Matroska video files

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Matroska video files

I am trying to get a Matroska video file (.mkv) to my iPod. I am not sure how to do that. I have tried converting the .mkv file with Handbrake. Video works fine, but the audio ia all jerky. Any suggestions?

Thanks

iMac 24 " 3,06 Ghz, Mac OS X (10.5.6), FCE 3.5

Posted on Apr 2, 2009 7:15 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 3, 2009 1:34 AM in response to Sevy2205

Apple does not support .mkv files. Even real and vlc will not be able to convert them to a unified stream for quicktime.

Dax

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Answer 2

Apr 9, 2009 8:54 PM in response to Dax Carville

Have you tried video hub? The vendor has abandoned it, but it still works very well.

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Answer 3

Klaus1

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Apr 10, 2009 3:56 AM in response to Sevy2205

It could be a 'difficult' form of Matroska file. FYI Matroska is just a container like MOV or AVI, and some mkv have the video encoded with Real Video Codec (RV9 RV10). Perian+QT can't decode this, but VLC will play .mkv files just fine on OS X, as long as they don't use H.264!

It's a bit of a lottery until Matroska decide to support the Apple platform. I have found this:

http://mkv4mac.free.fr/index.php?lang=en&p=lec

which may help.

But there may be another workaround: 1. Get Info the mkv file
2. Change to extension to wmv. Save as wmv and that could work better.

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ZachP14

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Apr 20, 2009 9:48 AM in response to Sevy2205

There's a program called Plex that runs .mkv files awesome on my 2.0 ghz macbook.

http://www.plexapp.com/

Hopefully it works out for you.

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Answer 5

Apr 23, 2009 8:27 PM in response to Sevy2205

After all, handbrake is totally free.
If you want excellent quality, go a professional MKV video converter.

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