The .FLV files are nothing but the usual flash based video files that we encounter a numerous times on the internet. These flash videos are generally exported by flash plugins from Adobe Flash.

The FLV files are growing in popularity for video format and the file type is now an open standard which is also supported by many software that are not from Adobe.

The file structure is based on bit streams and the flash videos are encoded on the h.263 principle.Most of the current videos on the popular video sharing sites like Youtube and dailymotion are in FLV format.