Pull the audio out of an MKV video as an AAC. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
Drop MKV files here
or choose from your computer paste with Ctrl V
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Drop MKV (Matroska) files onto the box above, or click it to choose them. ToAny reads the file's contents to detect the type, so a wrong extension does not matter.
Press Convert. Open Options first if you want to change the defaults. The work happens in this tab and can take a while for large files.
Save the AAC, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.
The MKV to AAC converter is part of this page and runs inside your browser. Your videos are never sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
Nothing has to travel to a server and back, so work starts the moment you press Convert. How long it takes depends on your device and the size of the file.
No sign-up, no email address and no watermark. Add several files and download them together as a ZIP.
MKV does not play on iPhones, in QuickTime or in most browsers and editors. AAC is more efficient than MP3 at the same bitrate. MKV is at home in films with several audio and subtitle tracks; AAC is the usual choice for efficient audio for streaming and video soundtracks. The AAC contains the soundtrack only; the picture is dropped.
The defaults suit most files. Under Options you can choose the bitrate and trim the start and end. This is demanding work for a browser: a long or high-resolution file can take several minutes, and your device does all of it, so keep the tab open.
The conversion uses your browser's own video and audio codecs (WebCodecs), with hardware acceleration where the device has it; the file is read from disk as it goes and can be up to 2 GB. Where the browser lacks a codec, the page falls back to the compatibility engine. AAC is written at 192 kbps unless you choose another bitrate.
MKV is an open container that can hold practically any video and audio format plus multiple subtitle tracks. That flexibility is why it is popular for films, and why Apple devices and browsers refuse it.
Opens in VLC, Plex and many TVs; not iPhones, QuickTime or most browsers
MKV converterAAC was designed as the successor to MP3 and is the audio codec inside most MP4 videos and streaming services. A bare .aac file is the raw stream without a container, which some players handle poorly.
Opens in Most phones, browsers and media players
AAC converter| MKVMatroska video | AACAAC audio | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands for | Matroska | Advanced Audio Coding |
| Type | Video container | Audio |
| Compression | Depends on what is inside | Lossy |
| Introduced | 2002, by the Matroska project | 1997, by the Moving Picture Experts Group |
| Opens in | VLC, Plex and many TVs; not iPhones, QuickTime or most browsers | Most phones, browsers and media players |
| Best for | Films with several audio and subtitle tracks | Efficient audio for streaming and video soundtracks |
| File extension | .mkv | .aac, .adts |
No. The MKV to AAC conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
The soundtrack is re-encoded as AAC. AAC is lossy, but at a normal bitrate the difference is hard to hear. You can choose the bitrate under Options.
Yes. Add as many as you like, convert them together and download each result or all of them as one ZIP.
The steps are the same everywhere because ToAny runs in the web browser: open this page in a current version of Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, add the MKV file, press Convert and save the AAC. There is nothing to install.
Yes. Files up to 2 GB are accepted. Beyond that the limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded; a computer copes with large files better than a phone.