ODG to FLV Converter

Convert ODG to FLV Online

ODG is the editable vector drawing of LibreOffice Draw and Apache OpenOffice Draw; FLV is Adobe's old Flash Video container. This tool does one specific, easy-to-misjudge thing: it rasterizes your drawing to a fixed pixel frame and holds that single frame as a silent, motionless FLV for a duration you choose. There is no animation and no audio, the vector scalability is lost the moment it becomes pixels, and FLV itself is a dead format — Adobe ended Flash Player on December 31, 2020. If you only want a usable copy of the drawing, the table below points to far better outputs; pick FLV here only when a legacy Flash pipeline refuses anything else.

How to Convert ODG to FLV

1. Upload Your ODG File: Drag and drop your .odg onto the page, or click "+ Add Files" to browse. Upload several and choose "Merge images" under Merge strategy for one combined clip, or "Video per image" for a separate FLV per file.
2. Set Image Duration and Quality Preset: Under Image Duration → Duration, choose how long the single rasterized frame holds — from a 1/60-second frame up to 10 seconds per frame ("5 seconds per frame" is the default). Leave the Quality Preset on "Very High (Recommended)". The output uses the Sorenson Spark (FLV1) video codec by default and is silent.
3. Background Color and Video Resolution (Optional): Pick a Background Color (Black by default, or any of 24 named colors) to fill space when the drawing's shape doesn't match the frame. Under Video resolution, choose "Keep original", a preset, or an exact Width x Height — this is the resolution the ODG rasterizes to, so size it for how you'll use the clip.
4. Convert and Download: Click "Convert" and save your .flv. No sign-up, no watermark.

What You Keep vs What You Lose Going ODG → FLV

If your goal is a usable, portable file rather than a Flash clip, these keep far more of the drawing:

• ODG to PDF keeps the vectors crisp and prints anywhere — the safe default for sharing a drawing.
• ODG to PNG gives a lossless raster image of the drawing.
• ODG to SVG preserves the vector paths so it stays scalable and editable.
• ODG to MP4 makes the same still-as-video but in a container that plays on virtually every device — far better than dead FLV.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does converting ODG to FLV rasterize my drawing instead of keeping it as vectors?

An ODG is vector — shapes and paths that resize without losing quality — but a video frame is a grid of pixels. To put the drawing into an FLV, the converter samples it onto a fixed pixel canvas at the resolution you choose, and from that point it is no longer scalable; you cannot enlarge the FLV later without it softening. If keeping the drawing editable and infinitely scalable matters more than having a video, use ODG to SVG, which preserves the vector paths, or ODG to PDF for a print-ready copy.

Why is my converted FLV silent?

Because an ODG is a still drawing with no audio to encode. The converter rasterizes the drawing to one frame, holds it on screen for the Image Duration you set, and — because the source is an image — writes no audio track at all, so the clip is deliberately silent. To add music or narration, convert here first, then bring the .flv into a video editor such as Shotcut or DaVinci Resolve and add an audio track there.

My ODG has several pages — what ends up in the FLV?

The converter rasterizes the drawing to still frames, so a single-page ODG becomes one held frame. With a multi-page ODG, the safest expectation is that the first page is rasterized; if you need every page, export each one as an image first (for example via ODG to PNG) and then assemble them. Keep the original .odg open in LibreOffice Draw to confirm which page is the one you want before converting.

Which video codec does the FLV output use, and will it play in my browser?

By default the video uses Sorenson Spark (FLV1), the classic Flash Video codec, inside the FLV container. Modern browsers will not play it: Adobe ended Flash Player on December 31, 2020 and began blocking Flash content on January 12, 2021, and no current browser ships a Flash plug-in. The file still opens in VLC and other ffmpeg-based players. If you need something that plays everywhere, ODG to MP4 wraps the same frame in H.264, which every modern phone, browser, and TV supports natively.

Should I really use FLV, or is there a better target?

For almost everyone, a better target. FLV is a legacy Flash container with no native playback left in browsers, so it makes sense only when a specific old Flash-based workflow or encoder demands .flv. If you simply need the drawing as a video, ODG to MP4 is the universal choice. In our testing, a single 1920x1080 ODG drawing held at the default 5 seconds produced a silent FLV well under 1 MB, since one static Sorenson Spark frame compresses heavily. If you don't actually need video at all, ODG to PDF or ODG to PNG keeps far more of the drawing.

How are my files handled, and how long are they kept?

Your file is uploaded over an encrypted connection, processed on our servers, and deleted automatically a few hours after the conversion — no sign-up, no watermark, never shared or made public.