Kodi (formerly known as XBMC) is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media center for playing videos, music, pictures, games, and more. It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the internet.
From the file formats supported by Kodi we know that Kodi support lots of common format like MP4 , AVI, MPEG, WMV, ASF, FLV, MKV/MKA (Matroska), QuickTime and so on. Although FLV is is on the supported list, users still have the import and playback issues. Like below on the forum:
Hi guys ,I am pretty new to Xbmc , and I have a problem. FLV files don't appear on my video list , so , obviously , I can not play them...
I have been searching around and it seems to me that Xbmc supports playback of FLV files. I have a bunch of flv's and a few avi's in one folder. I add this folder as my video source but only the avis show up in the display. I have re-added the source many times but the flvs will never show when i navigate to the movies section.
It is well known that FLV is a Flash Video container file format used to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player version 6 and newer. FLV usually contain material encoded with codecs following the Sorenson Spark or VP6 video compression formats. It can hold many different type of audio, video codec such as H.264, H.263, MPEG-4 ASP, MPEG AAC, etc. FLV may contains information such as duration, width and height, framerate, encryption, metadata... If there are some video, audio or other information that Kodi does not recognize, you will easily encounter import issues.
To play FLV files smoothly on Kodi, the best solution is to transcode FLV files to Kodi best compatible H.264 video codec with AAC audio codec. Here, Pavtube Video Converter- Acted as the best FLV to Kodi converting tool - is recommended highly. It features a simple yet sleek interface and performs files conversion with fast speed enables you to complete the FLV to H.264 codec task with least quality loss in just a few clicks at your fingertips.
This video app is undoubtedly the best video converter of all times. You can Clip, Crop, Merge, Apply effect, set output parameter, Add watermark, Snapshot, Rotate etc. before import FLV files to Kodi. Besides FLV, this video app allows you to convert 70+ video types such as MOV, Tivo recordings, MKV, H.265 *mp4/*mov, *mxf/*mts/*m2ts from JVC, Panasonic, Canon, Nikon, Sony cameras and camcorders, etc. to almost any audio/video format for free entertainment.
This video app provides both Mac and Windows Version, Pavtube Video Converter for Mac (Mac version) also available for you.
If you have 3D Blu-ray ISO files, DVD Video_TS folder, and want to watch them on Kodi, please feel free to get Pavtube BDMagic (Mac / Windows).
How to Convert FLV to Kodi Best Format?
Step 1: Import FLV files.
Launch the application on your computer, click "File" > "Load Video/Audio" or "Load from Folder" to import FLV files to the program.
Step 2: Choose proper format to watch FLV files on Kodi.
Click "Format" bar, from its drop-down option, select to output Kodi best playable video formats by following "HD Video" > "H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)".
Step 3: Customize to output Kodi playable audio codec.
Click "Settings" to open "Profile" settings window, in "Audio" section, click "Codec" drop-down list, select Kodi playable AAC codec to output.
Step 4: Start the conversion.
Go back to the main UI and click "Convert"button to start FLV to Kodi supported H.264 file format conversion process.
Then you can transfer the converted files to Kodi.
If you are a newer or not familiar with importing step, have a reference at this article: How to setup Kodi to add video files?
