How to Play MKV on PS3/Xbox 360/iPad/iPhone/Android/QuickTime/Zune...?

Step by step guide on how to play MKV, HD MKV files on PS3/Xbox 360/iPad/iPhone/Samsung/Android/QuickTime/Zune/PowerPoint/BlackBerry/Nokia and more.

April 22nd, 2013 by Bigasoft Support

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Overview

As an open standard free container format, MKV (Matroska Multimedia Container) can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture or subtitle tracks in one file. It is intended to serve as a universal format for storing common multimedia content, like movies or TV shows. However, this file format is not compatible with most media players and portable devices.

Symptoms in Playing MKV Movies

Most of video game consoles refuse to play MKV files like PS3, PSP, Xbox 360, and Wii etc
iTunes failed to add and sync MKV movies to iPad, iPhone, iPod and more
Difficult to play MKV on Windows Media Player, QuickTime, and many other media players
Unable to play MKV on Android, Sansung, Nokia, BlackBerry, Zune and many other mobile phone and portable devices
Failed to insert MKV to YouTube, Facebook, and PowerPoint for displaying
Unable to import MKV to Windows Movie Maker/ Adobe Premiere Pro/ iMovie/Final Cut Pro for video editing

All-in-one Solution on How to Play MKV files and Edit MKV Movies

Bigasoft MKV Converter for Mac or for Windows provides an all-in-one solution to solve all the symptoms in playing and editing MKV video files.

Convert MKV, HD MKV to MP4 to helps play MKV on PS3, PSP, Zune, Wii, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, Android, Sansung, BlackBerry, YouTube, Facebook and more
Convert MKV, HD MKV to WMV/AVI to helps play MKV on Xbox 360, Windows Media Player, and Windows Movie Maker etc
Convert MKV, HD MKV to MOV to play MKV on QuickTime, Mac, Wii and more
Convert MKV, HD MKV to DV for importing MKV to iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express
Convert MKV, HD MKV to MPEG-1 for inserting MKV to PowerPoint or burning MKV to VCD
Convert MKV, HD MKV to MPEG-2 to burn MKV to DVD
Convert MKV, HD MKV to 3GP/3GPP to play MKV on mobile phones like Nokia
Convert MKV, HD MKV to FLV, VOB, WebM, ASF, MPG, SWF etc to play MKV anywhere

Step by Step Guide on How to Play MKV Movies anywhere

Step 1 Run Bigasoft MKV Converter

Free download Bigasoft MKV Converter (Windows Version, Mac Version), install and Run it.

Step 2 Import MKV file

Click "Add File" button to import MKV video file. Or you can also simply drag your MKV file directly to the main interface of this software.

Step-by-Step Guide on How to play MKV files on PS3/Xbox 360/iPad/iPhone/Android/QuickTime/Zune/PowerPoint/BlackBerry/Nokia and more.

Step 3 Set proper output format for successfully play MKV anywhere

Click the drop-down button on the right side of "Profile" to select proper output video format for specific player or portable device.

To play MKV on iPad, iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, PS3, PSP, Zune, Android, Samsung, BlackBerry, YouTube, Facebook and more, select MP4 from the "General Video" category from the "Profile" drop-down list.
To play MKV on Xbox 360, Windows Media Player, and Windows Movie Maker etc, select AVI or WMV from the "General Video" category from the "Profile" drop-down list
To play HD MKV, select proper video format from "HD Video" category, and then select desired video resolution by clicking "Setting..." button.

Step 4 Convert MKV

Press "Convert" button to start the MKV conversion.

Step 5 Play MKV files and enjoy

After finishing MKV conversion, locate the converted MKV files and transfer them to your media players or portable devices to achieve playing MKV movies anywhere including MKV iPhone, MKV Zune, MKV iMovie, MKV PowerPoint, MKV PS3, MKV iPad, MKV Xbox 360, MKV Samsung, MKV Android, MKV QuickTime, MKV BlackBerry, and MKV Nokia etc.