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Watch MKV HD Videos on iPad 2-Convert MKV to iPad 2 Compatible Files

Best MKV to iPad 2 720p Converter-Stream/Play 1080p MKV to 720p MP4 on iPad 2
Put and Play MKV Videos on iPad 2-Sync and Transfer MKV 720p Videos to iPad 2

For a HD movie fans, MKV is one of the most popular formats.It is a container format and most stored on blu-ray discs. We recognize it because of its high-definition effect and multi subtitle and track. But it is not recognizable by Apple iPad. I have downloaded some 1080p/720p MKV movie from internet on Mac and I think it must be pretty cool to watch MKV videos on the go with my newly bought iPad 2. If I want to Put/Play/Watch MKV HD Videos on iPad 2 and iPad anywhere anytime, I need to Stream/Sync/Convert MKV to iPad 2 supported video and audio files first.

Before converting MKV to iPad, we'd like to show you more information about MKV:
MKV file is an open source container format. It is a general-purpose audio and video container and a competing format to the more popular AVI and MP4 formats. With its futuristic design approach, it can provide support for a vast number of audio, video and subtitle compression formats. Its features exceed even those of AVI and MP4 files. An MKV file contains compressed video and audio streams along with an encoder. A codec or Coder/Decoder is required to play this type of file. MKV aims to be the leading standard for multimedia container formats. It is based on EBML, a subclass of XML.

So if I want to play MKV files on my new iPad 2, it's necessary to convert MKV to iPad 2 compatible files. I need is a Mac MKV to iPad 2 Converter - Aunsoft Mac iPad 2 Video Conversion ( PowerPC Compatible), which can easily convert MKV for iPad 2 with 720p high quality.

Have a look at the steps below to convert MKV videos to iPad 2 on Mac, and output movies to HD 720p resolution.

Step 1. Load MKV movie files you want to Put/Transfer/Sync and Play on Apple iPad 2.
Free Download Aunsoft Mac MKV to iPad 2 Converter and install. After launching the iPad 2 Video Converter for Mac, please load your MKV video file by drag and drop or click 'Add' button to load kinds of videos.

Step 2. Choose iPad 2 720p MP4 format.
Click the "Format" option, and navigate to iPad > iPad 2 HD Video(*.mp4) as output format. iPad 2 supports 720p video playback, video formats with H.264, MPEG-4. The Profile default size 768*576, you must choose 1280*720. Then output format is iPad 720p resolution.

Step 3. Convert MKV to MP4 on iPad 2.
Click the convert button under the preview window, and the Mac MKV to iPad 2 converter will start converting 1080p/720p MKV to 720p iPad 2 MP4.

When the conversion is done, use iTunes to Sync and Transfer the 720p Videos to iPad 2. Then you can Put and Play MKV Videos on iPad 2.

Tips: At the WWDC 2011, Apple unveiled iOS 5 system, and some testers have got the iOS 5 beta on iPad 2 to play 1080p HD videos flawlessly. If you want to play 1080p videos on your iPad 2, you can choose HD Video - HD H.264(*.mp4) and set 1920*1080 mp4 as video codec ,save as iPad 2 1080p MP4.

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Well, the new iPad only supports to playback videos in MP4, MOV, M4V format. So, if want to watch 1080p MKV videos on the new iPad in 1080p, you need to convert the 1080p MKV to 1080p MP4 format first. From Google search comes this following guide shows you how to convert 1080p MKV video to 1080p MP4 for the new iPad.
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Best Mac MTS to iPad Converter-Convert AVCHD to MP4 While iPad is the shining tablet computer, you make like to share your videos with your friends, or make the camera videos as promotion to your customers while making a presentation. The most popular camcorders for shooting videos are AVCHD cameras from Sony, JVC, Panasonic, Canon, which output 1080i and 1080p videos in .mts/.m2ts format. However, iPad now does not support HD videos at 1920x1080 or 1440x1080. The maximum resolution supported by iPad is 720p, and iPad does not support the AVCHD format as input. Thus, we need to convert AVCHD to MP4 and downscale 1080i/1080p to 720p for iPad. Aunsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac is the best Mac MTS to iPad converter with built-in profiles for iPad. Here are the simple steps to convert HD MTS to 720p MP4 for iPad on Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Step 1. Load AVCHD camera videos to Aunsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac. Transfer AVCHD camera videos to iMac/MacBook Pro, and run Aunsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac as the Mac MTS to iPad converter. Click the "Add" button to load .mts and .m2ts videos. The converter also supports .m2t file as input. Step 2. Choose iPad 720p output. Click the "Format" option and choose iPad > iPad HD Video(*.mp4), and the Mac MTS to iPad converter will convert HD MTS/M2TS videos to 720p MP4 videos for iPad. Step 3. Convert AVCHD to MP4 for iPad. Click the convert button under the preview window, and the conversion from AVCHD MTS/M2TS to MP4 for iPad starts immediately. Wait until the conversion is finished, and connect iPad to iMac/MacBook Pro. Sync 720p MP4 videos to iPad via iTunes, and then you can share the camera videos on iPad, present the promotional video to your clients. Tips: The supported AVCHD camcorders include Sony HDR-FX1, HDR-HC3E, Cyber-shot DSC-HX5V, Cyber-shot TX7, HDR-SR11, HDR-SR12E, HDR-CX110, HDR-CX350V, NXCAM HXR-NX5E, HDR-XR500V, HDR-XR520VE, HDR-TG3, HXR-MC1P, HDR-TG5, HDR-UX1, Canon HF S21, HF S200, HF S22, HF100, HF S11, Panasonic Lumix DMC-G10, Lumix FX33, DMC-LX3, and so on.

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