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How to Convert WTV to MKV Easily and Quickly

As we know, WTV file is a recorded television file created by Window Media Center and this file format aims to replace the previous DVR-MS format. However, few applications can play WTV files. That's probably why you want to convert WTV to MKV, a quite popular video format and can play with lots of media players.

To convert WTV to MKV, a video converter is needed. However, few video converters support WTV format. No way to do the WTV to MKV conversion? Don't worry. There is still a workable way to change WTV format to MKV by converting WTV to DVR-MS first and then convert DVR-MS to MKV with Aimersoft Video Converter Ultimate. Just download the intuitive video converting tool and follow the steps below to convert Windows Media Center recorded WTV file to MKV with ease.

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How to convert WTV format to MKV

1Change WTV to DVR-MS

WTV is seldom supported by video converters. But you can convert it to DVR-MS first and then convert DVR-MS to your desired video format with a common video converter. Browse your Recorded TV folder and right click the WTV video you want to convert to MKV and select "Convert to .dvr-ms Format." to convert it to DVR-MS.

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2Import video

Then open Aimersoft Video Converter Ultimate and import the converted DVR-MS file by either clicking Add Files or simple drag&drop. You can preview the added video, take snapshots of your favorite movie scenes, select subtitle and audio track, etc. as you like.

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3 Select MKV as the output format

To convert WTV format to MKV, simply click Output Format and select MKV from the drop-down format list as the output video format. Both SD MKV and HD MKV are available. Other regular video formats like MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, FLV, VOB, 3GP, etc. are also provided and there are 150+ video presets for portable devices like iPhone, iPad, iPod, PSP, HTC, Samsung, Android, etc.

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4Start the conversion

After the above steps, now we come to the last step: click Convert to start converting your video. When the conversion finishes, click Open Folder to get the converted video. Done! You see, converting WTV to MKV is not difficult at all, right?

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