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How to Convert MKV to iTunes, Add MKV to iTunes, Play MKV on iTunes ?

Why Add MKV into iTunes

If you got an Apple iPad, Apple iPod, or an Apple iPhone, I'm sure you will dream of watching home movies with it. As many online videos are distributed in Matroska Video File (.MKV), which is a multimedia container format. And as far as i know, you can only play MKV files with QuickTime smoothly, and VLC player is another choice for MKV files playback. If you want to add MKV to iTunes library, for putting on your iPad/iPod/iPhone/Apple TV, you need to convert MKV to iTunes friendly format. Now, it is easy to convert and add MKV movies to iTunes with MKV to iTunes Converter.

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Step by Step Guide on How to add MKV to iTunes

Let me take SnowFox Total Video Converter as an example, and show you the step-by-step guide to convert MKV to iTunes, add mkv to itunes and it also could convert MKV to AVI, FLV, 3GP, MOV, and also could convert MKV to iPad MP4, iPod Mp4, iPhone MP4, etc.

Add Matroska Video File (.MKV) into mkv to iTunes converter

Launch SnowFox mkv to itunes video converter and click "Add Video(s)" to and add the source Matroska Video File (.mkv) into the program, then some info about the mkv videos will be displayed.

import Matroska Video File into mkv to itunes converter

Choose Appropriate Output Format for iTunes

In the "Profile" drop-down list, you could choose one of video format suite for iTunes as output. The Video format suite for iTunes you could select from “Common Video > MP4-MPEG-4 Video/ H.264 Video”, “Common Video > MOV- MPEG-4 Video/ H.264 video”, "Common Video > M4V", "HD Video > HD MP4 Video", “Apple iPad > any video”, “Apple iPod > any video”, “iPhone > any video”, “Apple TV > any video”. We generally recommend MP4 format. This is the key point to convert mkv to itunes. Before you start mkv to itunes coversion, click "Browse..." button to choose the output path to save the converted mkv files. SnowFox MKV to iTunes Video Converter supports comprehensive video formats including convert AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, MOV, XviD, 3GP, FLV and mor to iTunes format.
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If you want to import the output video to Apple devices like iPad, iPod, iPhone and more for convenient playback, you can choose according to which Apple devices you have like “Apple iPad > any video”, “Apple iPod > any video”, “iPhone > any video”, “Apple TV > any video”.

convert mkv to itunes for playing ipad, ipod, iphone

Note: If you want to add the converted mkv files into iTunes automatically, just click "Options" button, then tick"Add output files to iTunes library automatically".

MKV to iTunes Converter - Sync MKV to iTunes automatically

Start the mkv to iTunes Conversion

Once everything has been selected, click "Start" button to begin mkv to itunes conversion, and this MKV to iTunes converter will get the rest done. After a while, you will get a wonderful video for iTunes on your computer and it has automatically be added into iTunes library if you tick"Add output files to iTunes library automatically" from "Options" If not be added into iTunes library, you import the converted mkv movie into iTunes library.

So, we can play mkv video on iTunes or enjoy mkv on iPad, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV through iTunes.

Tips:

1. Trim the Video
Before click convert button to convert mkv to iTunes, it's also possible to extract the specific part out of them. Just select the video which you need to trim, go to "start time" or "end time", type the portion which you want to save.

2. Set the profile
When you convert mkv to iTunes, you can customize the profile for your output video by setting resolution, bitrate, Frame rate, video codes, Sample rate etc.

3. Batch import and convert mkv to iTunes
SnowFox Total Video Converter allows you to import and convert a batch of MKV videos separately. It is more convenient.

Related Knowledge

MKV (Matroska Video) is a popular format for online video distribution (particularly through BitTorrent networks and all). It is an open and free container format. One of its advantages is that it can keep a number of video, audio, picture subtitle components in just one file.

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