The main issue with most of these applications being that the trial editions could only convert files a few minutes long or a few megabytes in size -- useless for our purpose of converting lengthy audio clips from YouTube. After trying many applications, we learned that VLC Media Player is capable of converting audio and video files, too, which is great news considering we already had the software installed and we bet most of you do, too.
VLC is completely free , can play most media file types, is available on macOS and Linux in addition to Windows, and recently made our list of essential apps to install on a new PC. You might need to convert a rarely used file type to a more popular format, which could make it easier to share with others, save it to a mobile device, or make it compatible with your media player. On the next window you can add the file s you want to convert and you can include many at once, even if they are different file types, as long as you want them to be the same output file type.
After the conversion starts, the software's progress bar will look like it's playing a file as any other time. VLC's interface isn't the most complete as far as conversion applications go, but the media player's built-in feature is functional enough for most situations.
When Would You Convert a File? Here's a brief explainer on the Convert screen options: Profile: Choose the profile with the encoding that you'd like your new file to be.
I am experiencing the same issue. I have VLC 2. I have another computer that had an older version and updated to 2. Please advise how I can get these options. I am on a mac mini any suggestions? I am trying to convert MOD files to mp4. The converted files wil play fine in VLC, but in any other player, like Windows media, there is no sound. I tried changing the audio output to several different types, but nothing helped.
Any ideas? Hi, I am having the exact same issue as Cassie. I have played around with multiple video output formats and nothing works. I did try the standard H. Currently, batch conversion or converting more than one files at once is supported in VLC but the feature is not accessible through the GUI.
That means you will have to use the command line interface to do the conversions. Batch conversion is planned to be introduced in VLC 3. Would have been nice if it also converted i. Try creating your own profile for the target file. I have tried dozens of times over months and months, have tried over the last two upgrades. I get to the screen and the slide bar never moves. Make sure to follow all the steps.
Using VLC 2. Would appreciate help! The window shown in step 5 is in the same window as step 4. You will find the browse button at the bottom. Well it works for the most of us. You will have to be very careful and follow the steps while ensuring that you do not change any other options. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam.
Learn how your comment data is processed. Click on the Add button to browse for the files that you want to add. Then click Open. In the next dialog box, conversion options are displayed. The options are: Settings Convert : Make sure this radio button is selected as you want to convert your file. Deinterlace : Check this option if you are converting from interlaced video formats example: i, i formats displayed in televisions.
Profile : Select your desired target file type. Since we are converting a video, select a video format like H. Dump Raw Input : This will keep all the file sizes the same, only changing the file format. Select a destination filename , the one that is converted and saved. Hit Browse , select a location, give a name like final and click on Save. Then press on the Start button to begin the conversion. Once it reaches the end, you will know that the conversion has completed. Your newly converted media file will be saved.
Why Convert Video Formats? To reduce size of the videos while maintaining the quality. For use of standard formats which are widely popular. For use in special devices like television and video players that support certain formats only. For ease of sharing with others. To import in video editing software which only supports a limited number of formats.
For support in mobile devices like iPhone, iPod, Android devices, Windows phone and others. It's a preferred option over many native media players for many because of its performance and its support for a massive range of file types. For example, some native players e. Windows suffer from poor performance with certain file types, and also doesn't support some entirely. The record feature is great If you haven't changed any settings relating to where your VLC recordings are saved, they'll be:.
If you're using a different operating system, or your recordings aren't in those folders, you might've changed your VLC recordings folder. If the field is empty like in the picture above , it might be worth setting a folder and re-record anything you need. VLC Recordings Folder.
0コメント