How Can I Convert WMV to MP4 with VLC

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Besides playing videos, VLC is able to convert file format. In this article, we teach you how to convert WMV to MP4 with VLC step by step.

The following steps will apply when converting WMV to MP4 videos using VLC:

Launch- with the program already in your computer, launch it and click on the “File” menu to add files. Go to “streaming/exporting wizard…” option and then “transcode/save to file” which will allow you to select the videos to import.

Choose format- you can then choose MP4 as the right output format as well as the folder to store converted files. Give the folder an appropriate name.

3. Convert- clicking the “finish” button will complete the video conversion process in record time.

Here is a list of formats that can be converted using VLC media converter.

Audio Format

Vorbis (OGG)
MP3
MP3 (MP4)
FLAC
CD

Video Format

Android SD Low
Android SD High
Android HD
YouTube SD
YouTube HD
MPEG4 720p TV/device
MPEG4 1080p TV/device
DivX compatible player
iPod SD
iPod HD/iPhone/PSP

Editor’s Note: Although VLC is shipped with all the necessary codecs, you still may have some troubles while converting videos like unsupported video codec, slow conversion process, etc. One of the solution is to try installing a codec pack; alternatively you can turn to a professional video converting tool like Brorsoft Video Converter.

Being tested with more than 10,000 video files, Brorsoft Video Converter is assured of a stable, easy-to-use yet fast video converting tool for you. With it, you can fast convert a wide range of UHD 4K, HD and SD videos as well as audios in any popular format like MKV, MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, FLV, XAVC, MTS, MXF, 3GP, VOB, AC3, MP3… with ultra-fast speed and zero quality loss.

Besides, Brorsoft Video Converter supports 150+ presets for popular devices like the iPhone (including iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 6), iPad, Android devices, Windows-based tablets and game console, etc. With it, you can watch any media files on your mobile devices on the go.

Far more than a video conversion program, Brorsoft Video Converter also comes with a built-in video editor, with which, you can personalize and retouch your videos in clicks. You can: trim video into smaller segments; brand your video by embedding a watermark; add subtitles to MKV, AVI, MP4 in .srt or .sst format; Remove unwanted objects from video

If you are Mac users, please turn to the equivalent Mac version Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac to transcode media files on Mac OS X (macOS Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks included).

Convert WMV to MP4 with Brorsoft Video Converter

1. Add WMV files

Run the WMV to MP4 converter program and click add button to import the .wmv files. As you can see, you can also drag and drop the media to the program’s main interface.

2. Choose output format

Click Format bar and choose H.264 High Profile Video(*.mp4), H.264 Main Profile Video(*.mp4), or H.264 Baseline Profile Video(*.mp4) from “Common Video”, which can be recognized by Roku 3, Roku 2 perfectly.

Tip- Advanced settings: With the right settings you can retain the quality of the original video while also saving space. This is particularly helpful when streaming over your network. Simply click Settings bar and you can tweak the settings to your satisfaction and even save it as preset.

3. Start converting WMV to MP4

Finally, hit the “Convert” button at the bottom of the main interface to start the WMV to MP4 conversion. After the conversion, you can hit “Open” button to quick locate the converted videos; now you can play them anywhere anytime.

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OBS Files Doesn’t Work in Premiere Elements- Solution

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I wanted to import a local recording from OBS into Adobe Premiere Elements but I’m unable to do that. It doesn’t support .flv and when I use OBS’s feature to remux it to .mp4, Adobe Premiere can only see the audio track. Adobe Media Encoder only sees it as an audio file as well, even though media players play it properly. Any available way to open and edit OBS files in Premiere Elements correctly?

As someone suggested in related forums, Premiere Elements is not able to support OBS recordings perfectly. To solve the issue, we need to change the OBS .mp4/.flv clips to something Adobe Premiere Elements could natively handle, and MPGE-2 format is usually ideal. The process is surprisingly easy and can be done with the help of Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac.

It is an optimal video converter for OBS recordings. It supports creating high quality MPEG-2 video for your Adobe Premiere Elements, no matter what’s the format of your source video files. It can convert almost any video including FLV, AVI, MP4, VOB, MKV, MTS, MXF to MPG, WMV, XAVC S, etc so you can import your video to Premiere Elements, Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, iMovie for editing.

P.S. For those who are running on Windwos PC, you can turn to Video Converter for Windows. Download the software and learn how to convert and import OBS to Premiere Elements.

Convert OBS recordings to Premiere Elements compatible format

1. Run the OBS to Premiere Elements Converter. Then click “Add Video” button to browse and choose the video files you want to convert. You also can drag the files to this program directly. Batch conversion is supported, so you can load more than one file to save time.

2. Click the format column to choose output format. For Premiere Elements editing, Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > MPEG-2 (*.mpg) is one of the best compatible video formats for you to choose.

