Convert Video To Audio
If you've ever tried to search for software that can convert audio and video files on Windows, you might know how hard it can be to find dedicated solutions that are actually free and function as advertised. We recently tested many of the Windows-based media converters listed at the top of search results for queries such as 'MP4 to MP3 converter,' only to discover that virtually all of them have limited licenses without paying for the full program. 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., can play most media file types, is available on macOS and Linux in addition to Windows, and recently made our list of. When Would You Convert a File? 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. For instance, converting those YouTube clips from MP4 to MP3 reduced their sizes by about half (600MB vs.
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Convert Video To Audio
300MB in the case of one file -- much better suited for mobile devices or uploading online), and some of the downloads were of the M4A file type, which couldn't be played in without an add-on. How to Convert Audio and Video Files with VLC If you've never encoded a file in VLC, this will probably seem surprisingly simple. With VLC open, go to: Media > Convert / Save. Or press Ctrl + R on your keyboard.
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. For example we included both MP4 and M4A files in the same workload to be encoded as MP3 instead. After selecting the files you're going to convert, click Convert / Save at the bottom of the Open Media window to choose the output file type and other settings.
Note that going to Media > Open Multiple Files. Launches the same 'Open Media' window but the drop-down menu option on the bottom of the screen is set to Play instead of Convert -- you can select Convert after choosing your files. 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.
For instance, if you selected a.MP4 file for converting to.MP3, you'd use the 'Audio - MP3' profile. • Display the output: Plays/shows the output in the player as the conversion happens. • Deinterlace: For converting interlaced video formats such as 1080i, 720i. • Dump Raw Input: Keeps all the file sizes the same and only changes the file format. • Edit or Create Profile: Lets you set your own parameters for conversion. More VLC Tips & Tricks If for some reason you'd prefer to run VLC's conversion operation from a command line, and around the web offer a series of instructions for encoding files with the Windows Command Prompt, PowerShell and Unix/Linux. • VLC can play files from ZIP or RAR archives without extracting them.