FLV File Extension
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What is the .FLV file type?
The .flv extension belongs to the 'Flash Video' (FLV) file type. FLV is not a distinct file format by itself but rather a media container format. FLV was developed by Macromedia (later Adobe Systems, Inc.) as a bit-stream container for compressed video and audio. FLV uses several patented codecs that are optimized for streaming, use resource-intensive compression but provide good quality, especially at low bitrates.
The .flv extension is used with such FLV content that has been saved into a file rather than viewed in a streaming mode. Inside a FLV container, a video stream would be encoded with H.263, VP6 or H.264, while an audio stream can come uncompressed, ADPCM-, MP3- or AAC-encoded.
When integrated into web pages, FLV media will be played by Adobe Flash Player, a proprietary media plugin from Adobe available for web browser on many platforms and operating systems. Standalone FLV files can be played with a number of software media players.
FLV media are used by a number of popular media hosting sites like YouTube, Google Video and others.
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