How to Play FLV Video on Mac OS for Free?

Play FLV video on Mac with VLC and QuickTime Perian

If you want to play FLV (Flash Video) files on your Mac, you'll need to use a player that can handle FLV files. Here are two recommendations (both of them are FREE):

I. Play FLV Video with VLC Media Player

VLC is a media player like QuickTime and Windows Media Player. Many view VLC is a good alternative to the these traditional media players because VLC is available for many different operating systems and is an open source software project that is supported by many dedicated programmers across the world. Now follow the step by step guide:

Step 1. Click the VLC media player link to download the program. 

Step 2. Click the download link underneath the "Latest Mac OS X package" heading at the top of the Web page. Once you do, your Mac will begin downloading the VLC media player installation.

Step 3. Open the VLC media player installation program. Follow the on-screen instructions to install VLC media player onto your Mac.

Step 4. Open the VLC media player, click "File" and select "Open File."

Step 5. Search for the FLV file you want to play. The FLV video will open and begin playing in the VLC media player.

II. Play FLV Video with QuickTime ( Perian Plug-in )

Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular media formats including FLV, MKV, AVI, DivX, 3ivX, FLV1, FSV1, Flash ADPCM and many more.

Step1. Download the Perian plug-in for QuickTime at Perian.com. This plug-in will allow you to play FLV files through the QuickTime application on your Mac.

Step2. Double click the Perian icon to install the program.The Perian program will automatically be loaded into the QuickTime application.

Step3. You now can play FLV video with QuickTime player, you may open a flv video in your QuickTime to test whether the Perian has been installed correctly.

Both above are totally free tools, you can go and try, and you also can know how to Burn FLV Videos to DVD on your Mac,
after burning flv to dvd, you can play the dvd on your home dvd player!