mrchetsteadman Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 How can I convert an MKV to MP4 without losing too much of the quality? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Brandon H Supervisor Posted April 19, 2013 Supervisor Share Posted April 19, 2013 check out Handbreak it's the goto app for most people doing video conversions Cnónna, neo1911, mrchetsteadman and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mrchetsteadman Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 check out Handbreak it's the goto app for most people doing video conversions And this is why I love Neowin. Thanks for the speedy response! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted April 19, 2013 Veteran Share Posted April 19, 2013 I use XenonMKV because then you do not have to re-encode the whole video again. it just opens the container and re contains it as a MP4 file. So you can take a 8Gb MKV file and have a MP4 file in about 5 minutes. http://xenonmkv.ev98.net/ Ambroos and mrchetsteadman 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 LaP Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Avidemux would probably do the job too. Just change the container and keep the video and audio as is. Ambroos and mrchetsteadman 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 articuno1au Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 If you're looking to just change the container (.mkv and mp4 are just the wrappers for the file) consider Yam. Much faster to just repackage the container than to transcode >.< We do it for mkv files for playback on the XBox. Dashel and mrchetsteadman 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sagum Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 For set it and forget it, I use freemake video converter. Will convert pretty much anything you want to anything you want. MKV to DVD? no problem, MKV to MP4? no problem. It supports Cuda too so if you have an NVidia card, you can get some fast conversion times. If you just want a few MKV in a MP4 format, it's a quick and easy way without having to learn how to use the other programs and settings. Otherwise, it might be quicker for you to use one of the mutex type programs. However, depending on your use, if its for play back, most devices (iOS, Windows/WP/8, Android, Linux mac, Roku and some smart TVs and DLNA cert devices) are supported via PlexApp and transcodes on the fly and will usually grab cover art, and blerb about the movie too. djdanster and Hum 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Crisp Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 +2 for Handbrake. Atlantico 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jason S. Global Moderator Posted April 19, 2013 Global Moderator Share Posted April 19, 2013 i'd never heard of Free Make before. sounds promising. will give it a shot. i always just use Handbrake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Riggers Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 A program iv`e recently discovered is MkvToMp4, iv`e found it very good for converting mkv`s to mp4. Great tool, still being updated. http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MkvToMp4 mrchetsteadman 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mrchetsteadman Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 I've used Freemake but I feel as if the quality was reduced greatly. Handbrake is pretty good but I will check out the others because changing the container would be best if it leaves the quality the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ajua Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 If you just want to change the container, you need to use a MP4 muxer/demuxer. One of the best is YAMB. It's better if you change containers for compatibility reasons than to convert the video and audio as wou will surely loss quality on both. To demux the MKV tracks use MKVCleaver. With it, you can extract audio, video and subtitles. Save them with their original extension (as provided by MKVCleaver). Using YAMB, import the tracks and mux them into a new MP4 file. For converting formats, Handbrake can't be beat. Freemake Video Converter is a more user friendly program but also with plenty of options. mrchetsteadman 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Andre S. Veteran Posted April 21, 2013 Veteran Share Posted April 21, 2013 Don't re-encode! mp4 and mkv are just containers, not video encoding formats. This is very simple with ffmpeg (if you're not afraid to use a command prompt): ffmpeg -i inputfile.mkv -vcodec copy -acodec copy outputfile.mp4[/CODE] Explanation of the options: -i : specifies the input, here inputfile.mkv -vcodec copy: specifies that the output video codec is the same as input, i.e. no video re-encoding -acodec copy: same thing but for audio outputfile.mp4: name of the output video. alex_d2w, -Himanshu-, mrchetsteadman and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mrchetsteadman Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 Don't re-encode! mp4 and mkv are just containers, not video encoding formats. This is very simple with ffmpeg (if you're not afraid to use a command prompt): ffmpeg -i inputfile.mkv -vcodec copy -acodec copy outputfile.mp4[/CODE] I found that file on my old computer and didn't know where it came from lol. I've used it before and it will preserve quality I'll do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ajua Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 I found that file on my old computer and didn't know where it came from lol. I've used it before and it will preserve quality I'll do it. Now you have two options for not reencoding: use FFmpeg command-line as Asik suggested or go with a demux/remux like I described on my post :) mrchetsteadman 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mrchetsteadman Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 Okay I used FFMpeg and changed the container from mkv to mp4 and the audio is missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ambroos Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Try Avidemux. It's perfect for this stuff, in the menu bar you can select what audio track to copy etc. I use it all the time for exactly this purpose. On my SSD it takes about ten seconds to save a 2GB MKV as an MP4 :p mrchetsteadman 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Andre S. Veteran Posted April 21, 2013 Veteran Share Posted April 21, 2013 Okay I used FFMpeg and changed the container from mkv to mp4 and the audio is missing. Try removing the -acodec copy option perhaps? It's always worked fine for me. mrchetsteadman 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 LaP Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Okay I used FFMpeg and changed the container from mkv to mp4 and the audio is missing. I second Ambroos. Try Avidemux it's really easy to use. Open Avidemux. Open the video file. For the audio output and video output chose copy. Select mp4 as the output format. Then save. http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/ mrchetsteadman 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Cnónna Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 check out Handbreak it's the goto app for most people doing video conversions used freemake for a while, after using handbrake for ages, was good then they started to sneak that adware OpenCandy, and limiting the placement of subtitles unless you donated to the project. went back to handbrake, and never used anything else since. only downside is I cant figure out how to join episodes from one disc into a single file with it. I'd have to use some other software to merge them. so I just put them all into playlists now which works equally as good if not better :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 neo1911 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 mkv/avi to mp4 converter http://sourceforge.net/projects/mkvavi2mp4/ This one just muxes video (retaining original quality) and re-encodes only audio 2 channels from dts/mp3 to aac. It also has capability to embed subtitles in mp4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 .stan Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 +1 for Handbreak, it's a really good piece of software, even if it looks kinda ###### on Windows ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 lazling Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 If you are searching the way to convert MKV to MP4 with high quality video and audio and low Mb size if possible, a professional .mkv to .mp4 video converter is needed. The freeware Handbrake and Brorsoft Video Converter are worth a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 vanx Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Personally, I use MkvToMp4 and I have no complaints about it (except that it hasn't been updated in a year, but it works fine all the same). +ekoht 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 coth Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 MeGUI is free with lots plugins, including x264, x264 hi10p and x265. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Daedroth Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I use MP4toMKV v0.224 to quickly convert MKV to MP4. It keeps the same encoding, but changes the container within a few minutes. (However if MKV has H.264 encoding and your device cannot play H.264 encoded files, then this will simply keep the H.264 encoding and put it in the MP4 container) To completed re-encode, I use Freemake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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