Convert MP4 Video to MKV Format

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Click the Browse... button next to the Input File Name field, choose the MP4 videos for converting and click Open button in the opened Windows Explorer Window to load MP4 format into the software. The professional application can make batch conversion to your need by pressing + button or use drag-and-drop. For more about how to convert MP4 video to MKV format, go to the next step.

MP4, standing for MPEG-4 Part 14, is a multimedia container format standard specified as a part of MPEG-4. It is most commonly used to store digital audio and digital video streams, especially those defined by MPEG, but can also be used to store other data such as subtitles and still images. Almost any kind of data can be embedded in MPEG-4 Part 14 files through private streams. The registered codecs for MPEG-4 Part 12-based files are published on the website of MP4 Registration authority (mp4ra.org), but most of them are not widely supported by MP4 players.

Select MKV as the output format by clicking TO MKV button on the top-line of the interface.

Choose a preinstalled profile from the drop-down menu of the MKV profile list for the output video and adjust more details by clicking Edit... button.

To browse for the output folder, click the Browse... next to the Output File Name field.

OJOsoft Total Video Converter, the MP4 video to MKV format converting tool, gives the easiest way to convert MP4 to MKV format. Proceed to the next step about the tutorial for converting MP4 videos to MKV format.

An MKV file is a Matroska file. Matroska is a container format file that stores multiple streams (video, audio and subtitles). These streams may require you to install decoding software and filters to playback depending on what player you use. For most MKV files you find, there is a player not based on DirectShow (so you probably won't have to install any extra decoding software or filters) that has support for Matroska files, VideoLan Client (VLC).

Click the Convert button on the right bottom of the interface and now you've done all steps for converting MP4 video to MKV format. The converter will start to convert MP4 video to MKV format in a simple and quick way. The process bar will tell you how fast and the whole process about how the MP4 to MKV format converter software handles the conversion.

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