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How to Play MKV on iPad?

More and more people start to use MKV files now. However, most of the players, such as iPad, can't play MKV videos. This causes headache to many people. So, this tutorial intend to explain what is MKV and how to play MKV to iPad.

iPad do not support playing MKV files directly, but it does support MP4 and MOV videos. So we can convert MKV video to MP4 or MOV format first. This process should work fairly fast.

DVD to iPad Converter software that can convert MKV to iPad MP4 and other formats files in one click, such as AVI, WMV, FLV, 3GP, ASF, MKV, M2TS, MTS, etc with plug-in subtitles.

Guide: How to Watch MKV on iPad?

Step 1: Add MKV files
Click the "Open file" button to load the MKV Movie files you want to convert from your computer to the main process window of the software.

mkv to ipad converter interface

Part 2: Output settings
Click the "Profile" drop-down menu to select the output format you need to convert, you can choose H.264 or MPEG-4 video format;
Click the "Output" button to find the destination folder for saving output format;
Click "..." button in the output settings area, you are allowed to customize the output parameters;

select output formats to play mkv on ipad

Step 3: Start conversion
Click "Convert" button on right top of the main interface, you are allowed to start conversion. All the tasks of conversion will be finished at fast speed and high output quality.

Step 4: Watch MKV on iPad
Open your iTunes on computer and connect your iPad to your computer. Add the converted MKV files to iTunes. Then sync the movies to iPad. Now you can play MKV on iPad freely.