Free FLV Player for Mac And Windows

FLV stands for Flash video files (.Flv). The best and easiest way is probably to download the best FLV player both for Windows and Mac and then just let it play every FLV files you throw at it.

FLV (Flash Video) is neither yet outdated nor a rare container format, many popular online videos hosting sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, etc. are still using this format for streaming videos.

The default player for Mac – QuickTime player reported that FLV player is no longer supported, but luckily there are many third-party FLV media player software out there claiming they support play FLV files on Mac.

What is FLV?

FLV files are basically Flash Video Files. Flash Videos are widely used and are accepted as the default online video format.

Many websites use FLV file format for videos, most notably are YouTube, Hulu, Yahoo Video, Metacafe, Reuters.com, Megavideo, Google Videos, and also by many other news providers.

Flash videos are viewable on most operating systems via the Adobe flash player which comes as a web browser plugin.

If you have downloaded an FLV file, which you saw on a website and saved it on your hard drive. You may not be able to play the FLV file on your desktop unless you have a compatible media player installed.

To play the FLV file you may need to download additional third-party software to be able to view it on your computer unless you convert your videos to some other video formats.

Best Free FLV player for windows and Mac

Here is a Free FLV player for windows and Mac, which is a Desktop FLV player. Play All Your FLV Videos with this Free FLV Player.
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WIMPY Desktop FLV player is a free FLV player for windows and Mac. Wimpy can play FLV Videos you have downloaded to your computer.

Wimpy Desktop FLV player is a FREE player and is a standalone Flash Video FLV player. With this Player, you will be able to watch your FLV and SWF videos from your Desktop.

The best part is the player doesn’t require any installation, so does not create any registry entry and so it’s portable, and can be carried as another PORTABLE App in your thumb drive or external hard disk or any other portable devices.

Wimpy Desktop FLV player is absolutely FREE and is available for both Windows and Mac OSX.

Download Wimpy Desktop FLV Player for Windows

Download Wimpy Desktop FLV Player for Mac OS

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