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SUMMARY: Is there no way to stream MKV from Mac or Windows to your Apple TV for easy playback? This guide will show you 3 ways of convert MKV to MP4 or M4V for ATV smoothly playback. 

MKV is similar in conception to other multimedia containers like AVI, MP4 or MOV. Its more flexible in compression and usually renders in a smaller size with same quality video/audio output, especially for HD videos. Great-quality movies are increasingly seen being delivered over the internet via MKV format. Is there a way to play MKV on Apple TV without converting the video format? Apple TV so far does not support MKV video properly. The most convenient approach is to convert the MKV file into Apple TV supported formats, like H.264/MPEG-4 video up to 720p. 

In this guide, we will show you the best three methods of convert MKV to Apple TV best video formats for enjoyment. Just pick up the way as you like. 

Top Effective Way of Convert MKV files to M4V with Apple TV Compaitable format 

If you want to stream MKV files to the Apple TV, Apple TV 3/2, Apple TV 4, Apple TV 5 for playback, you?ll need to convert your MKV files to Apple friendly format (e.g. m4v). Along with some help from third-party software. With Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac, a great Mac MKV Converter for Apple TV 4, you can easily achieve your goal smoothly. In addition to converting MKV to the new Apple TV, it also can MP4, H.265, Tivo, AVCHD, VOB, MPEG-2, MXF, WMV, AVI, DivX, Xvid, Flash format, WebM, and etc to Apple TV 4 video format. 

Overall, this all-in-one Video Converting tool can help you to rip Blu-ray, DVD and various video files to your Apple TV 4 for watching. Furthermore, it is also equipped with advanced editing function like add subtitles, effect, text or picture watermark to MKV files, crop MKV black bars, trim or merge MKV files, compress output file size and etc. (Learn more functions in this review). 

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- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/imedia-converter-mac/ 

- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-iMedia-Converter/3000-2194_4-76177788.html 

The following guide shares with you how to encode 1080p/720p MKV to Apple TV 4 for playback on Mac step-by-step. 

Step 1. Install and launch the MKV Converter for Apple TV 4, and click ?Add file? or ?Add from folder? button to load your MKV files. The software supports batch conversion so that you can add several MKV files to convert at one time. You can also load Internet torrents movies to Apple TV4. 

 

Step 2. Click on ?Format? boarder to set output format. 

Click on the dropdown menu of ?Format? and then move your pointer to ?Apple TV 3 1080P Dolby Digital Pass-through(*.m4v)? from ?Apple TV? which is the compatible format for Apple TV 4. Then you can set the output folder by clicking ?Browse? icon as you need. 

 

Step 3: Adjust audio and video parameters. 

Click the ?Settings? icon and you will go into a new interface named ?Profile Settings?. You can adjust codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel in the interface according to your needs and optimize the output file quality. To get AC3 5.1 auido files, you can set audio codec to AC3 and change audio channels to 5.1 Channels. Learn>> how to set up Apple TV 4. 

 

Step 4. Finally click on ?Convert? button to start converting MKV to 1080p HD M4V for Apple TV 4 on Mac. 

After conversion, get converted video files for transferring to ATV 4 from Mac. In this way, you can get MKV files playable on Apple TV 4 with Mac OS X without problems. We hope this short article will bring some new multimedia life to your Apple TV 4. 

How To Perfectly Convert MKV to MP4 for Apple TV 

As we continue with our obsessive compulsion with hacking the crap out of the Apple TV 2G, today well be covering how to convert MKV videos into an MP4 format thats acceptable in your iTunes library so you can stream it via WiFi with 5.1 sound. Why Apple keeps their systems so closed is beyond us, but like many things in life, when theres a will, theres a way! Now, lets get hackin! 
Update: Thanks, funstraw! Fixed the numbering for ya. Not sure how that happened.. hehe :) 

WHAT YOU NEED: 

* Apple TV 2G 
* Windows PC (OSX users will have to use the Handbrake alternative or something like that, but you wont get getting 5.1 sound unfortunately) 
* XMedia Recode (FREE) 

HOW TO DO IT: 

1) Download and install XMedia Recode. 
2) Launch XMedia Recode. 

 

3) Drag and drop your MKV into the program. 4) Select the MKV you want to convert. 

 

5) Under Format Tab, change the Format the MP4 and the video codec to MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, audio codec to AAC. 6) Under the Video Tab, check the box that says "Video copy." 

 

7)Now, under the Audio Track 1 Tab, check to box "Audio copy" if AAC is your default soundtrack. If its DTS or anything else, choose Bitrate 448 and change Channels to 5.1 (or if you have only 2 channels, choose Stereo). 8) Hit Add Job, then Encode. 9) If everything was done right, it shouldnt take more than 10 minutes on a Core 2 Duo machine to remux it into the MP4 container. 10) Now just drag into iTunes and enjoy the 5.1 sound with no damage hit to video quality! :) 

Source:http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-to-convert-mkv-to-mp4-for-135756 

Using FFMPEG to convert MKV to M4V for Apple TV 

Being able to quickly convert MKV to M4V for iTunes has so far proved very useful. 

The following process has worked so far for a variety of MKV files that are H.264 and either AAC, AC3 or DTS audio. 

I have created a similar batch file for converting FLAC audio files into MP3.Objectives 

I wanted to achieve the following:

• Quickly convert MKV to M4V
• Ensure the audio tracks are iTunes / Apple TV compatible
• Be able to process a number of files at a time
• Work quickly

Folder Structure 

I use the following folder structure: 

c:source (The folder I put all my MKV files into) 
c:sourcedone (The folder the original MKV is moved into after processing) 
c:output (The folder that the complete M4V files are written to) 
c:ffmpeg in (The location that FFMPEG is installed in) 

There are some key elements to the batch file which are worth discussing a little further.

