(I wish it used the current name of the file.) Give it a name and then click on Save. At this point, you need to give a name to the file you are going to convert. Click on the Browse button and choose the location where you want the converted file to be saved. Once you have chosen the desired output format, it’s time to choose the destination. If you are transcoding for a particular device or platform, for example YouTube, you can choose appropriate format from the drop-down menu (Figure 3) You can also click on the wrench/screwdriver icon, which will allow you to fine-tune your transcoding as you can choose the appropriate container, codecs for your video (Figure 2). Here you will see the source file, and under Settings, you can choose what format do you want to convert it into. Click on the Convert/Save button at the bottom and it will open another window. Then, click on the Add button and browse the video file that you want to transcode. To get started, open VLC and, from the main menu, choose Media > Convert/Save (see Figure 1 above). However, many features of VLC are less known, and transcoding is one of them. VLC is known as the media playback Swiss army knife because it can play virtually every media format out there. There are two ways you can convert your videos to mp4: either using a less-known feature of VLC or with the standalone app Handbrake. So, I always convert my videos in a format that is supported on all these platforms and, in most cases, the supported format is. I have a heterogeneous environment at home, a mix of Mac OS X, Linux desktops, Chrome OS devices, Android phones and tablets, Yamaha music system, and car infotainment. In most cases, I have to convert videos that I shoot or purchase so that I can play them on my mobile devices or other players, which support only certain formats.Ĭonverting media files or transcoding is extremely easy in Linux, thanks to many open source projects. Once in a while, you need to convert media from one format to another, even in a cloud-centric world where everything is a “stream.” There can be different reasons for doing so.
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