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why is there no mkv converter for mac?


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  • 6 months later...

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 :hysterical:

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I wish someone would write a mac version of mkv2vob so that I could delete my windows partition. Why oh why can't they port this incredible app :D

 

 

Mkv2vob is an assortment of many programs put together.

 

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

 

http://jonthn.free.fr/MKVtoolnix/

 

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

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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.

 

http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/

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