Unlock the Secrets to Playing and Converting Mpl Files Like a Pro with This Easy Tutorial!
Mpl files are common video files that have been around for quite some time now. Many of us have come across mpl files, but not everyone knows how to play or convert them. If you’re one of those people, don’t worry - this tutorial will teach you everything you need to know about playing and converting mpl files like a pro!
What Are Mpl Files?
Before we dive into playing and converting mpl files, let’s first understand what they are. Mpl files are MPEG Playlist files that contain a list of video files that are played in a specific order. When you open an mpl file, it will play all the videos in the list, one after the other. This makes mpl files a great choice when you want to create a playlist of videos that you want to watch continuously.
How to Play Mpl Files
The first step to playing mpl files is to have the right media player. Not all media players support mpl files, so it’s important to choose one that does. VLC Media Player is a popular choice for playing mpl files. If you don’t have VLC Media Player, you can download it for free from the official website.
Once you have VLC Media Player installed, you can play mpl files by following these steps:
- Open VLC Media Player.
- Click on “Media” in the menu bar.
- Select “Open File”.
- Navigate to the mpl file you want to play and click “Open”.
- The mpl file will start playing automatically.
How to Convert Mpl Files
Now that you know how to play mpl files, let’s move on to converting them. There are times when you may want to convert an mpl file to another video format. For example, you may want to upload the videos to a website that only accepts a certain video format. Fortunately, converting mpl files is easy!
To convert mpl files, you can use VLC Media Player. Here’s how:
- Open VLC Media Player.
- Click on “Media” in the menu bar.
- Select “Convert/Save”.
- Click on “Add” to add the mpl file you want to convert.
- Click on “Convert/Save”.
- Under “Settings”, select the video format you want to convert the mpl file to.
- Choose the destination folder where you want to save the converted file.
- Click “Start” to start the conversion process.
- Once the conversion is complete, you’ll find the converted file in the destination folder.
Conclusion
Mpl files are a great way to create playlists of videos that you want to watch continuously. With VLC Media Player, playing and converting mpl files is easy! Follow the steps outlined in this tutorial, and you’ll be playing and converting mpl files like a pro in no time. Happy watching!
This article explains what an MPL file is, how to open one on your computer, and how to convert from MPL to a different playlist file.
What to Know
- Some MPL files are playlists a media player like PowerDVD can use to understand which videos to play.Other MPL files are text files used as subtitles for video playback. VLC can open one.You can convert an MPL file to another playlist format or subtitles format with special tools.
What Is an MPL File?
A file with the MPL file extension is an AVCHD playlist file. Since they are playlists, they’re not the actual recordings made with your camcorder or other video recording device. Rather, they’re just a reference to the actual videos, which are probably the .MTS files you should also see.
This file extension is also used for MPL2 subtitles. These are text files that contain subtitles for media players to display during video playback.
A HotSauce graphics file is a less common format that uses this extension.
How to Open an MPL File
MPL files saved as playlist files can be opened with Roxio Creator and CyberLink PowerDVD products, as well as for free with VLC and BS.Player. Since the format is in XML, you should be able to use a text editor to see the file paths of where the media files are located.
While text editors can open MPL2 subtitles to read the contents manually, the more practical use is in programs like VLC so that they’re displayed along with a corresponding video. Remember that these are just text files that display text based on timestamps; they’re not actually the video files themselves.
MPL files are typically stored on the device under the \AVCHD\BDMV\PLAYLIST\ folder.
Although MPL files can be edited with any text editor, Subtitle Edit is one example of an app built specifically for this kind of thing.
How to Convert an MPL File
Since MPL playlists don’t actually contain any media files, you can’t convert one directly to MP3, MP4, WMV, MKV, or any other audio/video format. If you’re wanting to convert the actual media files, open the MTS files (or whatever format the media files are in) with a video file converter.
The Subtitle Edit program mentioned above can convert from MPL to a huge variety of subtitle formats. Like AVCHD playlists that are just text documents, you can’t convert MPL to MP4 or any other video format.
Still Can’t Open It?
If your file isn’t opening using the suggestions from above, you might be dealing with a file of a different format that just looks like an .MPL file, like WPL (Windows Media Player Playlist).
Converting MPL to MPG might refer to the conversion between miles per liter and miles per gallon, neither of which have anything to do with these file formats. You can use a conversion calculator to do the math for you.
MLP is another similar-looking extension. It’s used for audio files compressed with the Meridian Lossless Packing compression algorithm.
Yet another is MPI (uppercase “i”), which are project files created by a program called InstallJammer.
More Information on MPL2 Subtitles Files
This subtitle format uses square brackets and decaseconds. For example, to explain that the subtitle text should display at 10.5 seconds and then disappear 15.2 seconds later is written as [105][152].
Multiple text lines are configured with a line break like [105][152] First line|Second line.
Subtitles can be italicized with a forward slash, like so: [105][152] /First line|Second line. Or, to make the second one italic: [105][152] First line|/Second line. The same can be done on both lines to make both of them appear italicized.
The original file format used frames for setting up subtitle times, but was then switched to decaseconds in the second version.
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