How to Play Any FLV File on Mac Computer?

Method 1: Convert FLV to Mac MOV or MP4; Method 2 Install FLV Player on Mac

Hey guys. I have downloaded four video files, but I can not open them on my Mac computer. What is the problem and how can I solve this? My downloaded video files are in FLV format, by the way.

My Mac computer can not play my FLV files and I want to convert them to my Mac computer recognized MOV files. How can I convert the FLV files to MOV files? Some recommended converters for this?

As a mainstream video format nowadays, FLV is very popular on many video social websites, like YouTube, Facebook, etc and these FLV files can be easily downloaded onto any Mac computer with a video downloader if needed. However, soon Mac users have found that these downloaded FLV files can not be opened on their Mac computer with the default QuickTime Player. So how to solve that? How to easily play any FLV file on Mac computer? Check the following two methods.

Method One: Convert FLV to Mac MOV or MP4

With the help of a professional FLV to Mac converter - Avdshare Video Converter, your FLV file can be easily converted to Mac computer best supported MOV or MP4. This Avdshare Video Converter can easily convert any FLV file from any source to any Mac computer best supported MOV or MP4 with any video quality loss. The conversion process is very fast and only takes few seconds. Besides, this Avdshare Video Converter also supports to convert MKV, WTV, WMV, WTV, 3GP, AVCHD, RMVB, etc to your Mac computer best supported MOV. Follow the steps below to convert your FLV file to Mac video format.

Step 1: Free download Avdshare Video Converter Mac version, Windows version, install and run it.

Step 2: Click the Add File button to import your FLV file to this converter interface.

Step 3: Click the Profile button and select your Mac computer best supported MOV as the output format from the following General Video category.

Step 4: Click the Convert button to get your FLV file easily converted to your Mac computer best supported MOV.

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Method Two: Install another FLV Player to your Mac computer

If you do not want to convert your FLV file you can try to install another media player which supports FLV file to your Mac computer and use it to play your FLV file. VLC Player is so popular and fully workable to play FLV files and you only need to go to VLC Player official website, download VLC Player for Mac app to your Mac computer. Install VLC Player on your Mac computer and open it to open your FLV files. Good news is that this VLC Player for Mac also supports to open MKV, WMV, WTV, AVCHD, F4V, etc on your Mac computer.

Although there are some other players which can also play FLV files, like Wimpy Player, 5KPlayer, Elmedia Player, Sothink FLV Player, etc, VLC Player is the most popular one. Only remember that you should download VLC Player from its official website to avoid any virus brought to your Mac computer.