Why should we convert avchd to mkv file with video to video Converter on mac

Posted by eimaliyu on November 27th, 2012

A .mkv file is a Matroska video/audio multimedia file. it is a file format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture, or subtitle tracks in one file. The purpose of the mkv file is to specifically hold videos with subtitles and audio. The mkv file compresses large amounts of data in the form of movies and other media therefore it is able to hold many files at once.

Features of MKV file:

-Has both HTTP and RTP audio and video streaming capability (Internet or LAN).

-Menu system similar to a DVD.

-Designed to be supported across all platforms or operating systems.

-Samsung, LG TV, and Blu-Ray players provide comprehensive support.

-Supports direct playback on televisions that support USB playback.

-Supports reliable error restoration mechanisms.

-Includes tools and libraries that developers can use to add MKV support to applications.

The benefits of mkv:

1.Compared with other container formats MKV surpasses the old good AVI and the popular MP4 formats in many areas. Other known container formats are the MPEG container (.mpg , .mpeg), Quicktime (.mov), Realmedia (.rm), etc. MKV format is a free alternative to all of them, and aiming to be able to offer a lot of features that others don't have.

2.MKV widely supports multimedia formats. Matroska Video is a container like MOV and AVI, providing support for a huge number of different video, audio and subtitles formats. MKV files became widespread simply because of its incredible support for some existing subtitles formats.

3.MKV is an open standards project. This means it is free to use, and that the technical specifications describing the bit stream are open to anybody, including companies that would like to support it in their products. MKV aims to become the standard of multimedia container formats, a modern, flexible, extensible, cross-platform multimedia container format. This is maybe the most important benefit of MKV.

4.The most common use of MKV file is to store HD video file. Many people who download a file with the extension MKV will often try to play it back with video player software they have installed on their systems. Most of the time this doesn't work.

What should you do if you have lots of avchd file and want to convert the avchd file to mkv?

Doremisoft Mac video Converter (Mountain Lion, Lion, Snow Leopard supported) or the Windows version either of them can effortlessly convertAVCHD to MKV with no quality loss. You can learn the detail of how to convert avchd to mkv lossless with video to video converter.

Step 1: Load AVCHD video into the program, run the converter, then click "Add File" in the interface to load one or multiple .mts or .m2ts file(s) at one time.

Step 2: Choose MKV as output file format, Click "Profile" menu bar to choose "Common Video"->"MKV(Matroska) Video (*.mkv)" from the drop-up output file formats list.

Step 3: Run the AVCHD to MKV conversion, click "Start" to launch the conversion.