# Extracting mpeg4 from wtv

**URL:** https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/extracting-mpeg4-from-wtv/2994
**Category:** Recording Devices / Platform Support
**Tags:** wmc
**Created:** [July 30, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/extracting-mpeg4-from-wtv/2994 "2019-07-30T15:07:37Z")
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### Author: ![mpsharp](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/user_avatar/discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/mpsharp/32/1162_2.png) [@mpsharp](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/mpsharp)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/extracting-mpeg4-from-wtv/2994/1 "2019-07-30T15:07:38Z")

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A number of years back, Comcast started broadcasting mpeg4 in my area, so most of my old WTV files are already mpeg4. It appears that MCEBuddy is re-encoding them as mp4 again, rather than just extracting the existing mp4 stream into a mp4 container. Is there a way to tell it to only re-encode the older mpeg2 versions, and simply extract mpeg4 into a new container?

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### Author: ![Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Goose)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/extracting-mpeg4-from-wtv/2994/2 "2019-07-30T17:01:41Z")

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Use the `unprocessed` profiles to copy the original video stream untouched.

If you want to separate the mpeg2 and mpeg4 files, create 2 separate conversions tasks. One which uses a regular mpeg4 profile to convert mpeg2 to mpeg4 and the other which users the `MP4 Unprocessed` profile, and in the _Expert Settings_ page select the appropriate codec filter for each task so it’ll only process files if that codec is present.

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### Author: ![mpsharp](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/user_avatar/discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/mpsharp/32/1162_2.png) [@mpsharp](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/mpsharp)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/extracting-mpeg4-from-wtv/2994/3 "2019-07-31T14:15:45Z")

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Hmm. I’m running v2.3 R13 and my Expert Settings doesn’t look like that, but it does look like I can select TS unprocessed as a profile. What version are you using?

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### Author: ![Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Goose)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/extracting-mpeg4-from-wtv/2994/4 "2019-07-31T14:21:41Z")

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The latest version, there have been over 1000+ new features and bug fixes since 2.3.13