Opening an FLV File
The FLV file type is primarily associated with Flash Player.
What is an FLV file
How to open FLV files
You need a suitable software like Flash Player to open an FLV file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your FLV file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a FLV file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.
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How to convert FLV files to MP4, MP3, MKV, AVI, ...
If you want to convert or edit a FLV file, please scroll down to see which software programs you can use to convert a FLV file to another video format (e.g. MP4, MKV, AVI, ...).Programs that open and convert FLV files:
- Flash Player by Adobe
See the previous paragraphs to learn more about the main application. FLV files are often referred to as Flash Player videos because this type of file is primarily created or used by this software.
- Animate (video) by AdobeAnimate is a cross-platform software for creating interactive content such as 2D/3D animation, video games, and vector/raster graphics. Animate also supports the playback of FLV and F4V Flash video formats. This file format is classified as Video. Related links: FLV and F4V Video File Format Specification, Flash Video
- Elmedia (video) by EltimaElmedia is a versatile multimedia player for Mac operating system. It supports HD streaming, enforces subtitles display, and supports Flash file formats such as FLV, SWF, and F4V. This file format is classified as Video. Related links: FLV and F4V Video File Format Specification, Flash Video
- VLC (video) by VideoLANVLC is a multimedia software with an array of tools for the playback, recording, conversion, and streaming of various media file formats. The program is available for desktop and mobile platforms. It also allows the playback of Flash videos stored as FLV files. This file format is classified as Video. Related links: FLV and F4V Video File Format Specification, Flash Video
FLV format details:
To find out what program is needed to open FLV files, you need to determine the file format. The initial characters of a file are called signature, sometimes also referred to as "magic bytes". The signature can be used to infer the file format. Nonetheless, different programs can utilize the same file extension to represent distinct file formats. Double-clicking on the file often results in an error when opening. Exact knowledge of the format is therefore important in order to solve problems occurring in files. Below is our analysis of the FLV files:
FLV is one of the most common file extensions and mainly uses a defined FLV format. The following file formats are most commonly found in FLV files:
- 90% of all FLV files belong to Flash Video. The content consists of illegible binary data, which can only be read and interpreted by the associated programs. FLV files can be up to 10 GB in size, but are often around 1 MB - 230 MB. The file type was created 10 years ago, but is still used today. The following keywords are characteristic: onMetaData, duration, height, width, videodatarate, audiodatarate, videocodecid and framerate. 2020-06-01 10-30.flv is a typical file name. These files are attributed to music, video, tube, woman, videos, live, sector, belafonte and flash.
All other FLV files (10%) have no consistent format. They are often associated with online, course, movie, girl, sexy, computer, forklift, caramel, kitten, movies, repair, free, show, what or your. If you want to find out what your FLV file contains, drag and drop it onto this page.
Technical Data for FLV File Extension
The following listing is compiled from the database produced by the 'Associate This!' program, selected data from the main FILExt database and file extension information submitted by users.
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MACROM~1\FLASHM~1\Flash.exe %1
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Riva\Riva FLV Encoder 2.0\Riva FLV Player.exe %1
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Macromedia\Flash 8\Players\SAFlashPlayer.exe %1
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\FLVPlayer\flvplayer.exe %1
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Flash 8\Players\SAFlashPlayer.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Riva\Riva FLV Player\Riva FLV Player.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Replay7\flvplayer.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Total Video Player\tvp.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Flash 9 Public Alpha\Players\SAFlashPlayer.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\K-Lite Codec Pack\Media Player Classic\mplayerc.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Flex Builder 2\Player\debug\SAFlashPlayer.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\K-Lite Codec Pack\Media Player Classic\mplayerc.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\GeoVid\FlashPlayer\GeoVidFlashPlayer.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Total Video Converter\tvp.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Thunder Network\Thunder\Plugins\BhoAdv\FLVPlayer.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MPlayer for Windows\MPUI.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\BitComet\tools\FlvPlayer.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\GRETECH\GomPlayer\GOM.exe /open
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Participatory Culture Foundation\Democracy Player\Democracy.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MpcStar\mpcstar.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\K-Lite Codec Pack\Media Player Classic\mplayerc.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\zeraha.org\nFLVPlayer\nFLVPlayer.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS3\Players\FlashPlayer.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Save Flash\flvplayer.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\FLV Player\flvplayer.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Real\RealPlayer\RealPlay.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\_Media\Players\GomPlayer\GOM.exe /open
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\K-Lite Codec Pack\Media Player Classic\mplayerc.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Palm\GOM Player\GomPlayer\GOM.exe /open
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Participatory Culture Foundation\Miro\Miro.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JetAudio\JetAudio.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe Media Player\Adobe Media Player.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\QvodPlayer\QvodPlayer.exe -localfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JetAudio\JetAudio.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\AVSMedia\DVDPlayer\AVSDVDPlayer.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Nero\Nero8\Nero ShowTime\ShowTime.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Replay Media Catcher\flvplayer.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Winamp\winamp.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\The KMPlayer\KMPlayer.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MpcStar\mpcstar.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe Media Player\Adobe Media Player.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Ringz Studio\Storm Codec\mplayerc.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Real\RealOne Player\RealPlay.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Replay AV 8\flvplayer.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\AVS4YOU\AVSDVDPlayer\AVSDVDPlayer.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Utilities\Wondershare WebVideo Author\flvPlayer.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MPlayer\mplayer\smplayer_portable.exe
an flv video is a special file format by Adobe and should only be edited and saved with the appropriate software.
How to solve problems with FLV files
- Associate the FLV file extension with the correct application.
- Update your software that should actually open videos. Because only the current version supports the latest FLV file format. Search, therefore, e.g. on the Adobe manufacturer website after an available Flash Player update.
- To make sure that your FLV file is not corrupted or virus-infected, get the file again and scan it with Google's virustotal.com.
- Fix issues with FLV files using this PC tool.