1. How To Convert With Vlc

For Mac users you can still play AVI files on VLC media player for Mac. This player is reliable since you can manage your playlist and make adjustments on volume and contrast. To play any.avi video file you need to do the following. One of the great features of VLC Media Player, which is seldom found in many software media players, is the ability to extract audio from video. VLC Media Player has good support for encoding to different audio formats like MP3 and you can convert from quite a wide selection of video formats; which includes: AVI, WMV, 3GP, DIVX, FLV, MOV, ASF, and many more.

As much as we all love to watch our favorite films, TV shows and even record ourselves playing video games, the multitude of file formats can cause huge problems when you're trying to play your media on various devices. Apple users who want to play home videos in iTunes for instance need to use the MOV or MP4 format. Meanwhile, some televisions come with a handy USB port to play your home videos but only support the AVI format. Fortunately the free, cross platform can be used to convert your media files from one format to another - and it's a quick and easy process. Prev Page 1 of 9 Next Prev Page 1 of 9 Next 1.

Download VLC. Open your web browser on your machine and visit the. Click 'Download VLC'. The website should automatically select the correct version of VLC for your OS. If you're using Microsoft Edge in Windows, you'll be asked if you wish to 'Run' or 'Save' the file. Choose 'Save' for now. Once the download is complete, click 'Run'.

The system may ask if you wish to allow VLC to make changes to your device. Click 'Yes' to continue.

The installer will now unpack the necessary setup files. Click 'OK' once this is complete to select your default language. Prev Page 2 of 9 Next Prev Page 2 of 9 Next 2. The VLC Player Setup Wizard will now open. Make sure to follow the instructions in the installer and close any other open applications. Click ‘Next’ to continue, then on ‘Next’ once again to agree to the License Agreement. On the next window, the setup wizard will ask you to choose which components to install.

By default VLC will become your new player for all media and will also install a special plugin if you use the Mozilla Firefox browser. You can untick any of these options if you wish. Click ‘Next’ to continue. VLC will now ask you to choose your install location. Click ‘Install’ to begin the process.

Prev Page 3 of 9 Next Prev Page 3 of 9 Next 3. Once setup is complete, Windows users will find a VLC shortcut has been placed on their desktop. Click ‘Finish’ to launch the program. If you're a Mac user you can launch VLC from your Applications folder. On first run VLC will ask you to agree to its ‘Privacy and Network Access Policy’. This allows it to identify media files that you're playing to display metadata such as the name of a music album but this can also reveal information to third parties about the files on your computer. Choose to tick or untick ‘Allow metadata network access’ and then click on ‘Continue’.

Prev Page 4 of 9 Next Prev Page 4 of 9 Next 4. Locate original file.

Once VLC opens click the ‘Media’ menu at the top left of the screen then on ‘Convert/Save’. This will launch the ‘Open Media’ window. Click on the ‘Add’ button at the top right and find the file you want to convert. If your file uses subtitles, click on ‘Use a Subtitle file’ then on the ‘Browse’ button on the right-hand side to navigate to the relevant file. If you only want to convert some of the video click ‘More Options’ and set the time index using the ‘Start Time’ field. Click on the ‘Convert/Save’ button at the bottom right to proceed. Prev Page 5 of 9 Next Prev Page 5 of 9 Next 5.

Configure conversion. VLC's ‘Convert’ window will now open.

There are two radio buttons ‘Convert’ and ‘Dump Raw Input’. Leave the default ‘Convert’ option checked. There are two tick boxes marked ‘Display the Output’ and ‘Deinterlace’. If you choose ‘Display the Output’, the video will appear in the VLC window as it's being converted. It usually plays at roughly double the actual playing time. This takes much longer than the usual conversion process so you should only choose this if you've already tried to convert the video and had playback issues.

VLC switches off deinterlacing by default but you can enable it here, provided your graphics card is powerful enough. Prev Page 6 of 9 Next Prev Page 6 of 9 Next 6. Choose a profile. VLC comes with several default profiles for converting videos from one format to another. You can select these from the ‘Profile’ dropdown menu. The first profile offered 'Video – H.264 + MP3 (MP4)' is suitable for converting files you wish to import into iTunes for instance. If you want to fine tune the profile settings, click the small icon to the right of the drop-down menu.

