FLV (for FLash Video) is a video file format developed by Macromedia (today a division of Adobe Systems). It is intended mainly for transferring videos recorded using different codecs over the Internet. FLV is used to post video files on the network by such web resources as Google Video, YouTube, RuTube, Vkontakte, etc.
Instructions
Step 1
Install Adobe Flash Player if FLV videos won't play in your browser. This player must be installed as a plugin in every browser type you use. The latest version of Adobe Flash Player corresponding to your operating system can be selected and downloaded directly from the manufacturer's website - https://get.adobe.com/ru/flashplayer. This application is distributed free of charge
Step 2
Use a multimedia player if you do not want to watch FLV videos as streaming video, but play them from files saved on your computer. To do this, you should choose an application that can work with files recorded in this format - these include, for example, The KMPlayer, Media Player Classic, VLC Media Player, Light Alloy and others. Please note that FLV is only a container for video and audio data that may have been recorded using a wide variety of codecs. Therefore, in addition to the fact that the multimedia player must be able to extract a video from the container, it must also have a codec that corresponds to the format of the extracted data.
Step 3
Convert the FLV file to another format that you can play with the software on your computer. Converters can be found online in both paid and free versions. You can use, for example, Riva FLV Encoder 2, FLV Converter, Any Video Converter and others. In addition to resident programs, there are online conversion services. For example, you can use the service hosted on the page https://converter.corbina.ru or
