Many a people complain recently that they find it frustrated to be prevented to download the Flash video they have ever encountered when online. Every time they intend to download a FLV video, they will get a Flash with no content, which leads to violent rage, as if they are fooled. Why?

Why I fail to capture FLV streaming video from web free?

FLV is Flash video which is native and exclusive video format for the integration to Flash. The Flash video embedded in the Flash within a HTML file is the typical use of Flash video. As every time when you are trying to capture the FLV from the web, you have not captured the FLV URL but the URL of the Flash! Then the result of your work is only a Flash container with no Flash video content in.

Then how to capture the Flash video but the Flash container?

The key is to capture the URL of the FLV! Then, a free FLV video capture software program is a need and a must. Here a little and free program called FLV downloader is highly recommended, which is a special tool for FLV capturing and downloading. With it installed on your computer, to capture the FLV streaming video from web is going to be fun.

How to use the FLV downloader to capture the HTML Flash video?

Download the program from http://www.flvsoft.com/download_flv/ and install it on your computer.

Step1: Launch it.

Step2: (See the above image) Click “Start Recording”, and the program will automatically record the FLV encountered in IE, Firefox, Maxthon, Opera, etc. See the following dialog box, type in the file name, click “Add”, and the program will start the downloading process. As the speed is fast, after a second, you can go directly to your folder to find your target FLV file.

When the FLV video is downloaded, you can play it with Moyea FLV Player, which is installed automatically on your computer, if when you are installing the downloader, keeping all the default settings.