What is FLV?
FLV format is one of several types of media containers that allow streaming online video. It has become one of the most popular media formats and is used by many main websites, including YouTube, as a standard method for presenting video streaming. Similar media formats include SWF or Shockwave®; and F4V, which is an updated and improved version of FLV. Although the FLV was developed by Macromedia Inc. And later acquired by Adobe Systems Inc., an open source specification, but most codecs used to compress files for use in FLV are not open source. The most common compression formats used for this application include Sorenson Spark, VP6, AAC and MOV formats as well as MP3
To view FLV files must have a FLASH® player as a separate program or as an add-on installed via web pRollies. Because Video Flash® is prevailing on the web, most web browsers include additional FLV streaming files. It is also possible to display these videos via Flash® downloading, for which the Flash® player is also required to view them on your computer. In the absence of the Flash® player, Flash® can be used to change the Flash® video file to another file type that can be easily displayed using existing software. The FLV converter can also be used to convert files to FLVs to be uploaded for browsing, although many of the main sites that stream video, including YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo! Video and more, allow you to turn while running as soon as the original file is uploaded.
Files in the FLV container usually consist of video file and audio accompaniment that are synchronized for playback. Numerous sound and video formats and codecs for file compression are supported due to the popularity of this format with remarkable outfitMams Divx and Xvid. The F or Those who want to create Media Flash® files provide Adobe® information about specific file specifications. Sound and video data is interleaved and stored in a file similarly used in Shockwave® (SWF) files that still serve as the default Flash® format. Although properly prepared video files Flash® can be displayed online via Flash®, if the FLV file is delivered directly, it can only be displayed via software specifically configured to play this type of file.