The potential of the VLC Media Player program is truly enormous and it is also difficult to know all the functions it includes.
It is one of the best media players available because it is clean, easy to use and capable of opening any type of video, with support for almost all multimedia formats, both video and audio files.
Among the many functions of VLC there is also the one to convert videos and DVDs so that you can save them on your PC in a different format, perhaps more compressed or to make it compatible with other devices.
In this way, those who use VLC to watch videos will not need to install another conversion program.
READ ALSO: Download the real VLC Player, as a program or app
To convert video files with VLC, open the program (not the application for Windows 10) and click on the Media menu at the top.
From the drop-down menu, select the Convert / Save option or press the CTRL-R keys on the keyboard together to do it first.
Once the mini window is open, click on the Add button to select the video file (for example an MKV or AVI) from a folder on the PC to convert to another format.
In this window you can also press the Show other options box if you want to convert only a part of the video to the new file, thus extracting a piece of film or movie.
Then press the bottom Convert / Save button to start the conversion process.
On the next page, inside the same mini window, you will be asked to choose where to save the converted file, the type of format and the encoding.
The format is selected under the Profile menu (for example MP4 with H.264 video codec and MP3 audio), with a predefined list.
By pressing the small key of the wrench you can open the advanced settings, then choose the format (encapsulation) then the video encoding, the audio encoding and optionally the addition of subtitles.
In the Destination file line, press the Browse button to choose the folder where to save the new converted video file, also giving it a name.
At the end, click on Start and wait for the video conversion to complete.
You can check the status of the conversion in the main screen of VLC Media Player and check the progress in the progress bar at the bottom.
By pressing the Stop button, the conversion can be stopped.
In this same way it is also possible to extract the audio from a video very easily.
READ ALSO: Hidden tricks and functions of VLC
It is one of the best media players available because it is clean, easy to use and capable of opening any type of video, with support for almost all multimedia formats, both video and audio files.
Among the many functions of VLC there is also the one to convert videos and DVDs so that you can save them on your PC in a different format, perhaps more compressed or to make it compatible with other devices.
In this way, those who use VLC to watch videos will not need to install another conversion program.
READ ALSO: Download the real VLC Player, as a program or app
To convert video files with VLC, open the program (not the application for Windows 10) and click on the Media menu at the top.
From the drop-down menu, select the Convert / Save option or press the CTRL-R keys on the keyboard together to do it first.
Once the mini window is open, click on the Add button to select the video file (for example an MKV or AVI) from a folder on the PC to convert to another format.
In this window you can also press the Show other options box if you want to convert only a part of the video to the new file, thus extracting a piece of film or movie.
Then press the bottom Convert / Save button to start the conversion process.
On the next page, inside the same mini window, you will be asked to choose where to save the converted file, the type of format and the encoding.
The format is selected under the Profile menu (for example MP4 with H.264 video codec and MP3 audio), with a predefined list.
By pressing the small key of the wrench you can open the advanced settings, then choose the format (encapsulation) then the video encoding, the audio encoding and optionally the addition of subtitles.
In the Destination file line, press the Browse button to choose the folder where to save the new converted video file, also giving it a name.
At the end, click on Start and wait for the video conversion to complete.
You can check the status of the conversion in the main screen of VLC Media Player and check the progress in the progress bar at the bottom.
By pressing the Stop button, the conversion can be stopped.
In this same way it is also possible to extract the audio from a video very easily.
READ ALSO: Hidden tricks and functions of VLC
