An f4v file extension is associated with Adobe Flash and used for one of the two different flash video format, the other being FLV. F4V format is based on ISO and is supported starting with Flash Player 9 update 3.
Software that open f4v file
F4V file extension - Adobe Flash mp4 multimedia
What is f4v file? How to open f4v files?
The f4v file extension is used for one of the two most common Flash Video formats.
The f4v format is based on the format specified by ISO/IEC 14496-12: ISO base media file format. Starting with SWF files published for Flash Player 9 Update 3 (9,0,115,0), Flash Player has been able to play F4V files.
The FLV/F4V open specification documents the file formats for storing media content used to deliver streaming audio and video for playback in Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR software.
FLV and F4V are the de facto standard for web video today; 80% of online videos are viewed worldwide using Adobe Flash technology.
Updated: January 20, 2025
The default software associated to open f4v file:
Adobe Flash 
(obsolete software)
Company or developer:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe Flash was an authoring environment for creating interactive websites with animations and video content. Flash works with vector and raster graphics to provide animation of text, drawings, and still images. It also supported audio and video streaming. Adobe Flash Player can display Flash content on various computing platforms. The latest version of Adobe Flash CC Professional was available through Creative Cloud.
Adobe Flash is discontinued software and was replaced by Adobe Animate CC.
Company or developer:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) is runtime environment for Rich Internet Applications (RIA) that are use technologies from Adobe such as Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex and HTML, Ajax etc.
Adobe Air applications can be run as desktop applications but very popular is on mobile platforms. Adobe Air supports Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X (macOS), iOS, Android etc.
Adobe Flash Player 
(obsolete software)
Company or developer:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe Flash Player was an add-on to the operating system that played Adobe Flash animations and movies in Web browsers. It supported a variety of operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc.
Support for Flash ended on December 31, 2020.
Company or developer:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe Creative Cloud is latest member of Creative family. With this version Adobe moved from one-time fee to subscription based model, while no longer plans to offer one time purchase options like the users were used. There is either annual or monthly fee for using the whole bundle or just one program.
List of software applications associated to the .f4v file extension
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and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open f4v file, edit f4v file, convert f4v file, view f4v file, play f4v file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).
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Software that open f4v file - Adobe Flash mp4 multimedia
Programs supporting the exension f4v on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open f4v file action.
Microsoft Windows:
Adobe Flash (obsolete/discontinued)
