Quicktime not opening .flv file

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  1. rajendrapandey, Mar 21, 2016

    rajendrapandey macrumors newbie

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    I am using quicktime 10.4 on Yosemite and also installed Perian but still unable to play .flv videos. Any help will be appreciated.

    Cheers
    -Rajen
     
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  2. arggg14, Mar 22, 2016

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    Use VLC
     
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  3. chabig, Mar 22, 2016

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    I don't think Perian ever supported .flv files. VLC should play it, as arggg14 said.
     
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  4. rajendrapandey, Mar 22, 2016

    rajendrapandey thread starter macrumors newbie

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    Dear arggg14 and chabig, thank you for your suggestion but I just wanted to only use Quicktime Player for all my video files rather than using many players. I am using VLC player only for .flv files for long time. Perian is supported before and it was working without any problem in Snow Leopard and I always used to use Quicktime Player for .flv files. Now, it seems to be the problem in Yosemite as I have recently upgraded.
    Anyway thank u for your time and suggestion.
    Cheers!
    -Raj
     
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  5. chabig, Mar 23, 2016

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    I have the latest version of Perian also, and it seems to no longer convert flv. As Perian is no longer supported, it only makes sense that at some point it will probably stop working. You should avoid flv video, and if you have some that you want to keep, look for ways to convert them to mp4. There are many apps that claim to convert.
    http://www.macupdate.com/find/mac/flv
     
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  6. rajendrapandey, Mar 23, 2016

    rajendrapandey thread starter macrumors newbie

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    Hi Chabig, thanks for your reply. Sometimes, I download flash videos and I have to deal with .flv files or else mostly I use .mp4. As u suggested I have been using video converters like Handbrake to convert my .flv videos to .mp4, which is quite good. Anyway, thank u.
     
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  7. MSastre, Mar 23, 2016

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    MPEG Streamclip will do it ... free.
     
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  8. rajendrapandey, Mar 23, 2016

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    I m also using MPEG Streamclip but I found Handbrake much faster and also reduces file size with the same or better quality. Cheers!
     
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  9. sliceoftoast, Mar 26, 2016

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    VLC is a perfect app for playing many types of media including .FLV
     
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