Thursday, May 25, 2017

VLC and FLV- Get VLC to Play FLV Files

VLC is a great media player that can play videos in various formats without the requirement of additional installation of codec. However, VLC FLV playback issues have troubled the users from time to time. It can be extremely vexing when you want to play common FLV format and it ends up in "fail to open", "no video" or "black screen" situation in VLC. There are many possible reasons that might lead to this issue like nonstandard FLV codecs and corrupted FLV files. Here, we provide you several efficient solutions to VLC not playing FLV problem. 

 

Best Tool to Help Play FLV in VLC 

Dimo Video Converter Ultimate is especially developed for solving the issues when VLC cannot play the FLV files. If you are encountering the same problem then with the help of Dimo, you can solve all your problems. Everything becomes easier when you have a video converter with you. By working it, you can easily convert FLV to VLC supported formats without any quality loss. 

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* Solid Media Converter: Easily convert, download, edit, or make ISO as your wish. 
* Vast Device types: Convert into any device type or create custom presets. 
* Essential Editing Functions: Includes basic editing tools, advanced settings, add special effects, take snapshot. Crop or trim videos etc. 
* Perfect Download & Conversion: Ability to download or convert videos from online websites such as YouTube, Hulu, Vimeo, Facebook, etc. 
* Make ISO: You can copy Blu-ray and backup video files to ISO. 
* Free media sharing: Share video/audio files to mobile devices wirelessly 
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Step by step guide to Convert FLV to VLC Supported Formats 

Step 1. Import FLV File 

Import the file which you want to convert. Click on the "Add File" menu, and then choose "Add multi-files" or "Add Folder" to import the FLV file for conversion. Alternatively, you can directly drag and drop your FLV files to the program. 

 

Step 2. Choose VLC Supported Format 

In this step, you can choose the VLC format (such as MOV, AVI, FLV, etc) you want to convert the FLV in. 

Tips: Click "Settings" button to do corresponding settings regarding to video, audio like video codec, file size, video bitrate, frame rate, etc. 

 

Step 3. FLV to VLC Format Conversion 

Just when you choose all your requirements then you can press the "Start" button for converting the file. After conversion, click "Open" and freely load the converted MP4 videos into VLC media player for playback. 

Not only work as FLV to VLC encoder, Dimo Video Converter Ultimate also acts as AVI to VLC encoder, MOV to VLC encoder, MKV to VLC encoder, WMV to VLC encoder, MP4 to VLC encoder, Blu-ray to VLC ripper, DVD to VLC converter, etc. It could convert and encode videos in 180+ formats to VLC media player. 

Play FLV Video with VLC Alternative 

If you're not a dedicated VLC player user, you could take a VLC FLV player alternative to play FLV files. 8K Player is what you need. As an all-inclusive media player, it performs even better than VLC player. It supports all video formats like FLV, AVI, MP4, MOV, MKV, WMV, etc. in different codecs like MPEG-4, H.264, H.265, etc. With this free FLV video player, you could never be bothered by "VLC player can't play FLV files" issues. Mac version is here. 

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Other Useful Solutions 

1. Why VLC Shows Black Screen When Playing Movie Files 

So far there is only one official solution available as below: 

Launch VLC media player and go in the Tools > Preferences> Video option. Here uncheck the option "Accelerated Video output". Then play your movie file again to see if this works. 

 

2. How to Fix "VLC FLV No Video" Issue 

This issue is also faced by a lot VLC users. Users have tried variety of solutions to solve out this problem but it is not solved. The thing is that this problem is faced on the Windows devices and FLV is playing perfectly in Windows media player but not in VLC. So now we are going to tell you some solutions to fix this issue. 

Solution #1: Change VLC Player Output Module 

Go in the Tools > Preferences > Video and check the options in front of Output. Change the Output option from the drop-down list and try to play your videos again. 

 

Solution #2: Change "Overlay Video Output" 

If Solution #1 doesn't work, you can try this solution. This option is available in the Video>General Video Setting. Under "Display" there are so many different options available. Now uncheck "Accelerated Video Output (Overlay)" option if it is checked. After unchecking it try to play your video again. 

 

Solution #3: Change Output Module 

You can try to change output module to openGL to get your video back. This option is available there in the Tools>Preferences>Video. In front of output click on the drop down menu and select "OpenGL Video Output". Now try to play your video in VLC again. 

 

More Information about VLC 

VLC media player is an open-source framework which means anyone can use it for free. You can download it for free and use it for either watching movies or playing music. It supports all kinds of formats and plays them. It can play all kinds of DVDs, VCDs, Audios, CDs and other kinds of streaming files. It is simple, quick and a very legit media player that never disappoints. 

List VLC Supported Video/Audio Formats: 

Video Codecs - MPEG-1, 2, A, B, 4, H.261, H.264, H.262 and more 
Audio Codecs - WMA, HE-AAC, QCELP, AAC, MP3, MPEG-Audio 1 Layer-1/2 and etc. 
Subtitles - ASF, AVI, FLV, FLV, MOV, 3GP, AIFF, AU, OGG, DMF and etc. 

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