In AE, all imported .*mkv files will show the video just fine, but I can hear no audio. The speaker icon will show up in the timeline, but if I view the Waveform, I now get two flat lines. It is as if the Audio was -48.00 dB, but it is set to 0.00. I have even tried to push it up to +12.00 dB, but the Waveform displays only the flat lines.
As far as I know, MKV is a filename extension for the Matroska multimedia container, an envelope for which there can be many audio, video and subtitles streams, that is why MKV are used to store a complete movie or CD in a single file.
If the MKV files are not accepted by After Effects or video only(no audio), it’s probably because of containing multi-track audio and the the audio cannot be all recognized by After Effects.
According to our tests, the easy workaround is to convert MKV to a different format such as MPEG-2, AVI, MOV for After Effects without quality loss. You can easily finish the job along with some help from Pavtube Video Converter(Best Video Converter Review).
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- Pavtube Video Converter can help you convert multimedia MKV to MPEG-2, AVI, MOV for After Effects without quality loss.
- Besides pre-set compatible MPEG-2 for After Effects, Pavtube Video Converter also has pre-set compatible format for Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere, Windows Movie Maker,etc.
- Pavtube Video Converter can join different source MKV videos together and output a single video. Then you can enjoy a long output movie.
- Pavtube Video Converter able to customize the output profile, users can adjust the output Resolution, Bitrate, Frame Rate, Encoder, Channels, and Sample Rate.
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Convert MKV files to MPEG-2 for After Effects without Quality Loss
Step 1: Import MKV source files.
Click the button “File” to add MKV source files (or directly drag and drop your files) to the Converter.
Tip: If you want to merge MKV source files before edit in After Effects, just need to check the “Merge into one” box.
Step 2: Select an output format for After Effects.
Click “Format” bar to select suitable format for After Effects. Go to the format list and pick “MPEG-2 (*.mpg)” under “Adobe Premiere/Sony Ve…” option.
Optional: If you would like to customize the video and audio parameters, you can click "Settings", adjust the parameters as you want, like Video Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sampling rate, bit rate, channels.
Step 3: Click "Convert" to start to convert MKV files to MPEG-2 for After Effects.
Once the conversion completes, simply click “Open” button to get the converted MPEG-2 files. And now you can bring the output MPEG-2 files into After Effects to create your own masterpieces.
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