Flash Lite 3 Developer version has been available for download for about 48 hours now but it lacked the much rumored flv support. But the guys at CNPDA took up the task of creating a FLV player for S60 phones and have released the first version.

However, the player is far from perfect and has several limitations due to the FL3 implementation. You have to place your videos in a specific folder and rename them to make them work in the player.

I played two flv files in the FLVplayer and the playback is smooth for viewing on the phone screen. However there is a little lag sometimes.

If you are interested in trying out the FLVplayer, follow these steps:

1) Download and install Flash Lite 3 (get it here).
2) Download FLVplayer (link below) and copy it to the “Other” folder and create a folder named “video”.
3) Rename your flv files 1.flv, 2.flv, 3.flv and place them in the “video” folder.
4) Open Flash Lite 3 and open the FLVplayer file. Use 1, 2, 3 to playback different videos and 4, 6 to switch orientation.

Download: FLVplayer v1.0c

Here are a few screenshots and a video of the player in action.

(opening screen)

(playback)

(full screen landscape mode)

(Sorry for the poor video quality)

Let me know if you are unable to get it to work.

UPDATE: Vaibhav posted a guide to download and play Youtube videos on your mobile bypassing the PC. The steps are similar to what you do to download Youtube videos on your PC.

In addition to the requirements mentioned above, you will need to have Opera (full version, not the free Mini version) for this to work. Head over to Vaibhav’s Blog for the guide.