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    mkv to avi

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by azntiger1000, Mar 12, 2006.

  1. azntiger1000

    azntiger1000 Notebook Deity

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    Hey people. I have this video that is under .mkv format. I've searched google and found all sorts of results. I was wondering has anyone ever converted from a .mkv to .avi before? And if you did like what good software did you use? Oh yea, best if it was like freeware or something free.

    Or is there like a codec for Windows Media Player?


    Thanks in advance.
     
    azntiger1000, Mar 12, 2006
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  2. Shampoo

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    You can't play it or you just want to convert it?

    If you just want to play it download my choice of media players, The Core Media Player. It has built in MKV support and the player itself is awesome.

    Awwww ****, I noticed you have an Nvidia videocard in your baby, not that, that's bad, I myself am a Nvidia fan, but Ati has just released their 6.3 Encoder that converts a whole bunch of different video formats for free, which is awesome. I've tried it and works great.

    I'm going to search my desktop for a conversion program I once downloaded, it converted a whole ****load of different formats, but I don't know if it will do MKV to AVI, I will check for you though and post back.

    Cheers,
    Mike
     
    Shampoo, Mar 12, 2006
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  3. CWar

    CWar Notebook Geek

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    I always rename mkv filename to avi. No problems there.
     
    CWar, Mar 12, 2006
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  4. dr_st

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    Renaming won't do squat. It needs to have codec support. MKV is Matroska. Like Shampoo said, Core Media Player (and Media Player Classic) have built-in support for that. VideoLan probably also has. Other players can play it, provided that the correct codec is installed.

    VirtualDubMod can read MKV files and as such, convert them too. However, apparently it cannot read all types of MKV. I have some MKV files here and the program refused to open them, claiming that they are using an unsupported format for the subtitles or something...
     
    dr_st, Mar 12, 2006
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  5. azntiger1000

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    Yea I have no trouble playing it, its just that I want to find a converter to avi. I tend to keep all my video files the same format.
     
    azntiger1000, Mar 12, 2006
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  7. drumfu

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    VLC Player will play mkv files as well as avis
     
    drumfu, Mar 12, 2006
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    VLC has definitely currently become my favorite for the many different formats. Easier then trying to get the many codecs to work in WMP.
     
    RadcomTxx, Mar 12, 2006
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  9. Shampoo

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    As I have just posted in another thread about video playback, you don't have to WORK AROUND anything to get codecs to work in ANY player.

    You just have to have the right combination. The Core Media Player just happens to be one of those players without any complications in combination with K-Lite Codec Packs.

    Just install the K-Lite Codec Pack and you should be able to playback any video format in any player, even WMP.

    You say you want to keep your video files the same format, why is this?
     
    Shampoo, Mar 13, 2006
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  10. azntiger1000

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    I have a series of video that are like episodes of a show and some of them are in .mkv and some of them are .avi. So I just wanted to put them all in one type of file so that just in case if somebody wants to borrow my videos or something I won't have to tell them use vlc or w/e. They can just use the default player.
     
    azntiger1000, Mar 13, 2006
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  11. dagamer34

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    I'm not sure you really want to convert your video (which I am probably guessing is anime) fromm .mkv to .avi because you end up having to hard-code the subtitles into the video stream. It makes for really ****py subtitles when the video is resized greatly from their original source.
     
    dagamer34, Mar 13, 2006
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