If you have some movies in MKV(Matroska Video) format that you want to import MKV to Windows Movie Maker for video editing or burn MKV files to DVD, MPEG should be the best format, and here is an easy solution about how to convert MKV to MPEG, Convert MKV to MPEG2 format with high output quality.
The tool we need to convert MKV to MPEG:
A MKV to MPEG Converter - Video Converter Ultimate
Video Converter Ultimate is a best MKV to MPEG Video Converter software that can convert MKV to MPEG files , MKV to MPEG 4 and other formats files in one click, such as AVI, WMV, MPEG4, MP4, FLV, 3GP, ASF, MKV, M2TS, MTS, etc with subtitles. and it's fully compatible with Windows XP/Vista/7/8 (Video Converter for Mac is also available)
Step by step instruction to convert MKV to MPEG format
1 Import MKV file to the program
Firstly free download Video Converter, install and run it.
Then Click "Add Video" button to select source?MKV files to the software, here you could select one ?file or select multiple video files to convert.
2 Choose output format
Click "Profile" drop-down list to choose MPEG 1 or MPEG 2 as output format. the default setting is recommended to use, you also can change conversion properties, just click "Settings" button,then you can specify video options and audio options in the new pop-up panel and save them as your profile. then click"browse" button to make sure the location you want to convert the video to.
Note: NTSC is the video system or standard used in North America and most of South America. And PAL is the predominant video system or standard mostly used overseas. this feature is available when you want to convert MKV to MPEG to burn MKV to DVD for playback on DVD Players.
3 Add plug-in subtitles to MKV files
Click "Edit" button, switch to "Plug-in Subtitle" tab. Just select "enable the plug-in subtitle" checkbox, and then you can add plug-in subtitles to MKV files. the supported subtitle files are .srt, .ass, .ssa.
4 Edit MKV files(Optional)
Click on "Edit" button to give basic video editing before MKV to MPEG Conversion. You can crop (cut off black edge of original MKV Movie), clip(trim any segment of MKV files you want to convert) or customize video effect or add watermark to the video.
5 Start to convert MKV to MPEG files
After finishing the above settings, check the files needed to convert in the file list, then click "Convert" to convert MKV to MPEG, MPEG 2, after conversion finished, click "Open Output" button, you could explore output folder to access converted video files easily.