How to Convert DVD to MKV HD Video to Keep the High Quality

Many people complain that when they convert DVD to video and watch it on laptop or PC the quality get bad. Why this happen? Generally speaking, an ordinary DVD disk movie is often 7-8 GB in size, and if we convert them to ordinary video formats the size would be hundreds of MBs, so we have to face this problem that the code compress process would destroy most of unimportant data and the video quality get bad.

If you want to get high quality videos from DVD movies, you can rip DVD to MKV. This article will introduce a professional DVD to HD MKV converter and some knowledge about MKV HD video and MKV playback.

Part 1. DVD to MKV converter - Aimersoft DVD Ripper

Aimersoft DVD Ripper is a professional DVD converter that can convert and rip DVD movies to MKV video with high quality. More than that, it also can rip DVD to AVI, MP4, FLV, etc. The Mac version Aimersoft DVD Ripper for Mac is also provided.

Key features of this DVD to HD MKV converter:

1. Input DVD formats: DVD disk, DVD folder, IFO, ISO.
2. Convert DVD movies to HD MKV, MP4, WMV, AVI, FLV, MOV, 3GP, 3GPP, MPG, RMVB, Xvid, ASF, WMA, M4A, MP3, AAC, OGG, MKA, WAV.
3. Convert DVD to Zune, PSP, iPad, iPod, iPhone and other digital devices with only one DVD converter with ease.
4. Editing function: video cropping, trimming and effect adjusting; parameters setting (aspect ratio, brightness, contrast, saturation, etc)
5. Subtitle and Audio track select.
6. Chapters and clips selecting, so you can choose any part of the DVD to convert.

Free download DVD to MKV converter:

After downloading, install and launch the program. The main interface of Aimersoft DVD Ripper is as below:

Insert your DVD disc into your DVD-Rom and run the software, click "Load DVD" button to load your DVD file to the program. Select "MKV" as output format from the drop-down list of "Profile", if you don't like to make some edition just click "Start" to convert DVD to HD MKV video. Minutes later, you can click "Find Target" to quick find the converted MKV HD video. For Mac users, please click for how to rip DVD movies to MKV on Mac >>

Here is the video tutorial on how to convert DVD to HD MKV.

Free download DVD to MKV converter:

Part 2. Knowledge about MKV HD video and MKV playback

1. What's MKV HD video?

An MKV HD video file is a Matroska file, the Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free Container format . It is similar in conception to other containers like AVI, MP4 or ASF, but is entirely open in specification, And the size is often much more bigger than common video for the HD code methods. Matroska file types are .MKV for video (with subtitles and audio), .MKA for audio-only files and .MKS for subtitles only.

2. How to play MKV in Windows Media Player?

Many people who download a HD video file with the extension MKV will often try to play it back with video player software they have installed on their systems. Most of the time this doesn't work.

As it is based on DirectShow Windows Media Player will play back MKV HD video files perfectly if you have the proper codecs and filters installed. A great help here is the Matroska Pack. This pack is an ideal solution for new users as it installs pretty much all you will need to play MKV HD video files. You can get more details and download the Matraoka Pack from its official site: http://www.matroska.org/