What's MKV ?

MKV - The Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture or subtitle tracks in one file. It is intended to serve as a universal format for storing common multimedia content, like movies or TV shows. Matroska is similar in concept to other containers like AVI, MP4 or Advanced Systems Format (ASF), but is entirely open in specification, with implementations consisting mostly of open source software. Matroska file types are .MKV for video (with subtitles and audio), .MK3D for stereoscopic video, .MKA for audio-only files and .MKS for subtitles only.
Matroska is an English word derived from the Russian word Matryoshka, which means nesting doll (the common Russian cylindrical-shaped doll within a doll, also known as a babushka doll). This is a play on the container (media within a form of media/doll within a doll) aspect of the matryoshka as it is a container for visual and audio data. The loose transliteration may be confusing to Russian speakers, as the Russian word matroska actually refers to a sailor suit.

Multimedia compression and container formats:

Video

ISO/IEC
MJPEG Motion JPEG 2000 MPEG-1 MPEG-2 (Part 2) MPEG-4 (Part 2/ASP Part 10/AVC) HEVC
ITU-T:
H.120 H.261 H.262 H.263 H.264 HEVC
Others
AVS Bink CineForm Cinepak Dirac DV Indeo Microsoft Video 1 OMS Video Pixlet Prores RealVideo RTVideo SheerVideo Smacker Sorenson Video, Spark Theora VC-1 VC-2 VC-3 VP3 VP6 VP7 VP8 WMV

A range of software has native Matroska support. Those include media players such as MPlayer, VLC, ALLPlayer, Elmedia Player, foobar2000 and PowerDVD and media centers such as Plex, Boxee, PS3 Media Server and XBMC, and the web browser Google Chrome.

How to Play MKV Video on Mac?

On Mac, Quicktime or VLC can't be compatible with MKV video format, but friendly with MOV or MP4 format. Therefore, downloading a third party software then you can play MKV video on Mac video players. Here this easy to use MKV Video Converter for Mac will be the best partner for you. You can convert MKV to MP4 Mac 1080P Video, convert MKV to MOV Mac 1080P Video etc with 3 simple steps.

Mac MKV Video Converter Helps to Convert MKV Video Format

Before conversion, click here and Free Download Mac MKV Video Converter:

Guide: How to Convert MKV Video Format on Mac OS X with MKV Video Converter for Mac

Step 1: Launch the above MKV Video Converter for Mac.

Step 2: Add .mkv video files on Mac.

Step 3: Set "1080P HD MP4 or MOV Video" as the output formats and specify the path.

Step 4: Click "Start" button to begin conversion, then done!

After conversion, you can click "Open" button on the converter and find the converted MKV videos. Next, play the 1080P HD video with Quicktime Video Player or VLC Video Player on Mac.

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