# Figuring out flv settings

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/figuring-out-flv-settings/174991>\
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**Created:** [January 10, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/figuring-out-flv-settings/174991 "2006-01-10T22:03:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![prokrast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df788c/32.png) [@prokrast](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prokrast)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/figuring-out-flv-settings/174991/1 "2006-01-10T22:03:31Z")

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Does anyone know if there’s a way to analyze an FLV file to figure out the settings used to make it (i.e., codec, bitrate, etc.)? I was curious about the settings that [YouTube.com](http://YouTube.com) uses, because they’re compatible with Flash 7 and the quality is pretty good.