FLV to MOV Converter

Convert FLV to MOV Online

FLV is a dead-end format — Adobe ended Flash Player support on December 31, 2020, and modern browsers and editors no longer touch it. Converting your old Flash Video clips to MOV rewraps them in Apple's QuickTime container with an H.264 video track, so they open cleanly in QuickTime Player, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, and Premiere. Upload your FLV, pick a codec and quality, and download an edit-ready MOV.

How to Convert FLV to MOV

1. Upload Your FLV File: Drag and drop your FLV onto the page or click "Add Files" to browse. You can queue several clips and convert them in one batch with the same settings.
2. Set the Video Codec: Open Advanced Options and confirm the Video Codec. H.264 is the default and is the right choice for QuickTime and editor compatibility; H.265 (HEVC) cuts file size further if your target app supports it. Audio defaults to AAC.
3. Choose a Quality Preset (Optional): Pick a Quality Preset (Very High is the default) or, if you need a hard ceiling, switch File Compression to Specific file size. You can also trim the clip or change the Resolution here.
4. Convert and Download: Click Convert and save your MOV. No sign-up, no watermark. Files are uploaded over an encrypted connection, processed on our servers, and deleted automatically after a few hours.

FLV vs MOV: What Changes in the Conversion

Frequently Asked Questions

Will converting FLV to MOV improve the video quality?

No — conversion cannot add detail that was never recorded. Most FLV files were encoded with older Sorenson Spark or VP6 codecs at modest bitrates for web streaming, so the source quality is the ceiling. Moving to MOV with an H.264 track preserves what's there in a modern, editable wrapper; it does not upscale or sharpen the original footage.

Why won't my FLV file open in QuickTime or Final Cut Pro?

QuickTime Player and Final Cut Pro never natively supported the FLV container, and after Adobe's Flash Player end-of-life on December 31, 2020, the format lost its last mainstream playback path. Rewrapping the clip as MOV with an H.264 video track gives Apple's apps a container and codec they decode directly, which is the whole point of this conversion.

Does the MOV output keep the original audio from my FLV?

Yes. The audio track is re-encoded to AAC, the standard codec for MOV files, so it stays in sync with the video and plays in QuickTime and editors. FLV files most often carry MP3 or AAC audio already, so this is a routine re-encode rather than a lossy detour through an unusual format.

Should I convert FLV to MOV or to MP4?

Choose MOV if your destination is the Apple editing ecosystem — Final Cut Pro, iMovie, and QuickTime treat MOV as a first-class format. If you mainly want a file that plays everywhere (phones, browsers, smart TVs, Windows), convert FLV to MP4 instead; MP4 and MOV share the same underlying structure and the same H.264 video, but MP4 has wider device support.

How large will the MOV file be, and can I make it smaller?

In our testing, a 480p 60-second FLV at a typical web-streaming bitrate produced a roughly 6-8 MB MOV at the Very High preset — MOV with H.264 is reasonably efficient, but it is usually larger than the original Flash file because Flash was tuned for small streaming sizes. To cap the result, set File Compression to Specific file size during conversion, or run the finished MOV through the video compressor afterward.