WebP to FLV converter
Turn your WebP into an FLV that plays smoothly and takes a fraction of the space. WebP gives you the same picture in a noticeably smaller file than JPG or PNG, usually a quarter to a third smaller. One thing to know first: anything see-through in the WebP comes out on a solid background, white unless you choose another colour. Your file never leaves your computer.
Need the other direction? Convert FLV to WebP
How to convert WebP to FLV
- 1 Drop your WebP .webp file onto the page, or click to browse for it.
- 2 Pick how smooth and how sharp you want it. The defaults suit a short looping clip.
- 3 Convert. The work happens on your own machine, so how long it takes depends on your computer and the file.
- 4 Download the FLV, or add more files and do the whole set in one go.
Why convert WebP to FLV
- The same animation as an FLV is routinely a tenth of the size, plays smoothly and stops stuttering on a slow connection.
- You are sending this somewhere that will not keep a transparent background anyway, so putting it on a solid colour costs you nothing.
- Small files and fast start-up over slow connections.
- Simple enough that conversion tools read it reliably.
- Archived video from the Flash era of the web.
WebP compared with FLV
How the two formats differ on the things that decide whether a conversion is worth making.
| Property | WebP | FLV |
|---|---|---|
| File extension | .webp | .flv |
| Compression | Lossy or lossless | Lossy |
| Transparency | Yes | No |
| Animation | Yes | No |
| Typical file size | Depends on mode | Smaller |
| Browser support | Every browser | No browser support |
| Introduced | 2010 | 2002 |
| Developed by | Adobe / Macromedia | |
| Standard | Open | Proprietary |
Quality and what changes
FLV stores the same content under a different set of rules, so what matters here is compatibility rather than picture quality. Convert once from the best source you have rather than through a chain of intermediate files.
- Anything see-through comes out on a solid background, white unless you choose another colour.
- Only the first frame of an animated WebP is kept.
- Browsers will not display an FLV, so it downloads rather than opening in a tab.
- One FLV limitation to keep in mind: nothing plays it any more, Flash is fully end of life.
Questions about WebP to FLV
Will I lose transparency converting WebP to FLV?
Yes. An FLV cannot hold transparency, so anything see-through comes out on a solid colour, white unless you choose another. If the transparency matters, convert to PNG or WebP instead, and only flatten once you know what the image will sit on.
What happens to an animated WebP?
FLV holds a single image, so only one frame survives, normally the first. If you need the motion, convert to a format that keeps it such as MP4, WebM or WebP rather than to FLV.
Can I open an FLV in a browser?
No. No mainstream browser renders FLV natively, so it will download rather than display. That is fine when the file is heading into desktop software or an archive, and a problem if it is going on a web page.
Is my WebP file uploaded anywhere?
No. The whole thing runs inside the browser tab you already have open. Your WebP is read straight from your own disk, converted on your machine and handed back as an FLV. Nothing is sent anywhere, nothing is stored and there is no account.
Is there a file size limit?
There is no server-side limit because no server sees the file. The real ceiling is your device memory, since the input and the output both have to fit in the tab. A few hundred megabytes is usually fine on a desktop machine and considerably less on a phone.
Can I convert several WebP files at once?
Yes. Add as many as you like and they are processed one after another, then offered as separate FLV downloads or as a single ZIP. Speed depends on your own processor rather than on a queue.
Does the converter work offline?
Yes, after the page has loaded once. The engine is cached by the browser, so you can disconnect, reload and keep converting. That falls out of doing the work locally rather than being a separate mode you switch on.