Convert Your AVI to MKV

Online and free AVI to MKV converter

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Settings

Codec: The codec to encode the video track. Codec "Without reencoding" copies the video stream from the input file into output without re-encoding if possible.

Profile: Set output AVC (H.264) encoding profile. The older the target device, the "lower" profile you should set. More info can be found on the wiki.

Level: Set output AVC (H.264) profile level. Leaving this setting in "Auto" will calculate the correct level and is the best choice in most cases. More info can be found on the wiki.

Convert to AVI

avi

Audio Video Interleave

AVI is a multimedia container that is very popular among PC and Mac users. The format was developed by Microsoft in 1992. Usually AVI is used as a video format but unlike other formats of that time, AVI may contain both audio and video data compressed with a use of different combinations of codecs. More often such video codecs as DivX and XVID are used with .avi files. For audio playback such codecs as MP3, AC3 and PCM are used. It is possible to play AVI files with Windows Media Player or other similar programs.

MKV Converter

mkv

Matroska Multimedia Container

MKV is an open source container that can contain media data compressed with a use of different codecs. It has a lot of advantages over the legacy AVI container: it can contain audio tracks and subtitles in different languages, that can be switched without stopping the playback, file seek and rewind are very fast. Also the format is easy to edit, that is why audio and video data can be extracted effortlessly.

How to convert AVI to MKV

Step 1

Upload video

Select or drag&drop AVI video to convert it to the MKV format from your computer, iPhone or Android. Moreover, it is possible to choose it from your Google Drive or Dropbox account.

Step 2

Convert the file

Now your video is uploaded and you can start the AVI to MKV conversion. If it is needed, change the output format to one of the 37 video formats supported. After that, you can add more videos for batch conversion.

Step 3

Adjust your video

If you want, you can customize such settings as resolution, quality, aspect ratio and others by clicking the gear icon. Apply them to all the video files if necessary and click the button "Convert" to process.

Step 4

Download the video

Once your video is converted and edited, you can download it to your Mac, PC or another device. If necessary, save the file to your Dropbox or Google Drive account.

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