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Hello. Iwas going to convert a video from .ts to .mp4 when I accidentally clicked on the big red X (delete selected profile) instead of on "Edit selected profile." Can anyone tell me how to get it back? I tried to re-install vlc but the profile is still not there. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

I guess it's this one: "Video - H.264 + AAC (MP4)" so with the wizard you can add a new profile using H.264 video and AAC audio in an MP4 container.

Or just reset the preferences and all profiles will be restored on next start:
http://wiki.videolan.org/Reset_prefs

(note: this msg was edited {without notice} from the intended version, I'm talking to the mods about it)

<mod-deleted-text-here>...follow some simple copy/paste instructions to re-insert that missing convert profile.

You posted in General, but I only know the instructions for Windows.

These settings are stored in vlc-qt-interface.ini, located in %AppData%\vlc

You have 2 options, depending on how much testing / copy/pasting you wanna do...

1. Regenerate the defaults & copy that over
2. Just copy & paste my version from the forum

If you wanna go with option 1...

• Regenerate the defaults & copy that over
  
  • Close all instances of VLC
  • Open a window to view the %AppData%\vlc directory
  • Rename the vlc-qt-interface.ini file to vlc-qt-interface.bkp.ini
  • Run & close VLC (don't be alarmed when some/all of your customizations are gone, it's temporary)
  • Rename the newly-generated vlc-qt-interface.ini to vlc-qt-interface.defaults.ini
  • Rename (or copy) the backed-up vlc-qt-interface.bkp.ini to vlc-qt-interface.ini
  • Open both files in Notepad: vlc-qt-interface.defaults.ini & vlc-qt-interface.ini
  • In both Notepad windows, search for "[codecs-profiles]"
  • In vlc-qt-interface.defaults.ini copy some or all of that section
  • In vlc-qt-interface.ini paste whatever you copied, if you are replacing the whole section, select it 1st, before pasting

If you wanna go with option 2...

• Just copy & paste my version from the forum
  
  • Close all instances of VLC
  • Backup the file %AppData%\vlc\vlc-qt-interface.ini somewhere
  • Open %AppData%\vlc\vlc-qt-interface.ini in Notepad
  • Search for "[codecs-profiles]"
  • Copy & paste these 2 lines right below the line: [codecs-profiles]
    

    Code: Select all

    1\Profile-Name=Video - H.264 + AAC (MP4) 1\Profile-Value="mp4;1;1;0;h264;0;0;0;0;0;mp4a;128;2;44100;0;1"
  • Save the file & run VLC

Thank you so much, guys, for the help!