Monday, June 20, 2016

Removing a container from video using VLC

To remove a container from a video file and extract only the RAW video using VLC, it's needed to create a new conversion profile. See the following steps:

The VLC is free and can be downloaded here: http://www.videolan.org/

1 - Open VLC and click in "Media -> Convert / Save".


2 - The following dialog box will open. Click in "Add..." button and select the video you want to extract the RAW video. Click in "Convert / Save" Button.



3 - Click in "Create a new profile" button on Settings -> Profile.


4 - On encapsulation tab, add a profile name (e.g. RAW video only) and select "RAW" option.


5 - On tab "Video codec", select "Video" and "Keep original video track"


6 - Unselect Audio box and click in "Create"


7 - Back to the "Convert" Dialog box, select the new created profile "Raw video only", choose the destination file location and name and click in "Start.


The raw video file will be created and can be used to test a VPU only unit test for example.