If you have a problem with MKV files and are scratching your head to understand how to read, convert MKV file, or problem with importing MKV files into FCE (Final Cut Express), This is a right place you come, we shall provide you with useful info, methods and resources for people who has chosen FCE as an ideal program to edit their heart content video files.

What's MKV?

The MKV format (Matroska Video) is an entirely free video format. More precisely, it is a container making it possible to contain video (DivX, Xvid, RV9, etc), sound (MP3, MP2, AC3, OGG, AAC, DTS, PCM), as well as subtitles (SRT, ASS, SSA, USF, etc) in the same file.

The MKV format is based on a structure derived from XML, called EBML (Extensible Binary Meta Language). Thus, thanks to the Matroska format, it is in particularly possible to carry out chaptering functions, to create menus, to make searches within the file, to select a sound source or to choose a subtitling.

Most commonly asked question about MKV

1) I have a problem with .mkv files. I have some videos which are in mkv format that I need to do editing for my project. But the video editing software I currently have does not recognize .mkv files. Is there any good program to open and convert .mkv to .MP4 or MOV or is it possible to import MKV to FCE?

2) I have been achieving HD films for a while. They are mostly in .mkv formats. Adding additional audio is not an issue. But now FPS is the problem for me. Most HD films are 23.976 FPS since America uses NTSC as the TV Standard but i live in a country that uses 25 FPS PAL Standard so when i add audio to a mkv it is not possible synch audio with video...So only solution is converting a 23.976 FPS mkv format video file to a 25 FPS mkv video file without re-encoding the mkv not to make it suffer from quality.

3) Now I have been having issues with getting mkv files to properly play on my system. Currently I am using LinuxMint Elyssa 5 Xfce. The audio seems to play fine, and the video goes out of sync. I have tried it in Mplayer, Xine, and VLC and they all have the same issue. i should do to get them working. Ideally, I am able to import MKV to FCE to cut and paste a few minutes worth of videos, what can I do?

FCE (Final Cut Express) won't recognize .mkv naturally

Final Cut Express now allows you to edit footage captured in popular video formats not only DV, HDV, but AVCHD as well. What's more, it supports to export your iMovie '08 projects. The features of FCE determine that it is mostly welcomed by the digital camcorder and mini-DV users. Most of the regular video files like MKV, AVI, and MPEG, etc. can't be directly imported, there's possibility that import MKV to FCE directly is when FCE has another full around update to have most codec installed. But how long can you wait for it?

Solution to deal with MKV files

You need to install a codec that necessarily needed so that to decode and convert MKV to more friendly formats. Video converter for Mac is the perfect choice here. First off, the program itself installs a powerful codec pack that makes it not only a free player, but also a powerful video converter that can easily convert between various videos. It can easily convert MKV to DV, MOV, MPEG-4, PEG-2, etc, which are all workable with FCE.

Besides, you can adjust resolution, bit rate, and frame Rate of video files, while you can decide if it necessary to not to transcode MKV to other formats. Using Video Converter for Mac to import MKV to FCE could be as simple as a few mouse clicks. The design of video editing capability like trim, crop, merge, add effect will bring much more fun to your projects.