• Give the batch file a name like convert.bat and save it, you can then run it by double clicking on it or by calling it from a command prompt
• The whole thing is built inside a for do loop, meaning it will run once for every .MKV file it finds in c:source
• By using the -map feature, we are able to take the primary audio from the source MKV file and create both a stereo AAC track at 160k and a 5.1 AC3 track at 640k which keeps both iTunes and the Apple TV happy
• Once the file has been converted, it is moved from c:source to c:sourcedone

Source:http://www.epinionated.net/quickly-convert-mkv-to-m4v-for-apple-tv/ 

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Want to find an easy solution to backup Blu-ray/DVD to MKV with subtitle for NAS Streaming? Sometimes it is not so convenient to play blu-ray with hardware blu-ray player, so many users like to backup Blu-ray/DVD to MKV with subtitle and then transfer to NAS devices for playback, these NAS devices are popular, include the Lenovo IX2, WD My Cloud EX4 Diskless, WD My Cloud 4TB, Synology DiskStation, Thecus NAS, WD My Cloud EX2, Drobo 5N, Synology America DiskStation, BUFFALO LinkStation Pro Duo, NETGEAR ReadyNAS 104, etc. But how to do it? Hold on reading...  

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To copy dozens of Blu-ray and DVD movies to NAS device, you need to convert Blu-ray and DVD library to NAS MKV format with subtitles for media player like PS3. In this case, powerful third-party software for backup Blu-ray/DVD to Synology NAS is what you need. 
  
To achieve this goal, Pavtube ByteCopy is perfect for you. Ease of use and Very Intuitive UI and a large variety of encoding options. It can not only backup Blu-ray/DVD to MKV format in multi-track, but also convert BD/DVD to any video format you like. This software is designed to backup Blu-ray/DVD or other video sources to MKV or any other formats with all information including subtitles, chapters, audio tracks and movie languages included. You can backup your Blu-ray/DVD to MKV with subtitle preserved and store them on NAS devices for free playback on different devices. For Mac users, you can turn to Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac on Mac OS X El Capitan. 

Firstly, this Blu-ray to MKV app can copy Blu-ray to MKV with chapter markers in 1:1 high video quality. And with NVIDIA CUDA technology (only for Windows version and in H.264 codec) and continuously upgrade, it can rip the latest Blu-ray to lossless MKV in 5.1/7.1 audio with ultra fast speed. ByteCopy Mac Version also supports to output lossless MKV with chapter markers.

Secondly, it offers Blu-ray Full Fisc Copy with original structure including chapter markers and Directly Copy with intact Blu-ray main movies. 

Thirdly, not just lossless MKV, this Blu-ray to MKV app can virtually backup Blu-ray to any other formats, like H.265,M3U8, H.264 MP4, MOV, AVI, etc. 

Fourthly, with the built-in video editing tool, you can trim video footage, crop black area, add SRT/ASS subtitles into video. What?s more, it enables you to extract FLAC/WAV audio from Blu-ray audio disc and extract SRT subtitle from Blu-ray movies. 
  
Pavtube ByteCopy Pros:

1. All-in-one. Do crack and convert DVD and Blu-ray.
2. Lossless. Keep multiple original video, audio, subtitle streams without changing.
3. Fast. Single layer DVD copied to MKV in 10 mins, BD around an hour under lossless mode; 1.5 -5 hours under compressive mode. GPU acceleration(CUDA) ready.
4. Easy operation. 2 steps process for lossless BD/DVD to MKV ripping.
5. Flexible. You decide which streams to keep, what codec to use, and what quality to export.

How to backup Blu-ray/DVD to MKV with subtitle for NAS Streaming 

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- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/bytecopy/
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Step 1: Load Blu-ray/DVD movies

Install and launch Blu-ray/DVD to MKV/MP4 Converter, and then click the disc icon to import your source movies to this program. Set your wanted subtitles and audio track from the drop-down box of ?Subtitles? and ?Audio? tab.


  
Step 2: Select an output format

To convert Blu-ray/DVD to MP4, MKV for NAS storing and streaming, just click on the dropdown menu of ?Format?, and then choose MKV, H.264 MP4 from Common Video profile list. If you want to keep 1080p resolution as source movie, you can choose HD Video > H.264 HD Video(*.mp4) or MKV HD Video(*.mkv) as output format.



Tip: If you like, you can click ?Settings? to change the video encoder, resolution, frame rate, etc. as you wish. Keep in mind the file size and video quality is based more on bitrate than resolution which means bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss, and vice versa. 

Step 3. Add External Subtitles (srt/ass/ssa) 

If you want to trim, crop, edit audio/subtitles of the source video, just click the pencil-like icon on the top to enter video editor.

Click "Edit" button on the interface to find "Subtitle" option, check "Enable" then go to "Browse" to find your download subtitles in srt format. Click "OK" button to load the subtitles. Please note that subtitle in SRT/ASS/SSA format can be supported. 



Step 4. Rip BD/DVD movies to NAS

Click the convert button under the preview window, and the Blu-ray/DVD ripper will start the conversion from Blu-ray/DVD movies to MKV/MP4 for NAS and media player.

After the conversion, you can hit ?Open? to quick locate the converted video; now you can stream converted Blu-ray/DVD files through NAS to HDTV, Android tablet, DLNA device or other HD media player for wide sharing.

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