
Open/load VLC, with no media playing in it.Ģ.

It might seem complicated, but if you use it once or twice, it becomes easy and intuitive.ġ. So, to convert an mkv file into an mp4 file, with no loss in video quality, here's a step-by-step. VideoLAN - Official page for VLC media player, the Open Source video framework!

#Convert mkv to mp4 lossless 64 Bit
The kind and clever folks at VLC (= Video LAN Co.) have incorporated a simple converter, into their free VLC package.įor anyone not familiar with it, VLC is probably the best, simplest, fastest any-and-all-formats video player, anywhere, and it is available in both 32 and 64 bit versions, for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, etc, here: The mkv files contain the "ac" class of audio files, while mp4 files contain mp3 audio files.
#Convert mkv to mp4 lossless how to
How to quickly convert MKV to MP4 file using VLC?Īnd have tried it with several test files, showing that it works reliably and consistently.īasic trick is to realize that both mkv and mp4 files are "container" files, which combine a video stream, and an audio stream (plus any subtitle, metadata, or other streams as well), in a way that keeps them synchronized. With > NO << loss of quality in the video stream. So, there is a much, MUCH simpler way to convert mkv files into mp4 files that can be readily handled by Premier,

With little or no explanation of what those options are, and mean, and do. However, the "Handbrake" package recodes things, and confronts users with thousands of options, Various threads complain about Premier's inability to import or handle mkv files (also known as Matroska files),Īnd/or suggest Handbrake as the best software for converting mkv files to mp4 files.
