October 12th, 2015 by Helen Farley
Want to convert DRM protected M4V to MKV for playing not only on Apple products but also on more programs more flexibly? This article just tells you how to make it.
M4V format, as a container format, was created by Apple to be used on Apple products as a proprietary format, which means if the M4V files is DRM protected, they can only be opened by licensed Apple products or products authorized by Apple through iTunes, unlike other container formats, like MKV which is an open source and free format, that is, everyone can open MKV file on nearly every media player or hardware device. Due to the above said MKV advantage over M4V, many people have the need to convert M4V to MKV for playing M4V on more programs, such as VLC player, any laptop, more flexibly, for which they only need a M4V to MKV converter like M4V to MKV converter.
M4V to MKV Converter can convert M4V to MKV efficiently no matter the M4V is DRM protected or not. M4V to MKV Converter can also convert M4V to other video formats, like MP4,MPG,MKV,MOV,AVI, FLV, etc. By the way batch converting M4V is also supported. Besides you can edit the exporting video: crop, cut, join, adjust video frame, resolution, bitrate, etc. Additionally converting MKV to M4V is also available on M4V to MKV Converter. Now follow the converting M4V to MKV step by step guide below to try to convert M4V to MKV.
Please follow the tutorials on how to convert M4V to MKV with M4V to MKV Converter.
Free download and install M4V to WMV converter(for Windows, for Mac), and then launch it, the following interface will appear.
Click "Add file" button to add M4V to M4V to MKV Converter, or you can also directly drag and drop M4V files to this M4V to MKV Converter
Click the "Output Format" pane and set "MKV" as the target format from the "Format">"Video".
Click "Convert" button to complete the converting M4V to MKV process.
M4V, as a derivative of MP4 format, is very similar to MP4 format. DRM protected M4V is not easy to be opened, but unprotected M4V is just like MP4 format and can be opened by many programs which can open MP4.
As an open source container format, MKV can get unlimited video, audio, picture, subtitle tracks in one single file. Many media players running on Windows and Mac can open MKV files, like VLC Player, MPlayer, etc. If the media player can not support MKV originally, install a generic, such as K-lite codec Pack will get MKV played completely.