Converting Videos to MP4s Using VLC

What Is It?

The VLC media player is a free and open-source, portable, cross-platform media player. It can be used to convert videos to MP4s.

Who Can Use It?

Anyone who has downloaded VLC.

How Can I Use It?

First, open VLC and click on "Media" in the top left corner.

open VLC

Next, click on "Convert/Save...".

click media, then convert/save

After a new window pops up, click on the "Add" button. After that, you will select the file you want to convert.

click add to select a file

Then, click on "Convert/Save" and there will be a drop-down menu. Click on "Convert".

click convert/save

Again, a new window will pop up and close the previous. On this new window, click on the drop-down menu next to "Profile" and select the top option.

click top option on profile

Lastly, click on the destination file and save it to where you want it. Click start and it should act like it is playing a video, but it will look like the screen like below.

click play to start converting video

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