Comments on: How to Convert MKV to MP4 on Mac OS X

By: Zac

Zac — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:52:33 +0000

I subscribed to this thread almost one year ago and I believe I can provide a stop to it once and for all. It might not be a solution to everyone’s problem but it was to mine.

http://www.mirovideoconverter.com/

There it is people. A free application that I just used to convert an .mkv file to an .mp4 file and it plays perfectly on my PS3. You’re welcome.

By: Jesse Dhillon

Jesse Dhillon — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:17:46 +0000

A little piece of advice if going the Handbrake route: when compressing 25GB Bluray MKV rips down to 5-8GB M4Vs, you need to check the “Large file support” option. AFAICT, what this does is use 64-bit ints instead of 32-bit, thus allowing the entire file to be addressable.

If you don’t do this, neither Plex nor Boxee (nor, I think, iTunes) can play the resulting m4v. You will know that you messed up when the file, in Finder, does not show up as a preview thumbnail.

Hopefully this can save someone 6-12 hours of encoding time.

By: margare

margare — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 06:51:15 +0000

Handbrake definitely needs a refresh to better support VOB… soft sub support, faster encoding (mkvtools is like 50% faster at encodes), auto batching (use 1st instance of lang X) etc.
http://www.video-converter-mac.org/mkv-format-mkv-player-free/

By: Alex Costa

Alex Costa — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 06:04:20 +0000

Thanks! Really helpful!
Just got Quicktime Pro and Handbrake. Both can do the job, but I am guessing handbrake is faster!

By: Carl Leighton

Carl Leighton — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:50:48 +0000

Handbrake is by far the best re-encoding solution I have seen. However, maybe that’s just because it’s free…

By: Jean do

Jean do — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:47:14 +0000

Hanbrake will do the conversion.

By: smoothlake

smoothlake — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:41:07 +0000

I know that Handbrake is free for converting or ripping videos, and many Mac video converter can also do this easily, like aimersoft video converter for mac.

By: Bessie

Bessie — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:07:25 +0000

There are plenty… Handbrake is the best start. Mkvtoolnix is what I usually use, even though it just remuxes – it is great if you do not want to reconvert to another codec or you just want to join two files together… And it only takes 1 minute to remux a movie
http://www.flash-video-soft.com/mac-video-converter/

By: flacconverter

flacconverter — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 02:51:23 +0000

MKV converter mac supports extract audio from video to MP3 for portable devices like iPad, iPhone, iPod, or for audio editing tools like GarageBand.

http://www.hdvideoconverter-mac.com/mkv-file-converter-for-mac.html

By: niceemily

niceemily — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:17:04 +0000

Why not try Bigasoft MKV Converter for Mac which can convert MKV, HD MKV (720p MKV, 1080p MKV) to AVI, MP4, MPEG-4, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, WMV, FLV, 3GP, 3GPP, WebM, DivX AVI.

With it, you can easily import MKV video to iMovie, Final Cut for further edit, upload MKV video to YouTube, insert MKV into PowerPoint, play MKV on all kinds of portable players and more.

For more info at http://www.bigasoft.com/mkv-converter-mac.html?xada

By: Care

Care — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:12:06 +0000

Yay!
Thanks… I had some of these
such as handbreak and MKVtools, but when I reformatted, I could not for the life of me remember what they were called.

By: hanse

hanse — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:51:00 +0000

woo,pretty cool,thanks for sharing. wondershare video converter for mac is another tool for converting video on mac osx, easy to use and powerful.
http://www.best-video-converter.net/mac-video-converter.html

By: karyony

karyony — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:36:42 +0000

Wow really a great post. I like this. I just passed this onto a colleague who was doing a little research on that.
http://www.mediaconverter.biz/

By: Steele

Steele — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 07:28:38 +0000

zac & Madison
Use MKVtools to extract the subs (.srt) then you can use Handbrake to convert, selecting the ripped sub file to be hardcoded during conversion. There are other apps that will do the final stage as well but Handbrake is the fastest by a long shot.

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By: zac

zac — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 03:49:38 +0000

No one has answered Madison’s question and I really want an answer to it as well. Reposting:

Does anybody know how to convert MKV on a mac with soft subs inside it: to an mp4 or m4v with those subs hardcoded into it? Because Handbrake wont let me do that. I am watching Japanese fansubs and I neeeed the soft subs from the mkv to be hardcoded into the mp4 because well,. my Japanese sucks.

