# Playing flvs locally
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-flvs-locally/425091
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [December 12, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-flvs-locally/425091 "2014-12-12T17:14:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@e\_v](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/e_v)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-flvs-locally/425091/1 "2014-12-12T17:14:40Z")
I take it Adobe no longer makes its Media Player. So what is the best way to view an FLV by itself? I looked up various third-party players, but on the two I tried to download, my antivirus warned me about adware threats. Any recommendations?
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### Author:  [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-flvs-locally/425091/2 "2014-12-12T22:57:46Z")
[VLC](http://www.videolan.org/index.html) plays FLVs. It’s open source and doesn’t have any ads, so if your antivirus software complains, it’s just being petulant.
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### Author:  [@e\_v](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/e_v)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-flvs-locally/425091/3 "2014-12-13T01:34:38Z")
Thank you, krilnon!