This article includes 5 parts, this is part 3.

1. What are MKV files?
2. How to play MKV on Mac?
3. How to use MKV Converter for Mac to convert MKV on Mac?
4. How to convert DVD to MKV for free on Mac?
5. How to burn MKV to DVD on Mac for free?

Step 1, Install and Run MKV Video Converter for Mac

iSkysoft MKV Video Converter for Mac is a powerful and versatile Mac MKV video conversion software that can convert between all videos formats including MKV, avi, mov, trp, m2ts, mp4, etc. with ease. It can also extract audio from video and then convert audio to aac, mp3, ac3, etc.

You can download it for free here:

• Intel Version
• Power PC Version

To install it, simply mount the .dmg archive by double-clicking it, and copy the application to your applications folder (or wherever you want ).

Step 2, Load MKV Video files

Insert your videos from your Mac .Click the "Add files" button to load your videos.

Step 3, Convert MKV to AVI, MPEG, etc. on Mac OS X

Before you convert MKV to other video formats, you need to select the output formats first. This mac video converter can convert MKV video to all popular formats for ipod, iPhone, PSP, PS3, Cell Phone, Apple TV, Zune, Creative Zen, MP4 players and MP3 playesr and so on. If you don't know what formats your device supports, you can just select the format according to the device name.

If you want to extract audio from MKV on Mac, you need to select the output format as MP3, AAC.

Click here to learn more the functions of iSkysoft Video Converter for Mac.

Step 4, Convert other video formats to MKV on Mac OS X

With iSkysoft Video Converter for Mac, you can also convert other files to MKV formats, just choosing "MKV" as the output format, then click "convert", very simple.

How to convert MKV on Mac OS X with freeware:

If you just want freeware and low quality, I recommend VisualHub to convert MKV to MP4, AVI, etc. on Mac. It can convert MKV to iPod Nano, convert MKV to iPod Classic, convert MKV to iPod touch, convert MKV to iPhone, convert MKV to Apple TV, convert MKV to Xbox 360, convert MKV to PSP, convert MKV to PS3, AVI, convert MKV to MP4, convert MKV to MPEG, convert MKV to Flash and convert MKV to WMV Techspanion(The developer of VisualHub) has closed shop and after an outcry from fans, VisualHub, the popular video converter on Mac OS X have now gone open source. It has got new name Film Redux.

Techspanion (The developer of VisualHub) has closed shop and after an outcry from fans, VisualHub, the popular video converter on Mac OS X have now gone open source. It has got new name Film Redux. You can download its open source and built it by yourself. Here is a tutorial: How to build iSquint and VisualHub?

That's all. Now, we have converted MKV to iPod Nano, iPod Classic, iPod touch, iPhone, Apple TV, Xbox 360, PSP, PS3, AVI, MP4, Quicktime, MPEG.