We sometimes get our hands on files on formats not supported by our own devices. It's annoying that we can't watch the TV series or anime that you've just downloaded just because they're on the wrong ...

An abbreviation of Matroska Video, MKV is a digital video file format that supports various types of audio and video codecs. The multimedia container is also commonly used by the anime fan-subbing ...

I’m a pretty big fan of Windows Media Center. In fact, it’s at the heart of my home theater system. Just one wrinkle: I can’t play MKV files from within the WMC interface. In case you’re not familiar ...

We live in a world where technology is progressing rapidly and as it flourishes, the use of multimedia blooms. Video files have long been the backbone of entertainment, and there is a high chance that ...

Initially, Handbrake became popular with the Mac OS and its approach was limited to those possessing expensive Apple devices. Today this open-source converter is used widely across Mac OS, Windows, ...

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Other than Handbrake, which won't work for me (see below), can you recommend a video encoder (for Win7; ideally free) that can encode a single, 14GB VOB file to an H.264 .mkv file? For Free?