This will allow you to choose the 'encapsulation' method such as MP4 or AVI. Use the ‘Video Codec’ tab to choose specific codecs as well as the bitrate of the converted video and audio. Prev Page 7 of 9 Next Prev Page 7 of 9 Next 7. Set destination and convert. Once you've chosen the profile for the converted video, click on ‘Browse’ next to the ‘Destination file:’ field. This will open your file browser.

Navigate to the folder where you wish to save your new video file and then enter a name for it. The file type will be selected automatically according to the profile settings you chose earlier. Click ‘Save’ to continue. To begin the conversion process itself click the ‘Start’ button. If you chose to ‘Display Output’ you will see the video clip as the conversion takes place. Otherwise only the playback timer along the bottom of the screen will move.

Prev Page 8 of 9 Next Prev Page 8 of 9 Next 8. Play your converted file. Once the playback timer has reached the end of the bar, the conversion process is complete.

How To Convert With Vlc

Click the ‘Media’ menu at the top left once again and choose ‘Open File’. Navigate to the file you created earlier under the ‘Destination File’ category. Double click to open the file using VLC Media Player. If the file plays without any issues, click the ‘Tools’ menu then ‘Codec Information’. This will display information about the video such as the codec and resolution. You can now compare this to the playback requirements for the television or application where you want to use the file.

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Sometimes, you want to convert your video and just keep the audio and save it as an MP3. It’s simple to extract music from videos. You don’t have to download any additional software to do it if your computer already has VLC Media Player installed.

The convert feature that comes with the free player allows you to remove the video part and just keep the audio or the music. That means you can remove all those moving images and just save it as an MP3 or any other audio format like WAV, FLAC or OGG. This is a great feature if you want to just keep the music from the music videos.

You’d be reducing the file size drastically. To just keep the audio (music) of video files using VLC Media Player:. Click on Media Convert/Save CTRL + R. Click on Add. Browse and open your video file. Click on Convert/Save. Under Settings, in Profile choose Audio – MP3.

Hit Browse and give a destination file name. Click Start. The conversion process will begin immediately. You will notice the audio extraction process happen as it is indicated by the player’s progress slider. Once the slider reaches the end, you can browse to and locate the destination audio file. The size will be low and the MP3 file can be easily copied to your smartphone, music player or any other mobile audio playing device.

The conversion from video to audio is not just limited to MP3 format. You must have noticed other formats in the convert dialog. The profiles that come by default are Vorbig (OGG), FLAC and CD.

You can also select WAV as the encapsulation in the conversion profile editor. There are also several audio codecs like MPEG Audio, MPEG 4 Audio (AAC), A52/AC-3, Vorbis, Flac, Opus, Speex and WMA2. These are advanced audio formats and just MP3 would be enough for the most of us.

Video Tutorial. Capture audio directly from YouTube (YT) vid using VLC and without first downloading the video. I have divided the steps into two procedures. It seems long and complex, but once you’ve done it a time or two it’s easy. This was done using a Win 7 computer: Proc. Copy to the Win clipboard the video URL from YT. Load VLC, use Ctrl-s to get the Open Media dialog box.

Click the Network tab, paste the URL into the network URL entryfield provided. At lower right, click the Stream drop-down arrow and choose.Play. When the vid starts to play (if it does–some YT vids seem to be protected and will not stream/play), pause it with VLC’s Pause button.

Press Ctrl-j to open the Current Media Information dialog and choose the Codec tab. In the Location entryfield near the base of the dialog, select and copy the entire very long URL string. This is tricky, because the cursor will not appear when the mouse pointer is clicked in the field.

Click there anyway, pretend the cursor is there, and press the Home key to get to the far left end of the URL string. Then do Shift-End to select the whole string, then Ctrl-c to copy it. Close the dialog box. Then, back in the VLC window, click the Stop button to entirely stop the playback and clear VLC for the next procedure. Do Ctrl-s again, choose the Network tab, and this time paste the new long URL into the network URL slot. Then use the Stream drop-down to choose.Convert.

(NOT Play). In the Convert dialog, to the right of Profile choose Audio – MP3. For Destination file, click the Browse button and browse to the target folder and enter a name for the.mp3 file-to-be and give it a.mp3 extension. VLC will now convert the vid to audio at about 2-3x the usual play speed but with no sound. The usual progress bar will display progress in the VLC window.

When it’s done, your.mp3 file should be in the specified folder. If anyone knows how to get the long URL without having to do Proc 1, please post.