Comments on: How to play flv files

By: tiko

tiko — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:38:14 +0000

I found some very nice freeware alternatives here:
http://cyberst0rm.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-to-watch-f
lv-videos-on-your.html

By: guest

guest — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:37:58 +0000

I’m using free FLV player from Save Video plugin for Internet Explorer.(http://www.howtosavevideo.com)
It support rotate video, playlist, multiscreen, etc..

By: anonym

anonym — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:46:16 +0000

Re Me (379632)

You may try windows xp sp2 compatibility mode, and hopefully the player won’t crash (this worked for smplayer under vista and win7 on my computer).

If the player still crashes (usu. on some but not all flv vid.), maybe its codec is picky or buggy — mplayer has its own codecs instead of using directshow filters. try sothink flv player, which is a barebone front-end for adobe flashplayer activex. or, if you insist on sticking to your more powerful player, convert the flv to other format (using, say, ffmpeg).

By: geek2007

geek2007 — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:18:23 +0000

If VLC or Totem doesn’t work, and you want to watch the downloaded flv video files in Ubuntu linux,
Google for “flv flash Totem internal data stream vlc undf”

By: Volkan

Volkan — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:46:52 +0000

SIMPLE…

1) PLAY FLV FILE ON DESKTOP:

Download “Irfanview” freeware.

2) PLAY FLV FILE EMBEDDED IN WEBSITE:

TOT ZIENS!
Volkan

By: Play flv file

Play flv file — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:33:01 +0000

Yes, you can’t play flv files with windows midio player, I used aunsoft flv player, also a free software, I feel it is better than the player you recommend.

By: howard

howard — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:33:54 +0000

I want to know if it possible to play flv files
on my mac via a proxy. Here in China I use
proxies just cos they are faster not because the
sites are blocked. flv files do not come up
on any browser I have tried when I connect to the
site via a proxy server.

By: Me

Me — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:12:44 +0000

Ever since I got my new PC with Vista installed on it I can’t find any flv players that work. I have downloaded and installed 17 so far and most of them just crash. Are there any flv players specifically written for vista or are all vista uses sol?

By: john800

john800 — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:10:41 +0000

heelo there,
i am realy amazed and exccited about this site, thanks for running. listen i have been upto deep in downloding streams- an i suggest k-lite mega codec pack- it can play any known audio format- – n-joy

By: victor

victor — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:01:13 +0000

The sm player is thejust what I needed!

By: Simon Templar

Simon Templar — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:05:43 +0000

I have been reading your blog via bloglines for some time now and I’d like to say that you run a hell of a good site, I love the way you point out these amazing little gems to your readers like that SkreemR search engine, totally awesome, finally allowed me listen to some much searched for songs…. so keep doing this and thanks.

By: @thehop

@thehop — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:31:30 +0000

The Standalone KMPlayer (Korean Mediaplayer) also plays FLV.

By: Alter Falter!

Alter Falter! — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:51:11 +0000

My favorite media player is Media Player Classic – and it plays flv files too.

By: CC

CC — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:04:57 +0000

SMPlayer is a frontend for Mplayer and can be used on both Linux and Windows. The best part is its really easy to use.

By: fredden

fredden — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:31:20 +0000

My favourite movie player is MPlayer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPlayer and it too supports many file formats (including the .flv).