YOU’LL NEED THIS
An up-to-date version of VLC Media Player
YOU’LL NEED THIS
An up-to-date version of VLC Media Player
SINCE 2001, VLC Media Player (Previously ‘VideoLAN Client’) has developed a solid reputation as a lightweight and free media player. It supports a huge number of media types, DVD playback, and even streaming video.
VLC uses the open-source libavcodec library, meaning it supports virtually all codecs and file formats well beyond what Windows and most other operating systems can play natively.
The program is well known for its icon, which takes the form of an orange traffic cone. What’s less well known is that VLC is much more than just a simple media player—the program can actually convert files from one media format to another.
In this guide, you’ll learn how to get set up with VLC and point it to your source file for conversion. You’ll also discover how to select a new media container format, as well as specify both audio and video codecs for your new file.
–NATE DRAKE