Play OGV files in your browser
The open video format of Wikipedia and Linux, Theora in an Ogg file. Browsers stopped playing it. Filepeek still does, right in your browser.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your video starts playing the moment it opens, sized to fit your screen.
- Plays at once, sized to fit
- Play and pause • Drag the timeline
- Step frame by frame • Change the speed
- Export • Save as MP4 or MOV
About OGV
OGV is video in Ogg, the open container of the Xiph.Org Foundation, almost always Theora video with Vorbis sound. Wikipedia, Linux apps and open source projects used it because it's royalty free.
Firefox, Chrome and Edge played Theora for years, but all three dropped it in 2024, and Safari never had it. Old OGV files stopped playing in every browser.
Filepeek decodes Theora with FFmpeg inside your browser, so OGV files play again in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari, and Export saves them as MP4.
Ogg video
.ogv
Format
- MIME type
- video/ogg
- Made by
- Xiph.Org Foundation
Inside the file
- Video
- Theora
- Audio
- Vorbis, Opus or FLAC
- Built on
- Ogg
Opens in every browser
No current browser plays Theora by itself. Filepeek decodes it with FFmpeg in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari.
- YouChromePlays through Filepeek
- YouEdgePlays through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxPlays through Filepeek
- YouSafariPlays through Filepeek
Questions
Why did OGV stop playing in my browser?
Chrome, Edge and Firefox removed Theora, the video codec of OGV files, in 2024. Filepeek brings its own decoder, so OGV plays here again.
Is it the same as OGG?
Both use the Ogg container. .ogv is meant for video, while .ogg and .oga usually hold sound alone.
Can I convert OGV to MP4?
Yes. Choose Export, then Save as MP4, which every app and phone plays.
Is my video uploaded?
No. Filepeek decodes it inside your browser, so it never leaves your device.