a simple easy solution none of this termnal stuff and no reconverting either.Īll along i have been using vlc player and never new it was able to remux and change the container format.

No other solution comes close for ease of use or quality. Update (): Handbrake 0.9.4 is now out, and it handles MKV to MP4 translation flawlessly. Check it out and post here if you have issues. I’m not sure if it introduces any unnecessary compression, but given Handbrake’s reputation, I’d be surprised if they re-encoded when not necessary. Handbrake 0.93 lets you specify an MKV file as a source, and then lets you convert to a variety of outputs. Looks like a new alternative for MKV to MP4 without re-encoding. Update (): Thanks to the comment below for a pointer to MKVTools 2.1. Update (): The blog that had the instructions is now gone. Let me know if you have a better solution. So this isn’t really practical with full length pictures unless you are willing to leave it running for hours. Also, it takes Quicktime Pro about 30 minutes to convert a 2 minute movie on my PowerMac G5, Dual-2.5Ghz. So far, I’m finding that most do, but your mileage may vary. The only downside to this is that it really is only practical for MKV files out there that already use H.264 for encoding, and that have settings compatible with iTunes. This blog had a wonderful, detailed step-by-step process, with screenshots. Once you have Perian, you just open the MKV file with Quicktime, and export it to either MP4 (with specific settings), or use the AppleTV or iPod export settings. Quick download, mount disk image, double-click on preference panel file, and you are ready to convert. The magic free extension, which is distributed as a System Preference panel file, is called Perian, the Swiss Army Knife for Quicktime. Then this forum discussion popped up, and pointed me to a very cool solution that I had to share.īasically, you can do it with Quicktime Pro, but only if you download this free extension to Quicktime that adds support for a large number of video formats.

Not knowing anything about this format, I did a search for ways to convert this to MP4 for the AppleTV/MacMini/iTunes family, but found mostly Windows-based or command-line utilities. A lot of video online is being distributed in MKV format (aka “Matroska Video”).

How to make mkv video to mp4