How to Edit MKV Video?

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How to Edit MKV Video?

27 September 2020 Amanda J. Brook Senior Product Manager

Last update by Emma Johnson at 9 November 2026

Summary
Some people think that creating a video is not easy. In fact, an easy-to-use video editor can help you a lot. In this article, we will talk about how to edit MKV videos with the professional tool. Even though you are a beginner, you can easily create your own video.

Content

Part 1: What is MKV?

Part 2: How to Edit MKV Video?

1. What is Renee Video Editor Pro?
2. How to Edit MKV Video with Renee Video Editor Pro?

Part 1: What is MKV?

MKV is an open source media container format, which can contain video, audio, image or subtitle tracks. It can hold a variety of different types of video coding, audio coding and subtitle streams. It is not a compression format.

Different from video encoding formats like DivX and XviD, as well as audio encoding formats like MP3 and Ogg, MKV is a container to hold video and audio files. Besides, DAT (a VCD encoding format), AVI, VOB, MPEG and RM are the multimedia containers. But their structures are outdated.

MKV is often used to store various media files, like TV shows, movies, concerts, etc. because it can display HD videos.

These are the features of MKV. If you want to edit MKV video without any loss of the video quality, you should use the professional video editing software. Renee Video Editor Pro is here to help you.

Part 2: How to Edit MKV Video?

Next, let’s learn about Renee Video Editor Pro.

1. What is Renee Video Editor Pro?

Renee Video Editor Pro is the multi-functional software that contains video editing and screen recording. It can not only satisfy users’ needs on recording computer screens, playing video and sound sources, etc., but also create more possibilities for video editing. Users can add watermarks to the videos that are being recorded, but also optimize the video contents, like adding various kinds of transition, switching between different filter styles freely, adding exclusive subtitles for independent images, etc.

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Cut Videos & AudiosUsers are free to cut videos and audios clips with setting start and end time.

Multiple Edit ToolsMerge, crop, rotate, cut and transform video easily. Change and add background music, subtitles and remove watermark from video.

Format ConversionSupport to convert videos and audios into different formats.

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Multiple Edit ToolsCut Videos & Audios Users are free to cut videos and audios clips with setting start and end time.

Multiple Edit ToolsMerge, crop, rotate, cut and transform video easily. Change and add background music, subtitles and remove watermark from video.

Format ConversionSupport to convert videos and audios into different formats.

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2. How to Edit MKV Video with Renee Video Editor Pro?

Through Renee Video Editor Pro, we can edit MKV video from different aspects, such as cutting, cropping, adding special effects and subtitles. Here are more details.

① Cut

Step 1: Install and open Renee Video Editor Pro. Then, select [Video Toolbox].

select video toolbox in Renee Video Editor

Step 2: Click on [Add Files] to select the MKV video.

select the video file in renee video editor pro

Step 3: Click on [Cut]. Then, specify the start and end time, or move the progress bar to cut the video.

edit and cut mkv video in renee video editor pro

② Rotate and crop

If you want to crop the video screen, you can go into the function [Rotate&Crop]. Then, select to rotate or flip the video screen.

rotate and flip mkv video in renee video editor pro

③ Add special effect

You can add three types of special effects within Renee Video Editor Pro, namely filters, zoom-in/out effects and audio effects. It offers different filter styles to meet your needs in editing the themed MKV videos.

add special effects to mkv vidoe in renee video editor pro

④ Add watermark

If you want to make copyright protection, try to add watermark on the video. It supports to add text, image, video and shape watermark. Besides, you can use the watermark remover to remove unnecessary watermark from the video.

add or remove watermark with renee video editor pro

⑤ Add music

Background music and narration are usually added into the video. In the function [Music], you can add the background music and add voice over the video.