How to Convert MKV to QuickTime (.MOV) on Mac OS X

MKV (Matroska Video) is an open and free container format that can store various video, audio, picture subtitle components in just one file and is popular for online video distribution. You may have downloaded many HD .mkv videos from the Internet and want to open and play them in QuickTime, but QuickTime doesn’t let you do that since QuickTime player supported video formats are QuickTime Movie (.mov), MPEG-4 (.mp4, .m4v), MPEG-1, 3GPP, 3GPP2, AVI and DV.

To import MKV to QuickTime for playback, you need a MKV to QuickTime Converter for Mac to convert .mkv to QuickTime supported MOV, MP4, etc. files. MKV to QuickTime Converter for Mac provides a simple way for you to convert and import MKV videos to QuickTime on Mac with high output video quality. With it, you can also convert MKV to FLV, WMV, MP4, M4V, VOB, MPG, etc. as you like and can help you rip DVD to all regular video formats.

Just get the Mac MKV to QuickTime Converter and follow the steps below to convert MKV to QuickTime videos on Mac. After the conversion, you can easily import MKV to QuickTime and enjoy the videos on Mac. You can also use it to convert QuickTime to MKV on Mac.

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How to convert MKV to QuickTime video format on Mac step by step

Step 1. Add MKV videos to the MKV to QuickTime Converter for Mac

To add files into the List pane, you can click File > Add Video Files or just drag and drop the files into the List pane for loading. You can also load DVD to the software to rip to popular video formats. When loading DVDs, you need to drag the whole DVD (VIDEO_TS) folder when using the dragging method. As you can see, added videos can be previewed on the right window and the button which looks like a camera allows you to take snapshots while watching the videos.

Step 2. Select the output format

Click File > Encode Settings, or click the Settings button to name the output file, define QuickTime MOV as its format and set the video codec, rates, etc. You can also edit videos by trimming, cropping and merging before conversion. Learn how to edit videos in this MKV to QuickTime Converter for Mac.

Step 3. Begin the MKV to QuickTime conversion

Click "Start" at the left top corner to start convert MKV to QuickTime MOV on Mac OS X. In a few minutes, the conversion will be done and you can play MKV videos using QuickTime Player on Mac!