We sometimes get our hands on files on formats not supported by our own devices. It's annoying that we can't watch the TV series or anime that you've just downloaded just because they're on the wrong ...

MakeMKV converts videos on proprietary discs into MKV or “Matroska Video” files. This container file format can hold an entire movie on a single file. What’s more, as a royalty-free, open and ...

An abbreviation of Matroska Video, MKV is a digital video file format that supports various types of audio and video codecs. The multimedia container is also commonly used by the anime fan-subbing ...

Initially, Handbrake became popular with the Mac OS and its approach was limited to those possessing expensive Apple devices. Today this open-source converter is used widely across Mac OS, Windows, ...

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Microsoft recently added native support for the MKV video format to its Windows 10 preview. But you don’t need Windows 10 to have native support for MKV. The company has released a new version of its ...

Other than Handbrake, which won't work for me (see below), can you recommend a video encoder (for Win7; ideally free) that can encode a single, 14GB VOB file to an H.264 .mkv file? For Free?

Playing non-Apple-approved media formats is a constant source of irritation for iPad owners but there are almost always workarounds. In this instance I suggest an excellent free media player called ...

If you have an MKV file with DTS soundtrack and you can not read it, this little tutorial is for you and will show you how to convert it. Launch the program "mkvextractgui.exe" and open your file with ...