Tip: Click “Settings” button if you’d like to customize advanced audio and video parameters like Video Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sample rate, audio channels.

3. When everything is ready, click the Convert button to start transcoding OBS videos to MPG for Premier Elements. After conversion, you can click the Open button to open the output folder and find the converted files. Now it would be easy for you to import and edit OBS files in Premiere Elements.

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Convert/Render Screenium 3 4K recording to 1080p

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Screenium 3 from Synium Software is a screen recording app that can capture any video (as well as audio) on your Mac’s display. The hot feature is that it can record 4K videos. But as we know, the majority of playback, editing work is still being finished in 1080p. In most cases, we still need to downscale most of the 4K video files to 1080p. And this article will present you how to downscale Screenium 3 4K to 1080p in detail.

In fact, you may not see any real differences if you’re not doing much to the footage. One of the huge benefits to 4K, that you can do a lot to the image and retain detail for a beautiful 1080p finish. For those who wanna play and edit 4K Screenium 3 recordings on old computer(editing a 4K video requires more computing power and it could be more time consuming), we suggest you to convert/render all Screenium 3 4K clips to 1080p then edit the project in 1080p and smart-render.

Although there are numbered tools and utilities can convert and compress the ultra HD videos, few of them can process at a fast speed. Well, Brorsoft Video Converter Mac is considered to be the best 4K to 1080 converter. It is surely in the support of compressing Screenium 3 4K videos to 1080p faultlessly.

What’s more, this video app can help you to convert Screenium 3 4K videos to FCP, iMovie, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer and more editing programs compatible format like Apple ProRes, Apple InterMediate Codec, MPEG-2, DNxHD, etc. Thanks to the built-in video editor, you can trim, crop and retouch your videos in clicks. Overall, this program is a completely professional 4K HD video converter, player and editor. For Windows users, Brorsoft Video Converter is the alternative choice. Download it and learn the step-by-step tutorial.

(Note: Click here for OS X 10.5)

Guide: How to downscale/convert Screenium 3 4K to 1080p

Step 1. Load Source 4K Video Launch the best 4K Video Converter; click “Add Video” and load your 4K files. This program supports batch conversion, so you can add multiple files into it at a time.

Step 2. Decide Output Format Click the “Format” drop down list to select output format like MOV, AVI, MPEG-2. If you want to play or edit Screenium 3 videos on decent media player or editing programs, you’d better set a preset profile that best meets your needs. For example, if you want to edit Screenium 3 in Premiere Pro, “Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas> MPEG-2(*.mpg)” would be the best choice.

Step 3. Set Video Resolution at 1080p Click “Settings” button; you can adjust video and audio settings, including codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel. To down-convert ultra HD 4K to 1080p, do remember adjusting video size to 1920*1080. That is the exact 108p.

Step 4. Start 4K to 1080p Conversion Hit “Convert” button to let the Screenium 3 4K to 1080p conversion begin.

When the conversion finished, check the generated 1080p video, you will certainly be satisfied with its final video quality. It would be easier for you to playback and edit your Screenium 3 4K files.

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How to Play DJI Phantom 4 Video on Smart TV Smoothly

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I have a Sharp LC70UD1U_OM smart TV that supposedly can play MP4 and MOV files up to 4k . But nothing would play from the Phantom.

Ever met the issue when play DJI Phantom video on TV like above user. Natively, the DJI Phantom could create the video in MP4 and MOV. But the problem is that MOV and MP4 are the containers that the video is in. I think the problem lies in the actual content in the container. If you can’t play DJI Phantom 4 video on TV, you’d better switch it a more compatible video, audio codec.

In this case, we will have to get rid of the format issue with the help of third-party software – Brorsoft Video Converter. It is out of the first water to convert all incompatible DJI Phantom 3, Phantom 4, Phantom 4 Pro 4K in video formats, such as MP4, MOV to TV more compatible format – MP4 in H.264/MPEG-4 AVC. In addition, it can compress your 4K video since its size is too large to play smoothly on TVs. What’s more, it helps to fast change the video or audio codec directly for your TV (Smart/3D/4K TV). Now download this program and get it installed.

Trancode Phantom 4 Video for smooth playback on TV

Step 1: Import DJI Phantom 4 4K video to the program

On the top menu bar, click “File” > “Add Video/Audio” icon to import DJI Phantom 4 4K video to the program, you are allowed to import multiple files at one time.

Step 2: Specify output file format

Set output video format as H.264 MP4 under Format > Common Video. In general, mp4 is a well-accepted file format for its ability to save memory storage and keep up the video quality.

Alternatively, you can Click “Format” drop-down bar, scroll down to select “TVS”: including
“Samsung TV (*.MP4)”, “LG TV (*.MP4)”, “Sony TV (*.MP4)” and “Panasonic TV (*.MP4)”.

