

    So far I think that vixy.net is the Best but a also found another site called zamzar.com. It does the same thing as vixy.net but the files that U convert get sent 2 Ur e-mail adress.

  • evan

    what is a url?

  • evan

    what is a url?

  • LcF

    @evan: URL means the web address

  • LcF

    @evan: URL means the web address

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