Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your FLM file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert FLM to another file type
To convert FLM files to another format, you need FL Studio Mobile or other Audio software.
Convert a file to FLM
To convert other file formats to the "Mobile Music Project File" file type, you need software like FL Studio Mobile or a similar tool.
About FLM files
An .FLM file is most commonly either a mobile music project created by FL Studio Mobile or a proprietary security video recording from a Hikvision CCTV system. When used as a music project, the file contains synthesizer settings, sequenced MIDI tracks, and audio samples. However, it is an exclusive project file, not a standard audio track. This means you cannot play it on your phone's default media player, share it on Spotify, or use it in third-party video editors. When functioning as a Hikvision security video, the file uses a closed container format designed specifically for DVRs and NVRs to prevent tampering. Standard media players like VLC or Windows Media Player will usually fail to open these files because they require proprietary security codecs and software like the Hikvision VSPlayer. To solve these limits, users must export their music projects to MP3, WAV, or MID formats directly from within the FL Studio Mobile app. For security footage, conversion to standard MP4 or AVI files is critical for viewing outside the CCTV ecosystem or submitting video evidence to law enforcement. Because .FLM files are closed, proprietary formats, standard online converters often fail to process them. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your FLM file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert FLM file to FLP, MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS, ALAC or APE, you can use FL Studio Mobile or similar software from the "Mobile Music & Security Video" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to FLM, try FL Studio Mobile or another comparable tool in the "Mobile Music & Security Video" category.
The FLM Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our FLM converter.