Adding MKV to iTunes

[Draken]

well, I just got a new 27" iMac ( :drool: ) and wanted to add all my HD movie collection to iTunes, that off course is not possible, so I've downloaded Perian; now I can play them with quicktime (I already played them with VLC, that's not the issue) and if I copy them to the Videos folder they show up on Frontrow but:

- they are choppy and skip a lot (in frontrow) but they play perfect in QT and VLC.

- Obviously I can't add any meta-data like covers or info.

I know about VideoDrive 2, but I want a zero $ dinero solution if possible, and may be convert them to H 264, I know that MKV is just a container with a H 264 and an audio file inside it, but I don't want to extract them and then remux them.

well as you can see I have a Mac now, so there's a lot of things I don't want to do :p

Thanks in advance !!!

[Guest]

Not possible unfortunately. iTunes only likes the .mp4 container.

I'd recommend using Plex.

[dknm]

I also use Plex for all HD content .?

You might want to get Flip4Mac Free to add support to wmv files that you'll occasionaly encounter .?

[Xtreme $niper]

I have to convert my MKV files when I want to play them on my PS3 so maybe if you convert them into the proper format you can import them into iTunes as well?

I use MKV2VOB: http://www.mkv2vob.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=10

It's Windows only but I run it in my VM and it remuxes 1GB+ files in less than 5 minutes. Just an option for ya.

[Draken]

thanks ynnoj & dknm, I'm going to give Plex a try :yes:

thanks Xtreme $niper, that's a closer solution to what I want (Y)