Step 3: Profile Settings

If you like, adjust video and audio parameters, including the Bitrate of Video and Audio, the Codec of Video and Audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc., by clicking the Settings button on the main interface for getting the best quality.

Step 4: Start conversion

Now hit on the “Convert” button on software main interface to start the conversion. After conversion, hit “Open” to quick locate the resulted videos. Now you can play them with your TV beautifully.

How can I play DVD on Chromebook?

Q: Can Chromebooks Play DVDs?

When you got a Chromebook, you may want to watch DVD on Chromebook, but you would have confusion as the above user: can Chromebook play DVD? In this article, I would like to give you the definite answer.

Chromebooks are light, inexpensive notebooks built for online computing. These small laptops have just 16GB of internal storage and connect to the Google Drive, where you can store your videos, music and pictures. If you have a large DVD collection, you can put DVDs onto Chromebook. While, something frustrated, currently Chrome OS doesn’t support the video codecs for DVDs. Playback of DVD Video requires special decoding software and codecs to work. Google has not licensed this software and included it with Chrome OS. How to solve the issue?

A quick and easy solution is to convert DVD to H.264 MP4 for watching on Chromebook. Brorsoft DVD Ripper is the best DVD ripping software I’ve used so far. It can help you rip DVD to Chromebook compatible video format with easy operation and high output quality. And one best advantage of this DVD ripping software is that it provides kinds of optimal video presets for Android, iOS, Windows based portable devices like iPhone, iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Google Nexus 7, Nook HD, Apple TV, Surface Pro, etc. Other features like editing, copying entire DVD disc are all provided for you. The Mac equivalence to convert DVD to play on Chromebook is DVD Ripper for Mac.

Rip DVD to Chromebook friendly video for smooth playback

1. Add DVD movies

First, load the DVD movies you want to play on Chromebook into the program. As you see, you can either convert the whole DVD or just choose the chapters you want to convert.

Tip: Since regular DVD movies usually have several subtitles like English, French, German, etc. You can click Subtitle to choose the one you need.

2. Choose output format

Click Format bar and just select an output format as you like. In most cases, MP4 format is recommended to users. It could fit on your Samsung, Acer, HP and Toshiba Chromebooks.

Tip: If you need, you can click Settings to set the video parameters like bit rate, resolution, frame rate, etc. Remember the file size and video quality is based more on bitrate than resolution which means bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss.

3. Start conversion

Finally, click the Convert button to start converting DVD to Chromebook.

After the conversion, connect Chromebook to your PC for transferring DVD movies to it. Now start enjoying your DVD movies on Chromebook with HD quality.

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VOB to Gear VR – How to play VOB file on Gear VR

The Gear VR, Samsung’s first mobile virtual reality headset, has lit up the imagination of both smartphone and VR enthusiasts. Using the Oculus Cinema to playback your own videos/movies is a cinch. In order to expand your movie experience on Samsung Gear VR, why not transfer some videos like VOB to Gear VR for playback. In this page, I will outline the simple guide to play VOB files on Gear VR.

To watch your own video content in the “My Videos” section of Oculus Cinema on Gear VR, you need to copy the compatible video files to your phone or SD card in any of the following directories:

On your phone’s internal storage (Phone):
/DCIM/
/Movies/
/Oculus/Movies/

On your phone’s removable SD card (Card):
/DCIM/
/Movies/
/Oculus/Movies/

On a PC, your phone’s storage can be accessed from Windows Explorer by simply plugging in the USB data/charging cable – no software is required. On a Mac, files can be transferred to your phone using Android File Transfer (https://www.android.com/filetransfer/), which is a free utility provided by Google.

The only limit is that currently, Gear VR supports .mp4 .m4v .3gp .3g2 .ts .webm .mkv .wmv .asf .avi .flv file formats; but .vob is not supported. To get VOB file to Gear VR, you should convert VOB to Gear VR friendly file type first. In this case, Brorsoft Video Converter comes out to help you get the work done.

The software is able to convert VOB to Gear VR friendly file formats like .mp4 without quality loss. Plus, it offers kinds of preset profiles for media players including Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD, Nook HD, Samsung Galaxy Tab, etc to meet your different needs. If you are Mac users, please turn to Video Converter for Mac. Download the software and we will share a quick solution with you.

How to convert VOB for playback on Gear VR

Step 1. Start VOB converter and drag the .vob files to the software interface. Or you can click Add button to import the video. You can add several videos for converting at one time as this video converter supports batch conversion.

Step 2. As we mentioned above, Gear VR supports MP4, AVI, FVL, etc format. You can click the “Format” bar and choose one from “Common Video” list. If you want to play 3D movie with Gear VR, you can choose an output format from “3D Video” profile list.

