Help! Video editing.

[pentapus]

For an academic/work relating presentation, I need to

1) Download youtube videos (FLV format).
2) Convert them to whatever format can be a) used in a video editing program and b) played in PPT.
3) Edit clips from different videos together.

So far I have accomplished (1). I thought I had accomplished (2) (WinFF and ffmpeg(?)) but I either can't open them (VirtualDub) or the program I download can't actually do anything once I open the files (Movica).

I am supposed to show a final(ish) presentation to the head researcher in 40 minutes. >:(((((

Comments

[cesperanza]

1) if possible try downloading in a format other than flv (keepvid usually offers several options)
http://keepvid.com/

2) Mpeg Streamclip is the most robust converstion program I've found, and it's free. It lets you export in a variety of formats
http://www.squared5.com/

3) I use FCP so can't help you there!

[pentapus]

Thanks for the info! Hopefully, I'll be more successful this time around!