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Convert MKV to AVI - Get Best Compatible format on the Internet and PC.

Convert MKV to AVI to get the most popular format on Windows PC and Internet

Back to 90s, AVI video is the most dominate video format used on Windows PC. Even by far, AVI still fascinates a huge number of users who fear to give any other container formats a try (after all it is AVI who firstly makes a critical difference for optical storage solutions like CD, DVD, and Blu-ray).

As the foregoer of HD MKV video[1], though AVI lacks some of advanced features, it is still much more stable and compatible with PC computer and great many other devices. For this reason, convert MKV to AVI is always a growing trend when people fail to find a proper MKV player. On this page, you will find some clues for converting video from MKV to AVI format, as well as recommended MKV to AVI converter software which helps you convert MKV to AVI - enlarge compatibility and only preserve language/subtitle tracks that useful.

Learn about AVI video from Digiarty AVI Reference Page:

AVI (Audio Video Interleave) is the container file format used by majority of PC media players, mobile devices and millions of online video sharing sites that are similar to YouTube. It has become the most popular file type for sharing high-quality video on the Internet. AVI files support a range of video and codecs, and many AVI files shared today are DivX files (comparing with MKV video, AVI has relatively fixed video/audio codecs).

AVI describes the manner in which the streams of audio and video are broken down into huge part of data and still organized in a strict timeline. This allows AVI to be read linearly during playback, which would not be possible if streams were written in their entirety out one after the other. This makes a critical difference for optical storage solutions like CD, DVD, and Blu-ray, where seeking back and forth can be extremely slow.

Convert MKV to AVI - makes your HD video much more flexible

Convert MKV to AVI, you can play AVI video in mainstream media players - One of the main advantages of converting MKV to AVI files is the fact that AVI can be played in many different players while MKV files can only be played in specific ones (Read on how to play MKV video). If your storage or distribute your own movie through an AVI file, it could be seen in Real Player, VLC Media Player, Windows Media Player and QuickTime.

Convert video from MKV to AVI format, you can are still endowed with excellent video quality - AVI is Microsoft's response to Apple's QuickTime technology. Early AVI files were limited on choice of video and audio codecs, quality, and resolution. Even the AVI file size is restricted to less than 2GB. However, with the introduction of DirectShow, AVI became a very flexible and powerful architecture. Some newer codecs including DivX and XviD enable AVI files to have similar or even better quality than DVD.

So after converting MKV to AVI, the output quality is still favorable. Besides, thanks to some masterful MKV to AVI converter software, like WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe, you are gifted standard resolution, 480p, 720p, even 1080p HD AVI videos (WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe supports converting MKV to HD AVI, as well as features High Quality Engine, which ensure you the quality degradation is imperceptible to your eyes).

Convert MKV to AVI, just makes your HD movie facilitate to playback - At present, there's one common method that especially when you are new to digital video tend to use. If you have some not PC-friendly video files, like MKV, AVCHD, M2TS, BDAV video (learn about convert M2TS to MKV or rip Blu-ray to MKV), you will move to find a collection of the most common decoding drivers (usually called codec packs). As to playback MKV video, if you do not worry to install other MKV players, then you can install CCCP to make MKV video playable on your Windows Media Player.

Sure, the way has its benefits, but it really wastes resources to download and install MKV codecs that are in reality never needed. Besides, it is simply the fact that every Windows user knows - more software you install to your computer, more unstable and "wobbly" it becomes (this is the point why MKV to AVI conversion still leads the trends even MKV video is somehow more advanced).

At last, convert MKV to AVI, you can simply keep the audio/subtitle you need - the MKV sources ten to one contain multiple audio/language/subtitle tracks, even multi-track videos shoot from different angles. But, surely you do not need them all. As mentioned above, WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe is component to convert multi-track MKV video to AVI format, and freely keeps the language/subtitle tracks you desire. Free Download to Experience >>

How to Convert MKV to AVI with MKV to AVI Converter

Convert MKV to AVI with WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe

Step 1: Run WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe, then its main interface will pop up. Click "Add File" button to load your video.

Step 2: In the File List Window you can see all the Audio Track is optional. And you can freely choose whichever one you like to convert.

Step 3: Choose "to AVI" or "to HD AVI" as the output format.

Step 4: Click "Browse" button in Output Setting Area and choose the destination of converted folder.

Step 5: After you process all the steps above and right click "Start" to begin your MKV to AVI conversion.

Read on more specific MKV to AVI tutorial >>

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Related Source

Definition and Description of MKV: MKV Video Format Reference Page

Definition and Description of AVI: AVI Video Format Reference Page

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Rip Blu-ray to MKV: Rip Blu-ray to MKV, Decrypt Blu-ray - Convert all Tracks to MKV on the Fly

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Related External Source

[1]: Matroska - MKV, Free Open Source HD Video format, born with future designs

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