By: hanse

hanse — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:20:49 +0000

is there a windows version of the software out there ? i am a windows user and want to conver mkv to my new bought ipod

By: Alberto

Alberto — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:36:32 +0000

thanks!!!! especially for the updates.

By: Gogo

Gogo — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:04:13 +0000

Use Quicktime Pro and the free Perian plug in…nothing else comes close to quality (ie pass through of mkv files without reencoding).

By: Madison

Madison — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:09:22 +0000

By: DaDa

DaDa — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:25:10 +0000

It’s nice for Mac, but for Windows I use MediaConverter123 – powerful and easy conversion software for any kind of media files. http://mediaconverter123.com/

By: bissett

bissett — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:34:29 +0000

Submerge + Perian should do it

By: william

william — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:29:32 +0000

VisualHub advance settings>force quicktime decoding

I did this for an AVI + subs > MP4

Suppose to work for MKV too

Here is a link for instructions on the Visualhub Forum

http://blog.bitcomet.com/post/95356/

Good Luck

By: stephen

stephen — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:12:59 +0000

Mkv2MP4 is an assortment of many programs put together.

But if you need powerful mkv tools, nothing beats mkvmerge:

http://software.bigbigsoft.com/imedia-converter-mac

Free and continually updated unlike some of the other junk peddled in this thread.

By: wishyou0607

wishyou0607 — Fri, 28 May 2010 06:08:20 +0000

what i use is brorsoft MKV converter which is easy and fast to use.
i like brorsoft because the following reasons:
1)it can convert MKV to almost all other video formats,like avi,mp4,wov,mav,tod,mod,hd,vob,acc,flac,acf and so on.
2)it has wonderful editing functions such as crop,trim,watermark with text,image and special effects.

By: Tonya Henson

Tonya Henson — Thu, 27 May 2010 04:43:54 +0000

You can also go to http://www.oggconvert.com/ to convert OGG files to MP3, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, WAV online. I hope its big help.

By: whitaker9

whitaker9 — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:38:40 +0000

Handbrake is probably your best option. The newer versions will only convert to MP4s, which are playable on your PS3. Older versions converted to AVI and are out there on the net if you Google enough :]

I”ve heard of some people having success simply renaming .mkv files to .avi or .mp4. MKVs aren’t necessarily different types of files, they’re just containers with more options for mencoder/ffmpeg/divx files. I *think* higher quality video encoders are starting to use MKV because it has the option of including more dynamic menus/subtitles all packaged within the file. But if the file is simply a divx video enclosed in an mkv, renaming it might work.

There’s also PS3 media server, which will stream and encode almost any kind of video on the fly from your computer to your PS3. Hi def video can be a little bumpy if your processor isn’t up to encoding it fast enough to watch, though.

By: jckl29

jckl29 — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:22:46 +0000

Apple Mac Video Converter is an excellent video converter which can convert video formats from one to another with perfect output quality and high conversion speed for Mac OS X users. It supports all popular video formats including FLV, MKV, WMV, ASF, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, MOV, AVI, etc. This video converter also supports audio extraction and audio to audio conversion, like MP3, MP2, MKA, M4A, AAC, AC3, etc.

The output videos and audios can be put on PSP, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, Blackberry, Zune, Creative Zen, iRiver, mobile phone or other popular digital devices for your enjoyment.

Import converted files to some popular applications like QuickTime, iMovie, iDVD, iTunes, etc. on Mac OS X. Video Converter for Mac Lets you upload converted video to YouTube, Google, Yahoo, MySpace, etc. for sharing with others.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/tanbeevideoconverterformac.html

[b]How to convert videos on Mac OS X?[/b]

* Step 1: Load video/audio files to be converted – Click “Add File” button to import files, will be shown in the file list..
* Step 2: Select the ouput format – Click Profile drop-down button, select an output format for selected files in the drop down list that opens.
* Step 3: Advanced Setting – To adjust output settings, you can set the detailed parameters of output format.
* Step 4: Edit your videos – Click “Trim”, “Crop” or “Effect” button to edit Videos.
* Step 5: Converting – Click “Convert” button to start converting.

By: Fernand Van Damme

Fernand Van Damme — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:59:05 +0000

OK, but what to do if MKV contains several subs and I only need one ?
Thanks for an answer .
Fernand

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:15:52 +0000

Thanks for sharing!
I’d still prefer using imedia converter for mac, as, apart from converting MKV video files, it can also be used to rip DVDs.
http://www.video-converter-mac.org/iskysoft-imedia-converter-for-mac/