FLV media player ?

[Zetti]

Hi all,

I have been downloading videos from You Tube, most of them are in the FLV format (container);

Please, is there a hardware media player that plays FLV files ? I mean, a hardware device that would read FLV videos from my NAS and display on TV ?

Everytime that I wanna watch the videos through my Home Theater I have to plug in the laptop, which is too troublesome, I'd like a media player with a remote control that plays the FLV videos - and of course other more common formats like MPG, MP4, etc;

Thanks a lot,

Zetti

[Baldrick]

Build a tiny htpc?

Or check http://www.iboum.com/net-media-players.php

[Zetti]

Thanks, building a "budget" HTPC would work, but I don't know where to start; it should be powerful enough to hold all video files, but no mre than that ($);

Thanks,

Zetti

[theewizard]

many youtube videos can be downloaded as MP4 files
and there are many download/conversion add-ons/plugins for browsers
so you can get the video in any common format you want

i Dl may youtube videos primarily in mp4 format

[Zetti]

Yes, however, in the conversion from FLV to MP4 the file sizes get BIGGER without any quality improvement, and it goes taking HDD room.....

That's what I have been doing as well (FLV -> MP4), however I have been searching for a native FLV player solution;

Maybe a laptop HTPC would work;

Thanks,

[davexnet]

Perhaps try AVIdemux.
You have to set the "video output" and "audio output" to "Copy" and the output format to mp4 muxer.

[NoBuddy]

Have you tried FLV-Extract?
Use the latest beta. It demuxes flv and muxes the stream directly to mp4 (avc/aac) And very fast.
The resulting mp4s work pretty well on my Hardware Player.
Nice Avatar, btw. Kiko

[Zetti]

Thanks guys for pointing out alternatives, however, I have become really lazy and would just want a $ 100 or so media player that handles FLV natively;

I have the "Pro" version of You Tube Downloader and can convert on the fly from FLV to MP4, however as I said the converted files come out bigger and if one considers "millions" of files, I end up wasting HDD room;

Therefore, a software alternative would not be the preferred choice;

Thanks a lot,

Zetti (Kiko)

P.S.: I love Chespirito and Chaves