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FLV Player 2.0.25

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  • Price: Free
  • Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
  • Date added: October 16, 2008
  • Total Downloads: 25,292,464
  • Downloads last week: 83,605
  • Product Ranking: #5 in Video Players
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CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on December 04, 2008

Most people don't need anything more than a Web browser and a Macromedia plug-in to watch Flash videos. However, if you want a hair's breadth more control over your viewing, this open-source freeware program will do the trick.

FLV Player's exceedingly simple controls allow you to navigate backward and forward through videos and play them in a loop. You can also adjust the volume, mute it, and adjust the size of the player. The Settings menu provides some basic control over program behavior, such as opening a new player window when double-clicking on an FLV file and remembering previous settings. And that's about it.

Our only major complaint is that the display window doesn't automatically resize to the size of your movie frame. We hope this problem will be remedied in future versions. FLV Player isn't a must-have by any stretch, but it's a decent tool for penny-pinching Flash developers.

 
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Publisher's description

From Martijn de Visser Software:

FLV Player is a tool to play Flash FLV and H.264 (MPEG-4) videos with. This utility can come in handy when viewing many FLV and/or H.264 files. The installer comes with optional FLV file-association, so double clicking an FLV file opens and plays the file in FLV Player.

What's new in this version:

  • adds 'video-only' mode (press [tab] to hide all FLV Player interface elements, note that you can still drag the video around)
  • adds volume control with [arrow-up] and [arrow-down] keys
  • adds timer toggle (normal and milliseconds)
  • restores ability to skip forward with [arrow-right] key

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User reviews

  • All versions:
    3.6 stars
    out of 808 votes
    • 5 stars
      249
    • 4 stars
      265
    • 3 stars
      149
    • 2 stars
      51
    • 1 stars
      94
  • Current version:
    3.4 stars
    out of 146 votes
    • 5 stars
      39
    • 4 stars
      42
    • 3 stars
      29
    • 2 stars
      11
    • 1 stars
      25
  • My rating: 0 stars Write review
  • 1 stars

    6 out of 7 people found this review helpful

    Version: FLV Player 2.0.25

    "VIRUS ALERT!"

    by i9ikylo on March 13, 2010

    Pros: Will play flash videos as instructed, and is also no cost.

    Cons: It is infected with files that can cause viruses. Is not user friendly for some computers, even if it's not a slow, outdated computer. Will freeze and crash frequently.

    Summary: I rated it 1 star due to the file's danger. If it had not been infected, it would have been a lot better.

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  • 1 stars

    5 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Version: FLV Player 2.0.25

    "VIRUS! VIRUS !VIRUS!!"

    by mehandas on March 25, 2010

    Pros: It almost destroyed my machine!

    Cons: VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS. Do not download. I was stupid.

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  • 1 stars

    5 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Version: FLV Player 2.0.25

    "Do not download this program from this site!"

    by rogue202 on March 12, 2010

    Pros: None, totally infected file from cnet, W32/BackdoorX.DHLT
    Win32.Small.guj
    Backdoor/Small.gue

    Cons: Do you want these, all comfirmed postiive, W32/BackdoorX.DHLT
    Win32.Small.guj
    Backdoor/Small.gue

    Summary: This pogram is the exact same version that can be downloaded from softpedia, look at the file sizes,
    cnet: 4.76 MB (4,998,707 bytes)
    softpedia: 4.64 MB (4,870,512 bytes)
    You have been warned, hacked site?

    Updated on Mar 12, 2010

    Not even a real program, backdoor trojan

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  • 1 stars

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Version: FLV Player 2.0.25

    "EXE FILE INFECTED - VIRUS DETECTED BY BIT DEFENDER"

    by juandabueno on February 2, 2009

    Pros: well I will not install to then tell you how good my computer is running with the backdoor virus inside....therefore USELESS!!!!!!

    Cons: If you don't mind getting a troja Backdoor Virus into your PC go ahead and download it...... EDITORS REVIEW???? Are they really checking things??? Whats up guys???

    Summary: NO WAY BACKDOOR.GENERIC.142937 Visur Detected!

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  • 1 stars

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Version: FLV Player 2.0.25

    "virus dtected by bitdefender after download"

    by mdpenning on February 1, 2009

    Pros: this software when i downloaded was picked up by my antivirus, telling me that it is a generic backdoor trojan.. i am disgusted at CNET especially after they said it is tested spyware free.. what ********

    Cons: this software when i downloaded was picked up by my antivirus, telling me that it is a generic backdoor trojan.. i am disgusted at CNET especially after they said it is tested spyware free.. what ********

    Summary: this software when i downloaded was picked up by my antivirus, telling me that it is a generic backdoor trojan.. i am disgusted at CNET especially after they said it is tested spyware free.. what ********

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  • 1 stars

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Version: FLV Player 2.0.25

    "Virus found"

    by rsrichute on January 10, 2009

    Pros: There are none

    Cons: While downloading BitDefender located a virus and deleted the download.

    Summary: Be careful of embedded virus

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  • 2 stars

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Version: FLV Player 2.0.25

    "not bad , but there is better."

    by eennaass on August 4, 2009

    Pros: simple,which every ]one can use.

    Cons: the skin and shape.

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  • 1 stars

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Version: FLV Player 2.0.25

    "One of the worst FLV players"

    by spartain on March 10, 2009

    Pros: None tha comes to mind

    Cons: Buggy. Doesn't resize and often resists a drag re size. The picture is pixellated.
    Stutters.

    Summary: I have a modern P4 with updated Win XP and 3Gb RAM and still this worthless program (there are so many on Cnet) fails to perform. It just about passes the test in small screen mode, but put it into full-screen mode and the faults are exposed: it stutters, the picture is pixelated, and the sound goes out of sync. Another example of poor programming given away for free.

    If. like me, you are fussy about quality and don't want to irretrievably waste at least 30 minutes of your life, give this inadequate junk a miss.

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  • 1 stars

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

    Version: FLV Player 2.0.25

    "Did NOT WORK so uninstalled it."

    by shanardg on March 11, 2010

    Pros: NONE - nothing at all.

    Cons: kept freezing - wouldnt work

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  • 1 stars

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

    Version: FLV Player 2.0.25

    "nice but to simple"

    by nis-sky on February 28, 2010

    Pros: nice player for flv files

    Cons: doesn't have more then what it crate for

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