Step 3. This VOB to Gear VR Converter allows you to modify the video, audio parameters. You can click the Settings icon and adjust the video size, video bitrate, codec, frame rate, audio sample rate, etc parameters, so that you can get a decent video on your Gear VR.

Step 4. Click the “Convert” button to start converting VOB to Gear VR format. After the conversion, hit Open button to locate the output videos. Then you can transfer the converted VOB files to your phone or SD card for playing on Gear VR with great enjoyment.

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Import videos from Canon FS300 to Mac FCP, iMovie, QuickTime

Bought the FS300 because of great zoom and battery life as opposed to HD cameras. I am now running into the issue. The Canon FS300 can’t sync to or be recognized on my Mac. When I put my SD card in and it says that it is a .MOD file, but the QuickTime or FCP, iMovie can’t play, edit the MOV video as I wish. Seraching widely, I got some clues. Now share a solution to importing video from Canon F300 to Mac FCP, iMovie, QucikTime for easier editing and playback.

In fact, MOD isn’t a Mac friendly format. If you wanna open this MOV footage in QuickTime or edit in iMovie ’11, Final Cut Pro 7/X, Adobe Premiere Pro or Final Cut Express, the most effective method is to convert Canon FS300 MOD to Mac compatible video format i.e. MOV. For this purpose, this article mainly shows you how to transcode Sony Canon FS300 videos for editing, playing on Mac OS X in detail. Below is how.

1. Download and install Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac

The program deals with HD/Full HD shootings in file extensions of *.mod, *.mts, *.m2ts, *.mov, *.mxf, *.tod, *.avi, *.mp4 taken with Canon, Sony, Panasonic, JVC and various other camcorders. And it exports different professional professional encoders including ProRes, DNxHD, MPEG-2, Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov) etc – nsuring maximum editing quality and efficiency when working withFinal Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, iMovie. If you’re editing Canon FS300 MOD footage on Mac, chances are you already installed this great free utility. If not, download it it from below.

2.  Launch the best MOD Converter Mac and click add button to import .mod video(s) to the program.

3. Click “format” bar to choose the output format. There are many output format for you to choose: you can freely choose Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov), or iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov). If you only want to play Canon F300 MOD on Mac with QuicTime, just choose MOV format from Common Video.

4. Hit the Convert button to start the conversion; it will convert Canon FS300 MOD to Mac iMovie/FCP/QuickTime friendly format on Mac OS X.

After the conversion, you can get the transcode Caon FS300 videos for editing, playing on Mac with ease.

Video player apps for Google Nexus 7- Get video playback tips for Nexus 7

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I’ve been the 3+ month owner of Nexus 7. High using experience on the gadget. The only problem I have is what’s the best movie player for playing 720p/1080p files? I’ve heard the stock player doesn’t play all file formats. What do you use?

The stock video player on the Nexus 7 supports the H.263, H.264 AVC, MPEG-4 and VP8 video codecs. Many file formats are not supported by stock Android player, like playing iPhone .mov, .mkv, .mts, .avi, .wmv files. It seems to be a codec issue. However, third party enhanced video player apps from Google app store resolve the problem. With a bunch of available options, what is the best video player everyone has found for the Nexus 7? Below are the apps I’ve found.

Best Video player apps for Nexus 7

MX Player

One of the best video player. It supports multi-core core processing, so HD movies play without any lag. Easy to forward/rewind and zoom in/out. With new update, it is good but has few issues. Some h/w mode formats are not allowed to fast forward.

BSPlayer

It is compatible with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean MR1 and supports for almost all media files and samba share stream. Playing 720p videos without skipping but no Rock chip support.

VPlayer 3.x

Supported file formats include 720p MKV, AVI, MOV, FLV, TS, M4V and 3GP, even 1080p. You are able to play streamed videos like YouTube, Facebook and Dropbox.

Choose one you prefer. Nevertheless, if you have installed a video player app, still met the video playback issues on Nexus 7. You can go through the video playback tips for Nexus 7 I share here. If you still can’t play MKV, AVI, MOV, MPG, MTS on Nexus 7 well, you can consider getting a video converter app to reformat your kinds of video files to Nexus 7 most compatible format H.264 MP4. I’ve never faced any playback problem after video conversion. Brorsoft Video Converter is the one app I’m using. You can download the trial version to have a test. Brief instruction on how to convert MKV/AVI/MPG/MOV/MTS to Nexus 7 MP4:

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1. Download and install the best Nexus 7 Video Converter and run it to import your movie files.

2. Press the Format bar and select “Android > Google Nexus 7 H.264 Video(*.mp4)” as the export with the best video/audio settings for Nexus 7.

3. Tap the Convert button to start converting videos to Nexus 7 best video format MP4.

When the conversion ends, you will be able to import and play videos on Nexus 7 with the stock video player instead of the third-party video player apps and don’t worry about video playback issues any longer.