How to Play and Convert MKV Video to iPad

What is MKV?

MKV is a multimedia container format. An MKV file contains compressed video and audio streams along with an encoder. MKV aims to be the leading standard for multimedia container formats. It is based on EBML (Extensible Binary Meta Language), a subclass of XML. Specifically, MKV is an open source container that contains an unlimited amount of video, audio, and even subtitles data in a single file. Its primary purpose is to create a unifying or universal format for multimedia storage. If you happen to download a file that has an .mkv extension and can't play it, this advice should help you out:

• VLC Media Player
• Aimersoft Video Converter

How to play MKV videos on iPad?

Because iPad (iPad 2 included) only supports the following video formats:

• H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second
• MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second
• Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second

If you have some MKV videos and want to play them on your iPad, you have to convert MKV to iPad compatible video formats using some video converting software like Aimersoft video converter, which can help you convert your MKV videos to play on your iPad.

How to convert MKV video to iPad with Aimersoft video converter

This article aims to show you how to convert MKV to iPad videos and audios using Aimersoft video converter. For Mac users, please check How to convert MKV video to iPad on Mac (Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Lion included).

1Add MKV Videos

Click button to load MKV files from your computer or devices. You can also directly drag the video files into the program directly.

2Choose the output video format for iPad

Select "Apple" from "Profile" drop-down list, you can then choose the video format you need to convert for your iPad.

3 Customize MKV videos for your iPad (Optional)

Click or on the top of the main interface, you can then customize the videos.you can then customize your MKV videos.

Crop: Enables you to customize the frame size (16:9, 4:3 etc) and cut off black margins of the videos.
Effect: Set the brightness, contrast, saturation of the video and apply different movie styles.
Watermark: Add image or textual watermark to the MKV video.
Clip: Allows you to trim unwanted parts of the MKV video to convert for you iPad
Settings: Click "Settings" button next to "Profile"; you can set the video resolution, frame rate, audio channels, bitrates etc.

4Convert MKV to iPad compatible videos

When all the settings are done, click button to convert video to iPad.

Tips:Tick "Merge into One File", all the videos you import will be outputted as one for your iPad.

After the converting process, find and sync the converted videos to your iPad, you can then enjoy your MKV videos on your iPad.