How to play a flv video in html5

Question

i have a video player

<video id="myMovie">        
            <source src="vids/flv640x480/4fa2ab38f9237e9f2515812ee7fec1961d9c78d1.flv">
</video>

Now this video is not able to play in my browser chrome because its unsupported therefore i know flash is the way out but what do i need to do with flash. Install it on my server or what ? Please anyone is there with a good explanation and steps of how to play flv videos in any browser ?

Maai Maai · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-15T12:17:16

flv videos is not compatible with video tag

You have 2 options from here:

1.You use flash based video players (i.e. Flowplayer) or create your own

Here's a sample usage of flow player:

<!-- player container-->
<a href="http://yourwebsite.com/yourflvvideourlhere.flv"    class="player"
style="display:block;width:425px;height:300px;margin:10px auto"
id="player">
</a>

// install flowplayer
$f("player", "http://releases.flowplayer.org/swf/flowplayer-3.2.18.swf");

Convert your video file to a format that is compatible with video tag (i.e. mp4, webm)

How to play a flv video in html5

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