Extract audio and video files from FLVs with FLV Extract

FLV Extract ScreenshotDescription: FLV Extract is a free program that can save video and audio files from FLV files in their original formats without decompressing or re-compressing.

If you weren’t aware of it, FLV files are containers that house audio and video files which may be encoded in any number of formats. FLV Extract gives you the ability to unpack the video and audio files without needing to re-encode or re-process.

This little program will be very useful if you (a) are downloading music from music-sharing sites in the FLV format, or (b) need to demux the audio or video from FLV files.

Converting FLVs to MP3s is possible using a number of programs such as Super or Any Audio Converter; however, these will perform re-encoding operations which take time and in most cases require that the user make a number of quality and format decisions. With FLV Extract, however, the extraction happens in a flash and is almost instantaneous, and the files retain the format and quality with which they were encoded. Here are more notes on this program:

  • Nothing to install: just unzip and run.
  • The UI: a simple dialog with 3 options: extract video, timecodes, and audio. All you need to do is to drop files onto the app for processing.
  • Performance: you can drag multiple FLVs onto FLV Extract and they will be processed immediately within the space of a second (or a few seconds at most).

The verdict: although I do not expect this to have a very broad audience, those of us who need it will greatly appreciate it. Simple, straightforward, and free — just the way I like my software.

Version Tested: 1.3.0

Compatibility: WinAll. Requires .NET Framework 2.0.

Go to the program page to download the latest version (approx 50K).

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21 Comments so far

  1. Ant on February 28th, 2008

    Brilliant. Exactly what I need.

  2. CT on February 29th, 2008

    Nice, and very handy! No-Install is a BIG Plus, and my only suggestion for an improvement would be to allow it to function when added to the ‘Send To’ right-click menu! Of course, that might increase the program’s size, which is one of it’s great features!

    The author’s other programs are nice, too - I LOVE “RotateCalc”! Makes straightening photos a Snap! :-D
    Small, Clean, Portable, and Works Well - Can’t beat that, THANKS!

  3. DS on February 29th, 2008

    Wooow, thanks…

  4. wvluv on March 1st, 2008

    works very well, and super fast. should complement dvd slideshow nicely, as well as all vid and audio fanatics out there. Now if transcoders only worked this fast.

  5. Sameer on March 1st, 2008

    excellent

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  7. Michael on March 3rd, 2008

    Does anyone know if there is a way to recombine the video and audio tracks into a regular avi video file?

  8. Kashif S. Malik on March 5th, 2008

    .. that’s exactly what I was looking for. Great find!

  9. Jahosafat on March 11th, 2008

    Pretty useless unless you wanna mix the vid with some other audio…or maybe just get the audio..as for extracting the vid, with no sound, can’t do anything.

  10. PC on March 14th, 2008

    It looks interesting, but with no obvious way
    to download your program, I think I will
    look some place else.

  11. kiki burgh on March 17th, 2008

    how do i download this?

  12. Kanj on March 21st, 2008

    Brilliant software

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  14. Juan on March 31st, 2008

    it works good, but it reduces the sound quality. When I hear the .flv version, it is louder than the extracted .mp3 version.

    Unless I’m doing something wrong, I’m forced to look for another program

  15. Guest on April 2nd, 2008

    Just because there is a volume difference doesn’t mean the data is different.

  16. Clayton on April 17th, 2008

    I don’t think it’s changing the audio at all; I don’t think it re-encodes it. I’ll bet you hear a volume difference b/c you’re opening the video/audio file in a different player than the extracted audio file. Try opening them in the same program, unless you’re already doing that in which case, uh, I dunno :-) Not worth going thru the source code for for me :-)
    Thanks for a wonderful little utility!

    And yes, getting it to take a file as the first command line parameter would be great! That’d make the Windows “Send to” feature work!

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  18. Pauwry on May 26th, 2008

    Here’s what you do… Extract the stuff, start windows movie maker, put the 2 files (audio and video) in there on the timeline, then just export the movie and you are done!

  19. Thanakon on June 2nd, 2008

    Your flv exact is absolutely wonderful, much better than those on sale in the market. I have wanted this for along time for my flv video

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