MKV as a "Container" format, which the real working thing is the codec inside. How to playback MKV 1080p on iPad 2 may be a problem for the iPad owner, which this format may not very friendly with iOS compared with M4V, MP4,etc, so is there any way to make 1080p MKV comaptible with iPad 2.
Here you do need this Pavtube Video Converter which turns out the best iPad converter for not losing quality while making the MKV become friendly. You don't have to figure out which inner codec in MKV or install other codec package to start the conversion. Pavtube Video Converter will take care of everything.
Outstanding features to notice:
-easy to use
There are only three steps to complete the MKV to iPad 2 conversion - just import MKV, select an iPad 2 format, and one click to start MKV to iPad 2 conversion.
- perfect synchronization
The Pavtube Video to iPad 2 Converter never gets you involved in snyc issues when converting MKV to iPad 2.
- editing facilities
The Pavtube Video to iPad 2 Converter allows for editing (merge, trim, crop, watermark, etc) when down converts 1080p MKV to 720p MP4 videos for iPad 2.
- versatile codecs
Other than converting MKV to iPad 2 video, the software also converts AVI, WMV, MOV, MPG, M4V, MP4 to iPad 2 optimized MP4 formats. TV recordings like TS and TiVo files are supported too.
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How to Convert 1080p MKV to iPad 2 for smooth playing ?
Step 1. Load MKV files for MKV to iPad 2 conversion.
Launch Pavtube Video to iPad 2 Converter, and click "Add Video" on the upper left to load MKV files.
Step 2. Select an iPad 2 optimized export format.
Now you need to set a format for 1080p MKV to 720p iPad 2 conversion - click "Format", find "iPad" and select "iPad HD Video (*.mp4)" format from its secondary list. The iPad 720p format creates 1280*720 video up to 4000kbps, which is the best video quality for iPad 2 playbacks. When using iPad HD Video format for shrinking 1080p MKV to 720p iPad 2 video, it takes up 3GB for a converting every 100min MKV to iPad 2. For smaller file size, you can choose "iPad Video MPEG-4(*.mp4)" format - only 1.5 GB for saving 100min MKV to iPad 2 video.
Step 3. Start converting MKV to iPad 2 supported video format.
Click "Convert" button to start converting MKV to iPad 2 optimized videos. If you would like to join several files together, just select these files and check the "Merge into one" box before clicking "Convert".
Now you can check your converted files by clicking "Open" and get the most compatible and HD MKV for playing in iPad. If you want to stream MKV to iPad, then you will need iTunes to help you, here is how to sync/put MKV onto iPad with iTunes.
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