

Download and install HandBrake from their website.Here’s a simple step-by-step guide to HandBrake:
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However, if your goal is to convert a video into an InqScribe-compatible format, the MP4 container will work just fine. The drawback is that video conversion is limited to MP4 and MKV outputs. HandBrake supports batch file processing, which comes in handy if you’re planning on converting multiple media files. Everything is done locally on your machine and you don’t need an internet connect to convert files. Since it’s a software, you won’t need to upload or download your video to a website (unlike Online-Convert below). HandBrake is a well-known, trusted, and free conversion software available for Mac, PC, and Linux. Which one should you use? While we don’t endorse any single media converter, here are a few that have worked for us (and our users) in the past: HandBrake Some of these tools will be more useful to you than others, and some might even install unwanted malware on your computer.

It’s not quite as simple as renaming a file “Example.avi” to Example.mp4.” If you’re totally confused, check out our blog post “ What is a Codec Anyway?” for an explanation of codecs, containers, transcoding, and more.Īfter a quick Google search for “media conversion tool,” you’ll soon realize that there are a lot of options out there. But if your media is not supported by either of those two players, you’ll need to convert it to a format that is.Ĭonverting, or transcoding, involves decoding the original file, and then encoding the file into a new format. InqScribe relies on the QuickTime 7 or Windows Media Player 11 specs for media playback, and is able to play most anything that can be played in those players. Sometimes you go to transcribe your video in InqScribe only to find that InqScribe won’t play that video type.
