Demaestro - 9:31 pm on Sep 23, 2008 (gmt 0)

typically what you do with a .flv is play it in a flvplayback object.

Open a new flash project.
You want to open the components window. (ctrl F7 or ->Windows -> Components)

In that window there should be a video tree... inside of the video stuff is an FLVPlayback object.

Drag it onto the stage. While it is selected open the "parameters" panel... there is a value named "source" this is where you define the flv that it will play. You can include the .flv in the project file or you can keep it as a seperate file and reference it's location on the web.

Add some player controls, like pause/play, mute, seek bar.

Hope this helps... if you have more questions or problems I can help.

Basically you don't convert the .flv to a .swf you create a .swf that uses the .flv