Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your MLT file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert MLT to another file type
To convert MLT projects or scenes to another format, you need Shotcut or other Video software.
Convert a file to MLT
To convert other file formats to the "Video Project File" file type, you need software like Shotcut or a similar tool.
About MLT files
The .mlt file is primarily an XML-based video editing project file created by Shotcut Video Editor. It serves as a text-based blueprint, storing timeline arrangements, transitions, audio levels, and effects for a video sequence. A smaller percentage of .mlt files are RIFF-based DVR video recordings used by the Media Lovin' Toolkit, or proprietary 3D scene files created by Autodesk Maya LT. Users often attempt to convert .mlt files directly to MP4 or MOV to share their videos on social media. However, this presents a major conversion challenge because a standard Shotcut .mlt file is not a video file; it is just a plain-text database. It contains zero video data, storing only file paths pointing to the massive media files located on your local hard drive. If you move, rename, or delete these source files, the .mlt file breaks entirely and displays frustrating 'offline media' errors. To properly get a video, you must open the project in Shotcut and use its native rendering engine to export the final file. Standard online video converters fail completely when processing Shotcut .mlt files because they expect a media stream but receive an XML text document.
Convert.Guru analyzes your MLT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert MLT file to MP4, MP3 or MKV, you can use Shotcut or similar software from the "Video Editing Project File" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to MLT, try Shotcut or another comparable tool in the "Video Editing Project File" category.
The MLT Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our MLT converter.