How to Convert MKV to AVI
By Convert on Dec 18, 2010 with Comments 0
The Matroska Multimedia Container is known to be an open standard free container file format which is used to store an unlimited number of audios, videos, subtitle tracks, and pictures inside a single file. Generally, it is used to store common multimedia content such as movies or TV shows. Though, similar to its counterparts like MP4, AVI or ASF, but it is entirely open source software.
The important file types under Matroska include: MKV files (Matroska Video), MKA files (Matroska Audio), and MKS files (Matroska Subtitles). There is a considerable range of video player software available that supports the playback of the Matroska files. These files have some special types of streams of which a proper decoders are often missing in the video players. The streams used in files are produced with an encoder, so you need to have a specific codec (coder/decoder) to play these streams.
Audio Video Interleaved or AVI is a popular file format used for the storage of audio and video data on any computer. AVI is often associated with Resource Interchange File Format or (RIFF).
It is not tough to convert the MKV files to AVI. You need to have conversion software installed on your system to convert the files.
Besides many downloadable converters, you can also have online converter such as OJOsoft Video Converter that has a user friendly interface and offers a large range of file formats for conversion.
Iskysoft Video Coverter is a downloadable converter used to convert MKV files to AVI files. You can enjoy the converted files on many media players such as iPod, iPhone, Blackberry, Zune and PSP.
You’ll need:
- Hard drive with reasonable free space
- Subtitles in srt format
- MKV to AVI Converter
- MKV video files
Steps
- Make sure that you have saved the MKV files in a specific folder.
- Download the conversion software and install it in your system.
- Next, you need to choose the MKV files you want to convert.
- Choose the appropriate settings for the conversion file. Assign a destination folder for output file as well.
- Start the conversion process by clicking on the ‘Start’ or ‘Convert’ button.
Tips & Warnings
- You can opt for the Combined Community Codec Pack (CCCP) which a large range of codec for various video and audio streams. It can be used with the file formats such as flv, ogm and mkv. You need to have CCCP installed on your system, if you want to convert MKV files to any other video formats.
- After installing the converter, it is better to restart your system.
- It is better to close other programs during the conversion process.
- To avoid slow conversion rate, disable the wall paper during the process.
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