Step 1: Supply your AIFF files using the button above or by haul and lay.
Step 2: Click the 'Convert' button to start the conversion.
Step 3: Get your converted MKV files.
AIFF to MKV Conversion FAQ
What does the AIFF to MKV converter do?
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It converts a AIFF file into MKV format.
Will the data inside my AIFF be preserved when converting to MKV?
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Yes — the content is mapped to the MKV equivalent. Format-specific extras that MKV does not represent natively are omitted rather than corrupted.
Is the AIFF to MKV conversion reversible?
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You can convert the MKV back to AIFF on this site. If either format involved is lossy, the round-trip is not bit-perfect even though it is visually or audibly close.
How much smaller will the MKV be than my AIFF?
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Typically 5-10x smaller for images, 5-15x smaller for audio. Exact ratio depends on the chosen quality level and the content — flat solid-colour images and silent audio compress far more than detailed photos or busy soundtracks.
What will the picture be if I put AIFF audio into an MKV file?
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You choose it, because audio alone has no picture. The default is a static waveform render, and you can supply a still image instead — cover art, a title card, a photo — which is held for the whole duration. That is what makes the file uploadable to video-only platforms that will not accept a bare audio track. AIFF is Apple’s Audio Interchange File Format from 1988, built on the same IFF chunk design as AVI’s RIFF. MKV is the archival container of choice because it stores unlimited audio tracks, soft subtitles, chapter markers and cover art in one file.
Is the AIFF audio re-encoded when it goes into the MKV?
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Only if it has to be. Where the MKV container accepts the source audio codec directly, the stream is copied in untouched and stays bit-identical. Where it does not, the audio is transcoded once to whatever MKV does accept, at a bitrate matched to the source so the second pass costs as little as possible. AIFF stores uncompressed big-endian PCM — the Apple-side equivalent of WAV, with the same bit-for-bit fidelity. MKV is codec-agnostic: H.264, HEVC, VP9 and AV1 video sit happily beside AAC, FLAC, Opus, DTS or Dolby audio in the same file.
My AIFF is lossless — does putting it in an MKV throw that away?
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It usually does, because video containers expect a compressed audio track and most players will not accept raw PCM inside one. The audio is encoded once, at a high bitrate so the loss is inaudible, and the lossless AIFF stays untouched on your side. Keep it: it remains the master, and the MKV is a delivery copy. AIFF is the studio interchange format on macOS, handles metadata better than plain WAV, and imports into Logic and Pro Tools instantly.
How large will the MKV be compared with the AIFF?
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Barely larger, if you use the default still image. A single held frame compresses to almost nothing across the whole duration because every frame is identical to the last, so the file is dominated by the audio track. Choosing an animated waveform instead adds real video data and can double or triple the result.
Do the artist and album tags on my AIFF survive into the MKV?
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Partially. Title and artist map onto the video container’s own metadata fields, and embedded cover art is a natural fit for the still image the video displays. Everything else — track number, album, year, genre — has no equivalent slot in a video file and is dropped rather than approximated.
Will a surround mix in the AIFF stay surround inside the MKV?
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Yes — MKV carries multichannel audio properly, so a 5.1 mix stays 5.1 with the channel layout intact rather than being folded to stereo. That matters if the file is destined for a home cinema receiver rather than a phone, which will downmix at playback time anyway.
Is there a file-size limit when converting AIFF to MKV?
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Anonymous uploads are capped at a generous default; signed-in free accounts get a higher cap, and Pro accounts have no per-file limit. Browser memory is usually the practical constraint long before our server-side limits kick in.
Can I batch-convert several AIFF files to MKV at once?
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Yes. Drop or pick multiple AIFF files in one upload — the converter processes them in parallel and returns a ZIP of the MKV results. There is no need to repeat the upload step per file.
