ATV 3 MKV best approach-Get MKV videos to play on Apple TV 3 without problems on Mac

The guide shows you how to quickly convert MKV to ATV 3 playable video formats so that you can play 720p/1080p MKV videos on Apple TV 3 without problems.  

MKV is a container format and well-known as Matroska video. It is wildly used for delivering HD video content which up to 1080p. It is an envelope for which there can be many audio, video and subtitles streams, allowing the user to store a complete movie or CD in a single file.

The problem is that many standalone devices simply do not support the MKV format, often preferring the MP4 container format for use with H.264/MPEG-4 AVC encoding. ATV 3 (Apple TV 3) is one of them, you will find that Apple TV 3 just not a MKV Player. So is there any way to help you to play .mkv files on the Apple TV 3 without limitation? 

In order to stream MKV files to Apple TV 3 for playback, you may have to convert MKV to Apple TV 3 playable format (e.g. m4v). Along with some help from third-party software. With Pavtube iMedia Converter Mac, a great Mac MKV Converter for Apple TV 3, you can easily achieve your goal smoothly. Overall, this all-in-one Video Converting tool can help you to rip Blu-ray, DVD and various video files to your Apple TV 3 for watching.

   

The following guide shares with you how to encode 1080p/720p MKV to Apple TV 3 for playback on Mac step-by-step. 

Step 1. Install and launch the MKV Converter for Apple TV 3

Click "Add file" or "Add from folder" button to load your MKV files. The software supports batch converison so that you can add several MKV files to convert at one time.  



Step 2. Click on "Format" boarder to set output format. 

Now that we're converting MKV for Apple TV 3, a recommended format is "Apple TV 3 1080P Dolby Digtal Pass-though(*.m4v)" from "Apple TV" option.  



Tip: You can click settings button to adjust the output video’s parameters, such as bitrate, resolution, etc.

 


Step 3. Finally click on "Convert" button to start converting MKV to 1080p HD MP4 for Apple TV 3 on Mac. 

After conversion, get converted video files for transferring to ATV 3 from Mac. In this way, you can get MKV files playable on Apple TV 3 with Mac OS X without problems. We hope this short article will bring some new multimedia life to your Apple TV 3.

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