mkv converter?

[electricdreams]

any good and fast ones out there?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

HandBrake, MPEG Streamclip, latest beta

 

[rodman109110]

I second handbrake, its a great program.

 

[electricdreams]

great! any way to minimize the time for conversion

I have a 4 gig file, takes an hour.

 

[flipnotik]

great! any way to minimize the time for conversion

I have a 4 gig file, takes an hour.

Do your conversions overnight works best for me, and i'm far less impatient while I'm sleeping. But definitely +1 for everyone mentioning handbrake.

 

[dawgfang]

You need MKVtools my friend. Converts in about 5 minutes. Actually it just extracts the video and converts the audio and puts it in a nice m4v package.

 

[Quiddity]

I agree with dawgfang, MKVtools is awesome. I also use Subler, as it handles the metadata end of things. You could just use Subler alone if you need a straight mkv->m4v but I usually want to add and/or convert audio.