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Step-1 Download FLVYou can find different types of flv downloaders on the Internet. In general, there are three types - browser extension or add-on, web application, and windows program. You can choose any of them to download flv files.

Sothink Web Video downloader for Firefox is a simple and small Firefox extension (add-on) for you to quickly capture and download web videos (FLV/SWF) and Flash files from internet. It supports all popular video sites, such as YouTube, Google Video, Reuters.com, Yahoo! Video and MySpace.

Step-2 Download and Install FLV PlayerYou can get free Sothink FLV Player from this URL.
Follow the wizard to install Sothink FLV Player in your computer.

Step-3 Play FLV with Sothink FLV PlayerThere are three ways to open and play a flv file.

1. Double click the *.flv file

 



2. Drag and drop *.flv file into the player window





3. Click File and click the Open option

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FLV Player

FLV (Flash Video) is a proprietary file format used to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player (formerly known as Macromedia Flash Player) version 6, 7, 8, or 9. FLV content may also be embedded within SWF files. Notable users of the FLV format include YouTube, Google Video, Reuters.com, Yahoo! Video and MySpace.

Commonly FLV files contain video bit streams which are a variant of the H.263 video standard, under the name of Sorenson Spark. Flash Player 8 and newer revisions support the playback of On2 TrueMotion VP6 video bit streams. On2 VP6 can provide a higher visual quality than Sorenson Spark, especially when using lower bit rates. On the other hand it is computationally more complex and therefore will not run as well on certain older system configurations.

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