We can use VLC media player for converting MKV to MP4

We can use VLC media player for converting MKV to MP4 – How many of us know that VLC media player is used for converting a video of MKV to MP4. We need this because most of the times many of the media players do not run the MKV video files because those media player does not support that file format. Then you would like to convert this file into that format in which you can run it on all the media players. In this blog, we are going to learn how we can convert the MKV video format file into MP4 using the VLC player.

I am writing this to make you aware of this simplest way to do so. Before you go start, you need to understand this method, and you will need to know that media file formats. (for example, MKV is Matroska). However, every format has a set of streams, generally one audio and one video stream. Now, each stream has been encoded with the help of some particular codec.

However, the MPEG4 file format of the Video is almost the same codec that is usually used by the MP4 file format. So, this means we can easily convert an MKV file to just different container format. In VLC we can do this by rewriting streams and without actually converting video or audio – which should be very fast and is more unlikely to cause any quality loss.

The program which you need to convert your video from MKV to MP4 is the VLC media player. As the feature of this program has its own set of codecs for many video and audio formats, it doesn’t depend upon the other applications like codecs, which is normally used to convert the different file systems of the video format, that are installed in the Windows. The VLC media player is just an overlay on top, like converts files or streaming video over a network. Below mentioned steps are used to convert an MKV format file into MP4:

1. Open VLC media player.
2. In the main menu, you need to select the Media option.
3. Click on the Convert/Save option.
4. On the File menu, you have to click on the Add button.
5. Now, you need to choose the MKV file you want to convert.
6. Now, it is added to the list.
7. Click on the Convert/Save button.
8. Now, you need to select the Profile Video – H.264 + MP3 or MP4.
9. Now, you have to leave MP4/MOV selected on the Encapsulation tab.
10. Click on, I need both Videos and Keep original video track on the Video codecs tab.
11. Now, on the Audio codec tab, similarly, you need to select both Audio and Keep original audio track.
12. Then just tap on the Save button.
13. You need to click on the Browse button. Doing so selects the directory and file name for your destination MP4 file.
14. Tap on the Start button.
15. You will get to see a progress bar in the main window as your file is converted.

Note: During the finishing process VLC media player might get hang for an infinite loop so, now you need the “Task Manager,” to kill the running process but you need not worry because your destination file has already been created.

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