FLVPlayer4Free

Since the launching of the YouTube video sharing website, similar sites appear more and more. Despite the fact that these sites are different from each other, the technology behind them is pretty much the same. They all use the Adobe Flash technology for playing files. Basically, FLV files are being used everywhere. These files can be generated by most of the video applications on the market and they are ideal for web playback, as they are small in size and still have good video and audio quality. There are FLV files available on the web for free download. The problem is playing these files. A software that can help in this matter is FLVPlayer4Free. As the name clearly states, this is a free software that allows one to play any FLV files using various options and settings, without being limited only to the FLV format.

The installation process of FLVPlayer4Free completes in matter of seconds, requiring only a few clicks to complete. During the installation process, there is an option for installing the SweetIM browser toolbar. One should uncheck it if he doesn't want the toolbar into his system. Any Windows version can be used for running the program.

The interface of FLVPlayer4Free resembles the one of other media players, being simple to use, despite the large number of options available. One just needs to point to the desired FLV file and that's it. Besides playing FLV files, FLVPlayer4Free is also able to open a wide range of media files, like AVI, MP3, WMV and so on. Each media file can be played in a window or full screen mode. Furthermore, the program allows taking captures of the playing file.

If the desired FLV file is online, it can be played directly using FLVPlayer4Free without the need of being downloaded first. The software allows creating playlists which can include a multitude of file types. Thus, each file will be automatically played one after the other.

Regarding the look and feel of the program, FLVPlayer4Free supports various skins. Some are included but more can be downloaded from the producer's website.