


Instead, we have two great options for MKV playback: Elmedia Player, and Movist Pro.Įlmedia Player is exceptionally strong at playing just about any file type you can throw at it.
#How to convert mkv to mp4 vlc how to
How to play MKV on Macīecause MKV isn’t natively supported, you shouldn’t expect your Mac to spin up QuickTime to play downloaded files as it does with so many other media file types. Got a file you can't convert? Here's how to change video formats flexibly. On the bottom left of the video is a gear icon, where you’ll see an option to ‘create new group.’ Simply do that and you’ll find the video in its own sub-window, ready for conversion to a different format. Keep that in mind before you start if you didn’t want all your videos to be MP4s, you’d have to create new groups. The ‘sub-window’ in Permute holds files to be converted, so adding multiple videos will convert them all the same way. If the videos were in different places (one may be in downloads, the other in ‘documents,’ another in a folder – you get it) you could simply repeat steps two, three, and four until all your videos were added. You could choose multiple videos to convert in step three above, if they were all in the same location on your Mac. If you had a few MKV videos you wanted to convert to the MP4 format, you don’t need to go one-by-one. Permute is also adept at batch conversion of files. You can also make other changes like rotating the video, should you need that functionality. This is where you can control where your converted file is placed.

In the upper-right corner of the sub-window, you’ll see a gear icon. Keep a few things in mind before you start a transfer, though. That's it! Your MKV file will convert to the MP4 format. Keep in mind the video itself has a play button, too the play button on the sub-window is what starts the conversion.

Because it’s open-standard, there’s no advantage for large tech firms like Apple to support MKV, or adopt it onto their platforms. But it’s only available to a limited number of devices, and most often used as a video file-type rather than for true multimedia files. This ability to wrap all types of media into one file type is what makes MKV so popular.
