Convert your MKV videos to AVI format using our free online tool. While MKV offers great flexibility, AVI is widely supported across many devices and platforms, making it a good format for compatibility with older systems. No Signup Required.
The MKV (Matroska Video) format was created in 2002 as an open-source alternative to proprietary container formats. Its name comes from the Russian nesting doll "Matryoshka," reflecting how it can contain multiple types of media in a single file.
AVI (Audio Video Interleave) was developed by Microsoft in 1992 and became one of the earliest widely adopted video container formats.
While MKV offers advanced features like multiple subtitle tracks and chapter markers, AVI has maintained its popularity due to its widespread compatibility with older systems and hardware devices, making it useful for legacy compatibility scenarios.
Converting MKV to AVI involves more than simple container-switching, as AVI has stricter limitations on supported codecs compared to MKV.
The process typically requires demuxing (extracting) the video and audio streams from the MKV container, then potentially transcoding them to formats supported by AVI (such as MPEG-4 or Xvid for video and MP3 or AC3 for audio) before remuxing into the AVI container.
One significant limitation is that AVI cannot support advanced subtitle formats or multiple audio tracks that MKV handles well.
The conversion often results in larger file sizes or quality loss depending on the codecs used, as AVI's older architecture doesn't benefit from modern compression techniques available in formats like H.264 that are commonly found in MKV files.
Pro Tip: Convert from MKV to AVI when you need compatibility with older devices or software that doesn't support modern container formats.
While MKV is a versatile container format, AVI is more widely supported across older devices and platforms. Converting from MKV to AVI ensures better compatibility, especially with legacy systems and media players that may not support MKV natively.
Our converter aims to maintain high quality during conversion from MKV to AVI. While some quality reduction can occur during transcoding, we optimize the process to preserve the original video quality as much as possible.
Conversion time depends on the original file size. Most conversions complete within a few minutes.
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The maximum video size limit for conversion is 10MB.