How to Convert MKV Video File for More Players

MKV is open and free. No one holds patents or licenses and anyone can implement it freely. The best software players out there have full MKV support and are absolutely free. However many hardware players do not play MKV directly - for that MKV files need to be transcoded into format that particular hardware player understands. This guide will show you how to convert MKV video file with the best MKV Video Converter.

Aiseesoft MKV Video Converter is a professional tool support converting MKV to AVI, MKV to MP4, MKV to WMV, as well as other popular video formats like H.264/AVC, DivX, XviD and MOV, or extract MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC or M4A music file from MKV, MPG, WMV, MP4, AVI files with a few steps.

Step 1 Add Video File to the program

Click the "Add Files" button to import your MKV files, you can also drag and drop the MKV videos into this program directly.

Step 2 Output video settings

Select the output video format you need from the "Convert All to" drop-down list. Click "Custom Profile" button to set your video and audio parameters.

You can also adjust the settings of your output video, such as "video/audio encoder", "Video/audio Bitrate", "Channels", "Resolution" and so on.

Step 3 Start Conversion

Click "Convert All" button to start your conversion and it will be finished in a short while.

Tips:

1. Clip Movie

If you just want to convert a clip from your movie, you can click the "Clip" button to open the Clip window, you can trim a duration of the MKV video by either dragging the Start Time and End Time sliders or setting the time parameters in each corresponding field.

After you set the trimming time, the length of the captured clip will be shown in the Select Length box for your reference.

2. Video Crop

With Aiseesoft MKV Converter you can remove the black edges around your movie video by checking the "Crop" option and customize your movie.

There are three methods available to crop your video:

a. Crop by selecting a crop mode

Select a crop mode in the crop mode drop-down list and click OK to save the crop. There are three pre-set crop modes for your choice: No Crop, Cut off top and bottom black edges, Cut off top black edge.

b. Crop by adjusting the crop frame

The crop frame is the dashed line around the movie video. There are four adjustment lines on the crop frame. Each line allows you to crop the movie video from a different position.

To crop your movie video, you can just move your mouse cursor to an adjustment box and drag the crop frame.

c. Crop by setting the crop values

There are four crop values on the lower left part of the crop window: Up, Down, Left and right. You can set each value to crop your movie video, and the crop frame will move accordingly.

Before you start to crop your movie video, you can select an output aspect ratio from the Zoom list. There are four choices available: Full screen, Keep original, 16:9 and 4:3. After you select an output aspect ratio and finish the crop, the result can be previewed in the Preview window of the program main interface.

3. Capture your favorite image and merge several videos into one file

If you like the current image of the video you can use the "Snapshot" opinion. Just click the "Snapshot" button the image will be saved and you can click the "File" next to "Snapshot" button to open your picture. You can select the destination of the picture by clicking the "Preference" button. As default the captured image will be saved at: your \My Documents\Aiseesoft Studio\Snapshot

If you want to merge the selected video files into one output file you can check the "merge into one file" option. As default the merged file is named after the first selected file (either a title or a chapter).