How to open a .flv file?

FLV files can be opened by most video players and editors. You can also convert FLV to other formats online using SquishConvert.

How to convert a .flv file?

Upload your .flv file to SquishConvert, select an output format, and click Convert. Your converted file will be ready to download in seconds.

Video format

.flv

Flash Video

FLV was the dominant web video format during the Flash era. While Flash is dead, FLV files still exist in archives and legacy systems. Converting FLV to MP4 is one of the most common conversion needs.

MIME type

video/x-flv

Developer

Adobe (Macromedia)

Introduced

2003

Advantages

Very small file sizes
Fast to decode
Was the web video standard
Simple container format

Limitations

Flash Player is discontinued
Limited browser support
Outdated codec support
No modern features

When to use FLV

Converting old web videos

Legacy content archives

Flash game recordings

Historical web content preservation

Technical details

FLV contains video encoded in Sorenson Spark or VP6 (FLV1) or H.264 (FLV4) with MP3 or AAC audio. The format uses a simple tag-based structure.

Convert FLV to other formats

7 conversion options available

FLV to MP4 FLV to WebM FLV to MOV FLV to AVI FLV to MKV FLV to WMV FLV to 3GP

Convert to FLV from other formats

7 formats can be converted to FLV

MP4 to FLV WebM to FLV MOV to FLV AVI to FLV MKV to FLV WMV to FLV 3GP to FLV

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