Convert AVI to FLV

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Converting AVI to FLV is free: drop your AVI above, hit convert, and download the FLV. Files delete themselves within an hour.

Most AVI to FLV conversions are wrapper swaps: the pictures stay pictures, they just trade AVI's box for one built for nothing new: today it's mostly old downloads waiting to be rescued. If the codec inside your AVI is one FLV accepts, Flippy keeps quality bit-for-bit identical; if not, it re-encodes once, carefully, at matching quality.

Why flip AVI to FLV

AVI is the veteran of desktop video: dependable in 1995, cranky about everything invented since. It was born in 1992, Microsoft, and its real weak spot is modern life: no proper streaming, no subtitles, no love for modern codecs.

FLV is a relic of the Flash era: the format YouTube grew up on, stranded when Flash died. The Flash Video container, typically holding old H.263, VP6 or early H.264 streams. That makes it the right destination when what you need is nothing new: today it's mostly old downloads waiting to be rescued.

How to convert AVI to FLV

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Drop your AVI file into the flipper above, or click to browse for it.
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Check the output format: FLV is already selected for you.
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Hit Convert, give it a moment, then download your new FLV.

AVI vs FLV, side by side

	AVI	FLV
Born	1992, Microsoft	2002, Macromedia (later Adobe), for Flash Player
Type	video · container	video · container
Best for	opening old archives and humoring legacy Windows tools	nothing new: today it's mostly old downloads waiting to be rescued
Weak spot	modern life: no proper streaming, no subtitles, no love for modern codecs	playing anywhere at all since Flash was switched off in 2020
Typical size	usually bulky: its era's codecs compress far less than H.264 or H.265	small files with dial-up-era expectations about quality
Plays on	Old Windows software and desktop players; phones and browsers mostly refuse.	Almost nothing modern; VLC and converters are its retirement home.

Questions people ask

Will converting AVI to FLV lose quality?

Usually not: when the video codec is compatible, Flippy swaps the container without re-encoding, so quality is untouched. If a re-encode is needed, it happens once at matching quality.

Will the FLV file be bigger or smaller than my AVI?

Similar, unless a re-encode is involved: then it depends on the codec. FLV typically runs small files with dial-up-era expectations about quality.

Where will the FLV file play?

Almost nothing modern; VLC and converters are its retirement home. That's the usual reason people leave AVI behind: FLV simply opens in more of the places that matter.

How long does AVI to FLV conversion take?

When it's a pure container swap it's nearly instant, since nothing is re-encoded. Full re-encodes take roughly as long as the video plays, often less.

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