Mkv

What program can be use to read MKV files?

#494992

I play them in XP using media player 11 after installing CoreAVC pro, which is a decoder.

I do not know about what to use on a Mac.

#494995

I don't know about Mac either, but on a windowsbox *mkv is part of the "CCCP (Combined Community Codec Pack)" or Matroska as it was called earlier. Its a splitter for playing matroska audio and video files. If you google for matroska you'll find their downloadsection.

By the way, a guess on my part is that it can't be played on a Mac.

Regards,

Dodgers.

#494996

VLC player plays MKV. you can get it on loads of OS formats. And you can get it for OSX.

Jammy.

#494997

MKV while great, is one codec that has just been a pain in the ass to deal with. There are almost no utilities to convert it to other formats on the mac side

#494999

@ jammy and timan

So if vlc is available on OSX, does it play that particular codec and is the only problem converting an *mkv to another format e.g. *mov? And does vlc for OSX play any other regular windowsbased encoded files in generel or is it only for playing *mov and such?

Regards,

Dodgers.

EDIT: Ahem, timan...how do I get my signature image to show in my posts? Hope it's allright to ask here...

#495000

MKV isn't a video format, it's just a container that typically holds an .avi file, subtitles, and allow you to switch between audio tracks.

#495054

@ jammy and timan

So if vlc is available on OSX, does it play that particular codec and is the only problem converting an *mkv to another format e.g. *mov? And does vlc for OSX play any other regular windowsbased encoded files in generel or is it only for playing *mov and such?

Regards,

Dodgers.

VLC will play all (almost)the formats you can dream of generally(so to say),get it ,a bittle high on memory,but nevertheless best player for wierd"so to say not so popular"formats

#495062

@ jammy and timan

So if vlc is available on OSX, does it play that particular codec and is the only problem converting an *mkv to another format e.g. *mov? And does vlc for OSX play any other regular windowsbased encoded files in generel or is it only for playing *mov and such?

Regards,

Dodgers.

VLC will play all (almost)the formats you can dream of generally(so to say),get it ,a bittle high on memory,but nevertheless best player for wierd"so to say not so popular"formats

ps:having a new format file and dont wanna load a ton of codecs,vls is the player for you

#495063

if you have perian installed on mac, you can convert it to .mov file. Just open the mkv in quicktime and after its finish loading, save as .mov file.

#495074

@ alang/rohlmon

Thx for the clarifications. I know and use vlc on my XP machine, but was uncertain on the OSX part.

Regards,

Dodgers.

#495076

VLC will play all (almost)the formats you can dream of generally(so to say),get it ,a bittle high on memory,but nevertheless best player for wierd"so to say not so popular"formats

ps:having a new format file and dont wanna load a ton of codecs,vls is the player for you

MPlayer is another good one for MAC and it doesn't use a lot of resources. It plays most vids hassle free.

#495080

Yeah, the VLC thing is really nice. Thanks

#495121