Convert FLV to OGV — Free Online Converter
Convert Flash Video (.flv) to Ogg Video (.ogv) online for free. Fast, secure video conversion with no watermarks or registration.
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About FLV to OGV Conversion
FLV (Flash Video) was Adobe's proprietary web video container that dominated online streaming from 2005 to 2015. OGV (Ogg Video) is the Xiph.org Foundation's open-source video container using Theora video codec (derived from On2 Technologies' VP3) with Vorbis audio. Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons exclusively use OGV for all video content, and Firefox was the first browser to support OGV natively in 2009. Converting FLV to OGV moves Flash video into the open-source ecosystem.
Why Convert FLV to OGV?
OGV is the video format of the open web movement — entirely patent-free and royalty-free. Wikimedia Foundation requires OGV for all video uploads, and many open-source projects and Linux distributions prefer it. If you are contributing FLV content to Wikipedia, packaging video for open-source software, or targeting the Linux ecosystem where OGV has first-class support, this conversion is necessary.
Common Use Cases
- Uploading FLV recordings to Wikimedia Commons, which only accepts OGV and WebM for video
- Including video content in open-source documentation and wikis that use OGV format