[Now released] Restore MKV Format Support

Miguel, Noah, Kristina, did you give Influx Importer a try ? we're here to solve any issue you have with MKV import inside Adobe

@miguel Tremblay That's because you're doing it wrong. You're supposed to REMUX the recording to MP4 via OBS's built in remux tool, not TRANSCODE it via Handbrake.

Your own fault it's taking 7 more hours for it to finish.

I recorded 5 hours worth of video with OBS Studio for a timelapse. The video that they output can be read by everything except After Effect. Actually I'm pretty sure they're using a standard codec with nothing fancy. I am currently waiting for handbrake to finish converting it so I can finally edit it. Time remaining for the conversion : 7 hours. That make no sense and I'm not even sure why I'm still trying to make it work. Refund incoming soon.

It's nearing the end of October 2022 now. Is this still in process?

Free open source programs support MKV and every other codec Adobe doesn't support. This is pure proof that there isn't any technical limitation with the program and is just adobe being pure greedy. I really would like MKV support back because recording in .MP4 is very bad and most of the time has horrible consequences. MP4 wasn't made for recording, just playing back a.k.a. encoding. Until something happens, I will be quiting adobe products for the time being. I have been using a free open source editor called Shotcut and is basically adobe premiere but you don't have to worry about what formats it supports for importing because it pretty much supports them all. I hate when companies choose greed over customer service.

Almost 6 months later and still nothing... as if adding again the removed MKV support was something incredibly hard and complicated. (－‸ლ)

I see it's being worked on now but just adding another comment and vote to get this done. Nothing more annoying than being able to open a file in VLC but not in professional editing software that costs this much.

Reading the backstory of how the feature used to be there and then was removed makes it doubly infuriating. I remember using it before and it not being a problem, try again today and all of a sudden it's an issue. And given that it's the second most upvoted thing here, a lot of people seem to agree.

A standard format for anyone recording and using OBS Studio - can't believe you can't import it.

It's not like this is the first time people have asked for this to be back and it was dropped.

Adobe is being silly. I'm running Premiere CC 2022. It refuses a MKV file but if I merely change the file's extension, without (!) remuxing into a different container format, Premiere accepts it! I couldn't believe it.
The support for MKV is clearly there, they just don't want to admit it.
We're using codecs that Adobe has supported for over a decade. Codec support is not the issue here. Supporting this container is.