Resurrect your dead Flash videos by converting FLV to MP4.
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Resurrect your Flash videos and make them playable again.
Drag & drop your old .flv file. We support all common Flash codecs.
We decode the legacy stream and re-encode it to the modern H.264 standard.
Save your new MP4. It is now safe, compatible, and ready for the future.
Adobe officially killed Flash Player in 2020. FLV files do not work in Chrome, Safari, or on mobile devices anymore. Converting to MP4 is the only way to view them.
For over a decade, FLV (Flash Video) powered the internet. It was the backbone of early YouTube and countless other video sites.
But with the "Death of Flash" in 2020, browsers stopped supporting it. Millions of FLV files became unplayable overnight—digital memories locked in an obsolete container.
RiseConvert's FLV Restoration Engine is efficient archeology. We extract the raw video streams (often Sorenson Spark or VP6) from the FLV container and re-encode them into modern, standards-compliant H.264 MP4 files that work on any screen today.
Make unplayable Flash files viewable again.
Corrects timestamp issues common in old FLV streams.
Play on iPhone, HTML5, & Smart TVs
FLV was the container format used by Adobe Flash Player to deliver video over the internet. It was designed for a different era, prioritizing low bandwidth over quality.
Since the deprecation of Flash, FLV has become a "zombie format." The video data is still inside, but modern software doesn't know how to render it properly.
MP4 is the universal replacement. By converting FLV to MP4, you are essentially saving the video from digital obsolescence.
FLV files often used a codec called Sorenson Spark (H.263) or On2 VP6. These are ancient by modern standards. Even if you could open the container, your modern video player might show a black screen or green artifacts.
RiseConvert doesn't just change the file extension. We perform a full transcode, decoding the old, inefficient frames and re-drawing them using the high-efficiency H.264 standard. This ensures the video looks correct on iPhones, Androids, and 4K TVs.
The browser plugin that used to play FLV files. It was disabled globally in 2020 due to security risks.
An old video compression standard found in early FLV files. It is rarely supported today.
The process of converting video from one encoding format (FLV) to another (MP4).
The file format that holds video/audio. FLV is an old container; MP4 is the modern one.
Some FLV files used transparent backgrounds. MP4 does not support this. The transparent areas will become black in the converted file.
Old FLV videos were often 240p or 360p. Converting to MP4 preserves quality but cannot magically create new details (upscale) that weren't there.
FLV often had unstable frame rates. Our converter stabilizes this to a constant frame rate for smoother playback on modern screens.
Files are processed in a secure environment and automatically deleted after 2 hours.
"Found an old hard drive with 2008-era FLV videos. This saved them all!"
"Great for converting old portfolio work that was locked in Flash format."
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