How to convert MKV videos to MPEG-1 on Mac?

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What are MPEG and MPEG-1 videos?

MPEG (pronounced M-peg), which stands for Moving Picture Experts Group, is the name of a family of standards used for coding audio-visual information (e.g., movies, video, music) in a digital compressed format.

The major advantage of MPEG compared to other video and audio coding formats is that MPEG files are much smaller for the same quality. This is because MPEG uses very sophisticated compression techniques.

When you have come into possession of a file with an .MPG or .MPEG extension, you usually have either MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video. MPEG-1 video is used on VideoCD (VCD) discs and MPEG-2 video is used on Super VideoCD (SVCD) and DVD discs.

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The MPEG standards consist of different Parts. Each part covers a certain aspect of the whole specification. The standards also specifies Profiles and Levels. Profiles are intended to define a set of tools that are available, and Levels define the range of appropriate values for the properties associated with them. MPEG has standardized the following compression formats and ancillary standards:

  • MPEG-1: is the first compression standard for audio and video. It was basically designed to allow moving pictures and sound to be encoded into the bitrate of a Compact Disc. To meet the low bit requirement, MPEG-1 downsamples the images, as well as using picture rates of only 24-30 Hz, resulting in a moderate quality. It includes the popular Layer 3 (MP3) audio compression format.
  • MPEG-2
  • MPEG-3
  • MPEG-4

How to convert MKV to MPEG-1 on Mac OS X?

Step 1, Download and install MKV video converter

You can download it for free here:

To install it, simply mount the .dmg archive by double-clicking it, and copy the application to your applications folder (or wherever you want).

Step 2, Add MKV video files

Drag & drop MKV files to the program. Or go to "File" menu, choose "Add Video/Audio files" to locate the files you want to add. This MKV to MPEG-1 video converter for Mac also supports batch conversion, so you can import and convert several multimedia files at a time.

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Step 3, Choose "MPG" as output format

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Note:Have several mkv files and want to combine all of them? Just check "Merge into one output file"

Step 4, Start MKV to MPEG-1 Conversion on Mac OS X

When you finish the output setting, just click the "Convert" button to start convert MKV to MPEG-1 on Mac.The conversion speed is pretty fast! That's it! Enjoy!

This video converter is specifically designed for Mac OS users, including Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, etc.