Convert MKV to M4R

Converting one file format to another may be necessary for various reasons. So, for example, you may want to convert MKV to M4R if your computer, phone or other device does not support MKV format. Also, conversion is often required to reduce the file size, since the original format takes up too much space in the device's memory. Perhaps you just need to extract the audio track from the video file, in which case converting the video to audio format is a good option. In any case, with the help of our converter, you can easily complete the required task. Below you can find out some details about the original and new file formats.

MKV is a special AVI-like audio / video container that stores a huge amount of information. The MKV format is an open source project by Matroska designed to create a unified standard for multimedia containers on the PC. MKV is a multimedia container that combines in one file: video, sound, subtitles, pictures, various service information, and most importantly, the possibility of creating a media menu in the MKV container is declared. It supports such formats as: mkv - responsible for video files, mks - responsible for subtitles and mka - sound. The format is open source, which means anyone can use it and make changes. MKV has earned a good reputation due to its resistance to various bugs and errors and the possibility of emergency recovery of files, even if damaged. Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free container format, a file format that can contain an unlimited number of video, audio, images or subtitles in a single file. It is intended to be used as a universal storage format for common multimedia content such as movies or TV shows. It is popular for its high quality and relatively small size. The format is not as widespread as MP4 and AVI. Therefore, sometimes the question may arise which MKV player should be used to view these files.

Ringtones for Apple devices have a special format - m4r. In order to get a ringtone in this format, we need the original file (in MP3 or other audio format) and iTunes. That is, all the ringtones that you download to the iPhone will look something like this - RingtonName.m4r. The M4R format is also used in ringtones for iPads and iPod touch players. If one day you want to make yourself a ringtone using the iTunes program, then you will be faced with the fact that you will need to change the file extension from .m4a to .m4r. For those who have been using a computer for several days, this will not be difficult. Music in M4A can be directly set as iPhone ringtone by changing the file extension from M4A to M4R in iTunes. This codec was created to provide lossless decoding and save space on memory. The M4R format, like M4A, is for downloading audio to Apple devices via iTunes. The main difference between M4R and M4A is that once downloaded to your phone, M4A files are displayed in the Music section, while M4R audio files can be used as ringtones. Therefore, it is better to save your favorite audiobook in M4A format, and a funny ringtone in M4R. The M4R format, which is an MP4 container that packs an AAC audio stream, is used as ringtones in Apple iPhone. Therefore, a rather demanded direction of converting is the conversion of the popular music format MP3 to M4R.