Premiere Pro 2020 mkv support

[Jacky_folf]

Hello, I have a question. Does the latest version of premiere support mkv directly or through a plugin or is there planned support for it (I did see it didn't support it in the trial but that could just be a limitation of the trial version, wouldn't be the first ones to do it that way). I am asking to see if I should buy it or a different editing software as I mainly get mkv files and I don't really wanna spend 48hours converting them if I pay for the software. Thanks in advance 

[Ann Bens]

Premiere does not support MKV.

It used to but not anymore.

[basil1891]

You can use ffmpeg to rewrap .mkv into a .mov or .mp4 without transcoding. Here is setup I use: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Andr88T403SpgRL5G8nDA5pXK_Vf?e=dwpceJ

[Jacky_folf]

ye i ended up using this. it took me 48 extra unpaid hours. i could't find any better software that actually supports mkv and i'm really sad they don't even let us have a plugin or something

[Jacky_folf]

to be correct this method not this software, sadly this site doesn't let me edit or delete replies