ffmpeg -i input.anydesk -c:v libx264 -c:a aac output.mp4

If you find yourself converting often, consider using a third-party screen recorder instead of AnyDesk’s built-in tool. Apps like AirDroid Remote Support or OBS Studio allow you to record your remote desktop sessions directly into MP4, saving you the conversion step entirely.

: Locate your session recording (typically in %homepath%\Videos\AnyDesk on Windows) and open it with the AnyDesk application.

Anydesk records sessions in its own proprietary .aa format. These files are in standard media players (VLC, Windows Media Player, etc.). To make them usable, you need to convert them to a common format like MP4.

Run the following command (replace with your actual file paths):

Common video converters (HandBrake, FFmpeg, online converters) cannot process .anydesk files because they lack the libraries necessary to decode the ADVC stream. Attempting to rename the file extension (e.g., to .avi or .mp4 ) will result in a corrupted, unplayable file.

Here is a draft for a technical guide/post that you can use or follow: