How to Convert and Upload MKV files to YouTube

Ever tried to upload MKV files to YouTube for sharing with more people? Well, as far as we know, YouTube can accept MKV as video source, but it is not a preferred format at YouTube. There would exist some issues, i.e. can't upload .mkv video to YouTube with subtitles... Fortunately, We've figured out the solution for uploading MKV to YouTube for playback flawlessly. Keep reading to find something you want.

Generally speaking, YouTube fully accepts video files in FLV, AVI, MP4, etc formats. So, in order to share MKV on YouTube, the first thing you need do is to convert MKV to YouTube supported video formats. What's more, to add MKV to YouTube for displaying correctly, we also need to set the proper video resolution, frame rate... Brorsoft Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate is the recommended utility to fulfill the task.

This all-in-one video converter app can be used as a professional MKV to YouTube converter. With it, you can fast encode MKV videos to YouTube compatible format with a proper resolution like 720p( 1280*720), 1080p(1920*1080), 2160p(3840*2160). Plus, with the built-in video editor, it's freely for you to trim the videos into multiple segments with short duration as you want. If you are Mac users, please get iMedia Converter for Mac. Now just download the software and follow the below guide to convert MKV for playing and sharing in YouTube.

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How to Convert MKV to YouTube friendly format

Step 1. Import MKV files

Install and run the MKV to YouTube converter; click "Add Videos" icon to load your source .mkv files. You can also use the drag&drop method to load the media files to the app.

Step 2. Select output format

Click Format bar to select an output format. To share your MKV files on YouTube, .mov, .mp4, .flv format from Common Video are all the proper formats.

Tip: You can press the Settings button to adjust the video size, bitrate, frame rate, audio sample rate, etc to optimize the quality. The highest video resolution for YouTube is 3840*2160. And the common frame rates for YouTube include: 24, 25, 30, 48, 50, 60 frames per second.

Step 3. Edit/Split MKV files

Click Edit button and you can trim, crop or adjust the MKV videos with the built-in video editor to get the very part and effect of the movie you want. Besides, by clicking the Split icon in the main interface, you can cut your files according to time length and file size.

Step 4. Start the conversion

Hit the convert button; it will start converting MKV for uploading to YouTube. Soon after the conversion, just click "Open" button to get the generated files for playing and showing with YouTube perfectly.