Recently, people have increasingly come up with the question - how to change the format of a video file? This question arises for a reason, because nowadays every modern person has a camera or gadget on which he records video.
Why there are problems with the format
Problems arise after a person begins to upload videos to a computer. Each device can shoot in different formats. And some devices cannot play videos of a different format. Since the recording quality on one device can be many times better than on the device on which you want to play the video.
The purpose of this article is to teach you how to use special utilities on your computer so that you yourself can safely change the video format. Consider what programs exist for this operation and how to use them. After reading this article, you will no longer be faced with such questions, for example, how to change the video format from AVI to MP4 and the like. First, consider what formats are and what they are.
Video formats
Before we learn how to change the video format, let's look at what formats are.
The first format is the well-known AVI. It is the most common at the present time. At least once in your life have you encountered him. Its advantage is that AVI format videos are small in size. Many films are remade for him so that users can quickly download a file from the Internet. However, a slight minus emerges from this advantage. It is because of its size, some files of this format are of poor quality.
Often this format is used for not very important videos. Files are converted to AVI format to load faster on the network.
The second on the list is the WMV format. If you compare AVI and WMV, then you will not notice much difference. Since the two formats appeared at about the same time, so they do not differ much. They differ only in that the WMV will be slightly lighter in weight.
The third format is MP4. It is more modern. You can immediately notice the difference with past formats. You can instantly distinguish even by the quality of the video. Due to its good quality, this format has a lot of weight, but not only this affects the weight. The fact is that more than one audio stream is put into MP4 format files. If the film was shot abroad and translated, then at any time you can see the picture with both the original sound and the translation. Also, subtitles can be embedded in MP4 files.
Now let's move on to the MKV format. This format was created by our compatriots. It is not as widespread as the previous ones, but the developers say that MKV was created with an eye to the future. It seems that in the near future it will become more popular, since modern videos with high quality can be placed in a file of this format. It can also contain more than one language pack and subtitles in different languages. For example, you can watch the film in Russian, and the subtitles will be in English. The only drawback is the size of the files in this format.
So, we looked at the formats, now let's move on to the instructions and learn how to change the video format to mp4 or vice versa.
Format Factory Utility
This program is designed to convert file formats from one to another. It also has the ability to change audio and image formats.
How to change the video format to AVI
Go to the instructions:
- We find the program in a search engine, download the installer and install.
- After installation, find the shortcut on the desktop and open it.
- After you have opened the program window, you can immediately proceed to work.
- There are several tabs on the left side. In these tabs, you can change the format of video, audio and images. It is also possible to make an ISO image from a regular disk.
- Consider how to change the mp4 file format to avi.
- On the left side we find the tab “Video” and go into it.
- Next, find the “Everything in AVI” item and go to it.
- a window has opened before you, in it you can change the video settings that you will receive after the change. However, if you are not good at this, we advise you not to change anything. Since the default settings are set correctly.
- Now select the video for which you want to change the format. To select a video, click the "File" button. Next, find it in the folder and click the "Select" button. If you want to change the format of several files at once, then you can add all the necessary files at once. The program will cope with the task.
- In the "Destination Folder", specify the path where you want to save the converted video.
- After you have selected the video, at the top of the window we find the “Start” icon and click on it.
Done. The video processing process has begun. After the program copes, at the place of the line with the progress you will see the inscription "Completed".
Conclusion
Remember that if the video is of good quality, then you can change it for the worse, but on the contrary it will not work. Therefore, think carefully before changing the format.