How to Convert WMV to MKV on Mac

Why we convert WMV to MKV?

• WMV (short for Windows Media Video) is a video compression format for several proprietary codecs developed by Microsoft. As it allows compression of large files without quality losses, WMV is widely used on the internet. 
• MKV is a popular HD video format which ia able to hold different types of encoded video, audio and subtitles stream.

 

Although WMV is a common video format which is widely used, for a video fan, he may prefer enjoying the favorite movies in MKV format. So, are you a video fan? Do you have a satisfied WMV to MKV converter? If not, I strongly recommend you this powerful professional Video Converter for Mac. This program can support to convert a variety of common video and audio formats to MKV. Following tutorial will take you learn more about this program in detail.

 

Note: Below tutorial is for Mac users. If you are a Windows user, please go to the Video Converter for Windows guide for more information.

How to make WMV to MKV conversion on Mac?

You can download the program and install it on your computer first, and then try to use it as following steps.

Step1. Import files to the WMV to MKV Converter

Launch Video Converter for Mac. Please click “File->Import->Add Video Files”, or you can conveniently drag the video files into this program. Batch conversion is supported. You can also add more files at one time. After added the files, you can click to preview the video and make some screenshots on the main interface.

Step 2. Set the output formats and choose the right profile

After added WMV files, please click the "Output Setting" icon shown in picture 1, a menu will appear. In the “Format” item, please choose the right profile as the output format.

Step 3. Customize output setting

Before WMV to MKV conversion, you can adjust the video and audio codec, resolution, frame rate and bit rate by clicking “Options” item in the output setting menu.

 

Step 4. Start WMV to MKV conversion on Mac

Just click "Start" button, all the tasks will be done at fast speed and high quality.

 

Tips on WMV to MKV Converter for Mac:

1. When you make the conversion on Mac by Video converter for Mac, if you want to edit video, please click “Edit” item or just click the icon shown in below picture. Then you can apply special features to the output video through Trimming, Cropping, Video Adjustments, subtitle and Watermark.

 

 

2. You can preview the video on the left of the interface before conversion.

Get the WMV to MKV converter from here!

 

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How to Convert YouTube to MP3 on Mac

Why convert YouTube to MP3 on Mac?

YouTube is the biggest video online website. It’s a great place to get music for music lovers. For example, you heard Taylor Swift’s newest song on YouTube and want to extract the audio from the video. Since YouTube videos have ACC audio that is hard to play on media player, it’s better to convert YouTube video to MP3.

 

It’s not hard to convert video to MP3 with this easy-to-use yet professional YouTube to MP3 Converter for Mac. The output audio files can be supported by almost all popular media players. Sometimes, the video you downloaded not always the exactly you want, you can also trim the part you like from the video.

How to convert YouTube to MP3 on Mac?

This is a guide for Mac users. If you want to convert on Windows, go to the Video Converter guide for more info. Here is a step-by-step tutorial for Mac users.

Step 1 Import YouTube video to the YouTube to MP3 converter

 

After download and run the converter, you can drag your YouTube downloaded video to the main screen of the program.

Step 2 Set the format as MP3

Click the icon of format and find the list of format. Then choose the MP3 format under the list of the Common Audio.

Step 3 Extract the most wonderful part of the video

Click the icon of edit to active the Trimming function of the YouTube to MP3 Converter for Mac. For example, you don’t want the first minute of a length of 00:09:15 video.
First, be sure the scissor icon is on.
Then, set the Start Time as 00:01:00 and the End Time as 00:09:15. Also you can drag the scrollbar to the Start Time and End Time to set the length of the output audio.
At last, click the button of “Done”.

Step 4 Convert YouTube to MP3

After the 3 steps, al l the prepare work is done. You just need to click the “Start” to convert video to MP3.

Tips for better YouTube to MP3 conversion:

1,It’s a version for Mac 1.5 or above (Lion included)

2,You can get the estimated size of the MP3 file when you set the audio parameters

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