Paste a YouTube link and get a MKV video back in seconds. Preview it, download it, or open it in the Motionbox editor.
YouTube is an online video sharing platform filled with all kinds of content that can inspire the creative process. At Motionbox we make it easy for you to repurpose YouTube content as long as you have the correct permissions. If you are a business owner or creator who posts on YouTube we provide the tools to make repurposing your content easier. You can convert your YouTube videos to mkv and many other formats. Within our editor you can even edit YouTube videos.
MKV stands for Matroska Multimedia Container. It is a video container similar to MOVs and AVIs. The main difference is that an MKV format can hold unlimited amounts of audio, picture, and subtitle tracks (srt as an example). The MKV video format has the ability to store lots of useful information inside the container, like descriptions, ratings, cover art, and chapters. This is why MKV is the chosen format for DivX Plus software and DVDs since it was easy to display cover art and chapter information. MKV was initially released December 6 2002.
Copy the URL of the YouTube video and paste it into the converter above. We validate the link and start pulling the video automatically.
Motionbox fetches the video and converts it to mkv in the cloud. You will see a preview as soon as it is ready, usually within seconds.
Hit Download to save the mkv file for free, or open it in the Motionbox editor to trim it, add subtitles, and animate text on top.
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