Turn MPG videos into MKV. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
Drop MPG files here
or choose from your computer paste with Ctrl V
from Photos or Files
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Drop MPG (MPEG) 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 MKV, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.
The MPG to MKV 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.
MPG does not play in browsers or on phones and is far larger than MP4. MKV can carry several audio and subtitle tracks in one file. MPG is at home in DVDs, Video CDs and old camcorder footage; MKV is the usual choice for films with several audio and subtitle tracks.
The defaults suit most files. Under Options you can lower the resolution, trade quality against file size, remove the sound 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.
This pair uses the compatibility engine, ffmpeg built for the browser, because MPG is not handled 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.
MPG files hold MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video, the formats of Video CDs, DVDs and early digital camcorders. They are large by modern standards and do not play in browsers.
Opens in VLC, Windows Media Player, DVD software; not browsers or phones
MPG converterMKV 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 converter| MPGMPEG video | MKVMatroska video | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands for | MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 video | Matroska |
| Type | Video format | Video container |
| Compression | Lossy | Depends on what is inside |
| Usually contains | MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video with MP2 audio | Almost anything: H.264, HEVC, AV1, several audio and subtitle tracks |
| Introduced | 1993, by the Moving Picture Experts Group | 2002, by the Matroska project |
| Opens in | VLC, Windows Media Player, DVD software; not browsers or phones | VLC, Plex and many TVs; not iPhones, QuickTime or most browsers |
| Best for | DVDs, Video CDs and old camcorder footage | Films with several audio and subtitle tracks |
| File extension | .mpg, .mpeg | .mkv |
No. The MPG to MKV conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
It depends on what is inside the MPG. When its video and audio are already in a form MKV can hold, they can be carried over without being compressed again. Otherwise they are re-encoded, which costs a little quality. Under Options you can favour quality or a smaller file.
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 MPG file, press Convert and save the MKV. There is nothing to install.
Yes. MPG to MKV 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.