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What is the difference between an FLV and a SWF file? Why can my FLV files be viewed in the Flash Player?

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What is the difference between an FLV and a SWF file? Why can my FLV files be viewed in the Flash Player?

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A SWF file is a Flash movie. FLV is Flash video. The FLV file format enables developers to insert video into a Flash movie timeline. To publish or play back a Flash video, the FLV file needs to be called by a SWF file. This is known as linked FLV. Projects that require embedded FLV Squeeze can create a single SWF file with no FLV.