Free FLV Players is a completely functional player for playing and converting FLV (flash video) video downloaded from popular websites such as YouTube, Google Video, myspaceTV, etc. The Player automatically adds the file extension to the system. Web and file extension association on the system, so you can watch any flv or webm file by double clicking it from the Player. You can easily switch between viewing video and playing music with the help of "back button" option, which is located in the upper left corner of the screen. When you download the software and install it on your computer, you don't need to install FLV player separately as they are automatically installed when you download them.
In order to download software for this player, you have to go to a website that offers FLV players and download the software. However, you have to be careful while downloading as some of these software may also contain spyware and viruses in them. There are many sites that offer software but the quality is low. Some of the websites are known to sell fake versions of the player and hence the users have to be careful.
Most of the users prefer to download software from websites which offer free trials before they buy them. In order to download software for this player from such websites, all you have to do is log in to the site, sign up and download the program to your computer. Once the software is installed, you have to double click the downloaded file in order to open the program. It is important to note that if your FLV player does not recognize a file it is likely that it is an old version. To update the software, you have to uninstall it and then reinstall it. After you install the latest software on your computer, the program will automatically scan and update your windows media player, making it capable of playing and decoding the files on your hard drive.