
It was originally developed by Microsoft and IBM and stores uncompressed lossless audio which results in very large file sizes. One minor drawback is that the file sizes can be huge which can make them a little impractical.Ī file with the WAV file extension is a Waveform audio file format and is a container that stores data in segments.

As they are stored in an uncompressed format they are enormously versatile and allow for easy editing and manipulation.
#HOW TO CONVERT FLV FILES TO MP3 WINDOWS#
It was originally developed back in 1991 for use within Windows 3.1 but today it is the gold standard in studio recording and one of the most popular digital audio formats. The WAV file is one of the simplest digital audio file formats. FLV files also support uncompressed audio or ADPCM format audio. However, audio in Flash Video FLV files recorded from the user's microphone use the proprietary Nellymoser Asao Codec. The second version is only playable in Flash Player 8 and newer - Audio in Flash Video files is usually encoded as MP3. Both these formats are bitmap tile based, can be lossy by reducing color depths and are compressed using zlib. The Flash Video FLV file format supports two versions of a so called 'screenshare' (Screen video) codec which is an encoding format designed for screencasts. Sorenson Spark is an older codec for FLV files but it is also a widely available and compatible one, because it was the first video codec supported in Flash Player.

Flash Video is viewable on most operating systems except iOS, via the Adobe Flash Player and web browser plugin or one of several third-party programs.įlash Video FLV files contain video bit streams which are a proprietary variant of the H.263 video standard, under the name of Sorenson Spark (FourCC FLV1). Notable users of it include YouTube, Hulu, VEVO, Yahoo! Video, metacafe,, and many other news providers.

Flash Video has been accepted as the default online video format by many sites. The Flash Video format is a video format defined by Adobe Systems.
