You have plenty of options to download Flash videos from the web and save them to your computer. Mostly these videos are in FLV format. Installing FLV players is not the best solution most of the time as the codecs for playback of the downloaded content may be not installed or the video and sound can be played incorrectly.
The most convenient solution to watch FLV videos is to
convert FLV to AVI video and enjoy watching it in your favorite video player!
The easiest way to convert FLV to AVI:
- Download and install FLV to AVI Converter on your computer.
- Launch the application and choose the FLV file you want to convert by clicking the "Browse" button.
- Select "Convert to video" option.
- Now simply press the "Convert" button and the conversion process will start.
FLV to AVI Converter offers advanced settings, which helps you individualize conversion parameters.
Video settings allow: codec selection and its customization, frames per second quantity, key frames quantity, interactive conversion. It also offers video and image resizing and cropping, you can customize the size of the video image visually or by applying the needed settings. Audio settings are also versatile and efficient: choose the audio codec and its settings, the channel and sample rate.
Question:
Do I get the same qualitative result if I use some other free online converter to convert FLV to AVI?
We answer:
It is up to you to use them, but just compare the results you get.
Disadvantages: The free online solutions cannot guarantee conversion quality and they don't offer the technical support in case you experience difficulties. Moreover many of them are just demo versions of paid programs, so you still won't get the required and qualitative result without paying the fee.
Other useful options you may want to try:

Convert
FLV to SWF format and watch it in Flash Player