Convert your multimedia files to MP3 or MP4 format on the fly using a simple keyboard shortcut on your PC.
Finding the right tool to quickly convert audio and video files is nothing like a sinecure. If there are many online solutions and applications entirely dedicated to this task (such as the excellent handbrake), they are not always easy to take in hand and often require several manipulations.
You must first open the application installed on your PC, or go to the appropriate online service from the browser, import the file, and select the transcoding settings before finally succeeding in launching the conversion. If this is not insurmountable, you probably don’t want to do too much time, especially if you have to convert several files one after the other.
However, there is a very simple solution to set up to quickly convert audio and video files to your PC. So quickly that it will only ask you to use two keyboard shortcuts, and one click. How ? Using Microsoft Powertoys. You may not know it, but the advanced paste “advanced paste module included in the PowerToys, takes on a transfeating function.
Using a simple copy and paste, you can convert video files to MP4 format, but also extract the audio track (or simply convert an audio file) to MP3 format. Here’s how to do it. You can, for example, convert videos in AVI or MOV format to MP4. In the same way, the tool will allow you to convert audio files initially to WAV, OGG, FLAC, etc. into MP3 files, etc.
1. Download the PowerToys
If you haven’t done it yet, start by downloading and installing the Microsoft Powertoys on your PC. This collection of tools developed by Microsoft is free and allows you to add advanced functions to Windows.
2. Copy your multimedia file
Open the Windows file explorer and go to the directory in which the audio or video file you want to convert. Then copy it to the Windows clipboard using the shortcut Ctrl + C. You can also do a Right click on the file and select the option Copier.
3. Convert your file
Now open the destination directory in which you want to save the converted file (you can stay in the initial directory where the source file is located) and use the keyboard shortcut Windows + Maj + in. The advanced PowerToys collage menu should then appear on the screen.
Two options should then be displayed: Transcoder en .mp3 et Transcoder in .mp4 (h.264/AAC). Select one or the other of the options according to your needs by clicking on it.
The file conversion will then start instantly. The converted file will then be automatically saved where you have “stuck” it.
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