The Quickest and Easiest Way to Convert MKV and FLV to MP4 Using VLC

Sometimes you use a video software that creates videos in formats that your computer media player or your standalone DVD player or TV does not support (won't play the video file). And sometimes you download a video file you like to keep that only comes in a format your devices do not support. What to do? What to do?

MKV & FLV are some of the formats that are usually not supported by certain players & devices. MP4, MPG or MPEG, and AVI are usually the formats that are supported. So to play the unsupported video files we need to convert them to playable format.

The conversion method we are going to use here wouldn't cause any quality loss. VLC media player is the free program we will use.

So to convert an MKV or FLV file to MP4, follow the simple steps below. These steps assume you already have VLC installed:

1. Launch your "VLC media player". 2. Click "Media" > "Convert / Save...". 3. On "File" tab, click "Add..." button. 4. Choose your MKV or FLV file. After that, it should be added to the list. (Alternatively, you can drag & drop a file into the list.) 5. Click "Convert/Save" button. 6. In Profile box, set to: "Video - H.264 + MP3 (MP4)". 7. Click on the icon button that looks like a wrench & a hex nut driver which has the hint "Edit selected profile" when you hover the mouse over it (it is also the button immediately to the right of the Profile drop-down box). 8. On "Encapsulation" tab, leave "MP4/MOV" selected. On "Video codec" tab, check both "Video" and "Keep original video track". On "Audio codec" tab, similarly select both "Audio" and "Keep original audio track". 9. Click "Save" button. 10. In "Destination" selection, click "Browse" button to select destination directory/location and then enter the filename that you want for your converted MP4 file. 11. Click "Start" button. Observe progress bar in the main window as file is converted. My VLC (version 2.2.6 Umbrella in my case) converted my test video smoothly except at the tail end of it where the process lingered on a bit longer. Close VLC when you no longer see the progress bar. Others have experienced some hanging in an infinite loop so they had to kill VLC using the "Task Manager," but no biggie - the converted file is already created. Mission accomplished!

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