[Now released] Restore MKV Format Support

Sure you're right. Another issue is that you might get .MKV support but not the specific audio or video codec you have in your .MKV, so you also need to open separate UserVoice request for each codec you need behind the MKV container

Having plugins is one thing, and there are a number of convertors that can provide workarounds. But these all waste an inordinate amount of time and resources that having the format as native would help avert.

Even having it convert natively would prevent having to switch apps, which might allow Premiere/AE/etc. to remain open on lower-resource systems, and it would also at least give the idea that the time is more productively spent in a single app.

EDIT: Really, REALLY looking forward to this as a potential future feature.

Just realizing this today. A lot of software/screen recorder programs use mkv by default (looking at you, OBS). Looks like its being worked on but yeah, absolutely agree that mkv support should be a top priority... preferably above adding new features & UI tweaks.

EDIT/UPDATE: Okay apparently I'm a fool. For anyone else using OBS, it actually comes with its own remux tool to convert your MKVs to MP4s extremely quickly without quality loss.
File > Remux Recordings - then pick your source & destination.

Maybe a good way to remux even if your files weren't generated in OBS, but I haven't tested.

This is crazy, why do I need to download handbrake and .net environment to work with a bog standard video codec? Why am I paying so much for this software?

Had I known it was removed I would've waited to renew my subscription; unbelievable; what was wrong with leaving mkv unwrapping in the software suite? It's the best multimedia container format in my opinion; ffv1 in mkv has become the standard for archival houses and it's about **** time Adobe stops blocking it for no reason. BM DaVinci Resolve has no problem with mkv. It's open source FFS.

I think half the requests in here are people just begging for features to return that were unceremoniously removed 4 years ago to, you know, improve user experience.

It's somewhere strange... We are not talking here about a new feature, but about bringing back a previous feature deliberately removed by Adobe, and we are all excited, almost ecstatic... Imagine if... No, don't... 😉

Well, it only took three years from the first message on here to support "being investigated". (Let's not think about how MKV was already supported, and then removed, because...reasons.).

Now, shock of all shocks, we're seeing a UserVoice update in the blisteringly fast time of only eleven months?

This totally makes the monthly subscription worth it!

Awesome thank you Fergus for letting us know! Please keep us updated on progress. I will resubscribe to Adobe once mkv is restored.

This is great news!