Thanks to the easy and convenient way of downloading videos for playing back on TV and other mobile device, it's common for us to spend leisure time lying in the couch to enjoy downloaded videos. However, sometimes you might get such prompt "the file is not supported", which means you're using an old format file (.rmvb) that your TV is not configured for playing. In that case, you'd better convert .rmvb file to a commonly-used format.
Part 1. Why Convert RMVB to MKV
RMVB is a known old format that most newly-formed devices do not support, whereas MKV is such a format that allowing other fomats being converted to with the same definition and striking sound quality. To avoid degrading RMVB video after format version, it is advantageous to convert RMVB to MKV video format.
Part 2. The Most Suitable Software for RMVB to MKV Conversion
Now you'd search for a qualified converter for this purpose among the numerous software available in the market. If you are eyeing on the best solution, you can try Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate, a great solution for quicker and more effective conversion from old video format to a new one.
Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate - A Perfect Way to Convert RMVB to MKV on Windows

- Directly convert MP4 to VOB (DVD-Video ), AVI, MKV, MOV and 1000+ other formats.
- Burn MP4 to DVD disk to play with your DVD player at 30X fastest speed.
- Optimized conversion presets for iDVD, iMovie, Final.
- Edit videos with the advanced video editing functions like trimming, cropping, adding watermark, subtitles etc.
- Download videos from YouTube and other 1000+ video sharing sites.
- Supported OS: Windows NT4/2000/2003/XP/Vista/7/8, and Windows 10 (32 bit & 64 bit), Mac OS X 10.12 (Sierra), 10.11(El Capitan), 10.10, 10.9, 10.8, 10.7, 10.6

How to Convert RMVB Files to MKV on Windows
There're both Windows and Mac version for Wondershare Video Conerter Ultimate, make sure you're downloading the right version to PC via the download button above. They work almost the same and the easy-to-follow steps below takes Windows version for example.
Step 1 Launch Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate on your PC after installation and you'll get an interface as the screenshot shows.
Step 2 Click Add Files button to load the rmvb files, or simply drag-and-drop them to the primary interface.
Step 3 Select the preferred output format in the drop-down format list of Convert all files to pane, here chooses MKV.
Step 4 Click Convert in the bottom right and start RMVB to MKV conversion. It will take a few minutes to complete which depends on the file size. Once finished, you'll be able to enjoy those video on your device.
Tips: Alternatively, you can give the following online video converter a shot as well if you don't want to install any software for conversion. But keep in mind, it's more time-consuming to uploading RMVB files online and downloading converted MKV video from email, which requires you to have good internet connection.

Jun 29,2017 16:08 pm / Posted by Christine Smith to MKV
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