Wow! This was really helpful. I was having the exact same problem not being able to include sound with the exported file. I was thrashing around aimlessly trying to figure it out. You saved me!
Under customize and Audio codec, change the codec to "MPEG 4 Audio (AAC)." I've converted a ton of .mxf files and this works without the extra conversion step.
He’s straight up right! I literally clicked everyone’s video on this topic looking for yours i spent the whole day yesterday looking for this video then I couldn’t find it I woke up today and tried again it was the first one’ I got lucky thanks so much!
If you change the Audio codec to "MPEG 4 Audio (AAC)" you should hear the audio and not have to convert the audio and video separately and combine them. You change this by clicking Customize, the click on the Audio tab, click on the arrows to the right of the codec and select "MPEG 4 Audio (AAC)".
Thank you for this man. I needed to retrieve old audio from some historic church DVDs and this helped quite a bit. Fortunately for me the audio did work when adding audio for the export example.
Thanks for creating this video. You saved me a shit ton of aggravation my friend. Your suggestion to make the adjustment under "customize/audio codec/keep original audio track worked for every file. The company that converted my Hi 8 Videos created VTS files that play fine in VLC but I couldn't share or edit them at all on my Mac. Merci!!!
The original file I was using was very small and crappy. The only way is to start with a higher resolution file. Or try using another program like the "remux" function in OBS screen capture software.
Hey! Every time I try this my files save as MPEG-4 movie and can only be opened on Apple TV and I can't drag into iMovie or any other video software. Any idea where I'm going wrong?
I wanted to convert an avi video file which is 40min long. Every time I try to convert it, vlc media player will convert the whole video to only 26sec, so just the first few seconds of the video are shown.
I have that problem too. I have hours long WMV files and they don't fully convert. I am thinking screen recording may be my only option at this point which will further downgrade the quality... I'm not paying for some converter programs for doing this only once in my life.. ughhh
I have the mac (apple silicon) version and i don't think it's possible to convert multiple files at once. sucks :( if someone knows how, i'm definitely interested to learn how.
Hi, I tried to convert a and old dvd I bought years ago, but there are only two folders (audio_ts and video.ts) after clicking on convert/stream. What am i doing wrong?
This is something you may need to play with, my file exported to m4v. If you are converting .mkv from obs try using the remux conversion button like I show in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-foVpi6vdimA.html
any advice on how to convert to AMV files? i have an oldschool player that only accepts amv files and that converter seems to be on no program anywhere
Can you please provide a tutorial or instructions on how to combine/sync the audio and video for iMovie novices like myself? My VOB file converted without the audio, as you said might happen, only to be stuck on this final step(s). I do have both the wav file and the m4v file ready to combine, thanks to your video covering that part beautifully.
Hey mate, great video and I thought you had solved all my issues. I did 6 videos exactly as you showed me to put them into FCP7 three of them worked perfect, the other three no matter what I do won't go into FCP. Getting getting unknown file no access no matter what I do with them I tried converting twice, one just the video and once just the sound. The CD convert was perfect but it still won't accept the video file. When I hit info on all the files they all read exactly the same. Sorry for long winded explanation, but any tips?
technically, VLC can edit the two files together. just need to find where they hid the commands as everyone who does this uses windows!! sadly Imovie won't run on my Mojave mac for some reason (yes I have the version for mojave - Imovie 9)
I couldn't get this to work. I kept getting a message that the file already exist and I had to overwrite or keep existing file. Either way, VLC froze and I had to force quit.
This method might not work for you then. There are other ways to do this, for example you can upload the mkv to RU-vid and redownload it as an mp4 file. OBS also has a function that allows you to output other file formats, but I myself haven't figured that out yet. Working on it.
Hi, just wondering, I've tried the VLC video convert menu once on Macbook air. It does work. However, during the video conversion, my mac fan makes some noise. I know it's the fan cooling down the processor. Is it normal or is it gonna ruin my mac air in the long run?
That is normal and the fan is preserving your computers ability to perform well. That is the advantage of having a fan, your computer won't overheat and throttle performance as quickly. Be proud you are now a power user!
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Right I already had the file in a weird format. This video assumes the viewer has the same problem. Most videos you would download from the internet will be in mp4 and so you won't have this issue.
If you cannot separate out the audio using a VLC then that is probably an OBS issue. You have to tell it which places to record audio from (computer sound card, computer internal audio, computer mic audio).
VLC can do both. It can convert odd video formats to Mp4 which is a video container file. It can also convert video to common audio files (mp3 or .wav). I do both in the video, first mp4, then .wav
Hey if you wanted you can also go into obs settings and then change how the file comes out to a mp4 file so then you wont need vlc player to convert the videos its just something i found out now i thought it would be useful to know
Interesting. I just tried changing a .avi file to .mp4 this way (just changing the extension in the title), and it didn't work in QuickTime or iMovie/fcpx. Am I missing a step?
