Turn MKV videos into ASS. 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
from Photos or Files
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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. There is nothing else to set. The work happens in this tab and can take a while for large files.
Save the result. When one file produces several ASS files they come as a single ZIP.
The MKV to ASS 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. ASS gives full control over how subtitles look. MKV is at home in films with several audio and subtitle tracks; ASS is the usual choice for anime and karaoke subtitles with fonts, colours and positioning.
One MKV can produce several ASS files; when it does, they are offered together as a ZIP download. 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.
This pair uses the compatibility engine, ffmpeg built for the browser, because ASS cannot be written by the browser's built-in codecs. It is a one-off download of about 10 MB that the browser keeps, it is slower than the built-in codecs, and it takes files up to 1 GB. Only text subtitle tracks stored inside the video are extracted, one ASS file per track (several tracks come as a ZIP); picture-based tracks from DVDs and Blu-rays are refused because they would need text recognition. A feature-length file is fine, since the video is only read and the result is a few kilobytes.
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 converterASS adds styles to subtitles: fonts, colours, outlines, shadows, exact screen positions and animation effects. Fan-subbed anime and karaoke use it heavily. SSA is the earlier version, and the .ssa extension is read as the same format.
Opens in VLC, mpv, Aegisub and most fan-subtitling and media-server software; not browsers
ASS converter| MKVMatroska video | ASSASS/SSA subtitles | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands for | Matroska | Advanced SubStation Alpha |
| Type | Video container | Styled subtitles |
| Compression | Depends on what is inside | None |
| Introduced | 2002, by the Matroska project | The 2000s, by the SubStation Alpha program and the Aegisub community |
| Opens in | VLC, Plex and many TVs; not iPhones, QuickTime or most browsers | VLC, mpv, Aegisub and most fan-subtitling and media-server software; not browsers |
| Best for | Films with several audio and subtitle tracks | Anime and karaoke subtitles with fonts, colours and positioning |
| File extension | .mkv | .ass, .ssa |
No. The MKV to ASS conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
The content is carried over as faithfully as ASS allows; features that ASS does not have are left out.
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 ASS. There is nothing to install.
Yes. MKV to ASS runs on the compatibility engine, which takes files up to 1 GB, and a long clip takes a while because it is slower than the browser's built-in codecs. Beyond that the limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded; a computer copes with large files better than a phone.