How to Open FLV Files on Windows? (Top 3 Methods)

FLV to Windows Converter - Convert FLV to Windows Supported WMV

An FLV file is very popular and many video sharing websites well accept the FLV format. So it will be common that you download some FLV files. However, you will fail if you want to open these FLV files on your Windows, because the Windows default media player, Windows Media Player, does not support to open the FLV format file. How to solve that? Top three methods are provided below to help you with that issue.

Method 1: Convert FLV to Windows WMV

WMV is one of the supported file formats by Windows Media Player and you can convert your unsupported FLV to Windows Media Player WMV. In this way, you can completely open your FLV file on your Windows. All you need is a professional FLV to Windows converter - Avdshare Video Converter.

FLV to Windows Converter - Avdshare Video Converter

  1. Easily convert any FLV file to any Windows Media Player best supported WMV without any quality loss.
  2. The super high conversion speed is provided to convert your FLV to Windows WMV.
  3. More other unsupported RMVB, MOV, WTV, MKV, etc are also well supported to be converted to Windows WMV.
  4. Not only convert video formats to Windows, but also support to convert other unsupported video formats to Mac, Android, PSP, Zune or Xbox most supported video formats.
  5. The batch conversion function is well supported to convert many FLV files to Windows WMV.
  6. The built-in media editing features also help to edit your FLV, MKV, MOV, WMV, etc, like changing your media file frame rate, sample rate, bitrate, etc, changing your video file to 4K, 8K, 1080P resolution, etc.

Guide on Converting FLV to Windows WMV

You can follow the guide below to easily convert your FLV file to Windows WMV.

Make Preparation: Free download FLV to Windows Converter

Free download the professional FLV to Windows Converter - Avdshare Video Converter (for Windows, for Mac), install and then launch it, the following interface will pop up.

Step 1 Import your FLV file

You can click the Add File button to import your FLV file.

Step 2 Specify WMV as the output file

You can click the Profile button>General Video Category to set Windows supported WMV as the output format.

Step 3 Complete your FLV to Windows WMV conversion work

The last step is to click the Convert button to complete your FLV to Windows WMV conversion work.

Method 2: Install the Missing FLV Codec on Windows

If you can install the missing FLV codec on your Windows the 'FLV not opening on Windows' issue will be easily solved. K-Lite Codec Pack is the popular codec pack where you can find your needed FLV codec.

  1. Go to https://codecguide.com/download_kl.htm.
  2. Download the standard version to your Windows.
  3. Follow the instruction to install your needed FLV codec.
  4. Try to open your FLV file on your Windows and check if your Windows can successfully open

your FLV file. Normally you will open it without any problem.

Method 3: Install Another FLV Player on Your Windows

Here, you can also install and use another FLV player to open your FLV files on your Windows. The professional FLV to Windows converter - Avdshare Video Converter in Method 1 can also work as  a workable FLV Player, so you can follow the steps in Method 1 to install it to your Windows. And then you can launch it and click the Add File button to add your FLV file. Next you can click the Play button to smoothly open your FLV file on your Windows.