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MKV - Generally video files, as well those containing audio ( movies ) or video only.

matroska is a general use container format, and as a result of that MKV files can contain many tracks with different audio and video compression formats. We try to provide most of the necessary decoders in our full playback pack for Microsoft DirectShow, but for some formats we are not allowed to do this because of licensing problems. Typical examples are all codecs of RealNetworks Inc. ( Realvideo, Realaudio, RV 9, RV 10 ) and ON2 ( VP 4, VP 5, VP 6 ). All these formats can be stored fine in MKV files, but for playback it is necessary to have the right decoders installed on your PC. To help all our users to identify the codecs that were used in their MKV files, especially in case when the matroska full pack will not provide the right decoders and the files wont play, we provide a new tool called matroskadiag.exe . The tool will check your MKV file and report if you have the right DirectShow decoder filters installed or not, and point you to the right place where you can obtain the necessary filters, in case they are missing. If your files still dont play, you are likely facing a problem with your DirectShow installation ( too many filters installed ). In this case all we can recommend is a new installation of Windows, or the use of players like VLC ( Videolan ) or Xine, which dont need an underlying framework like DirectShow for movie playback, but will provide decoders for most formats with the player itself.

How to play MKV files on Windows?

In principal you can play matroska files on almost every Mediaplayer on Windows if you have the latest CCCP playback pack, as most of these players are based on Microsoft DirectShow (TM). Examples for these basic players, relying on DirectShow only, are Windows Mediaplayer 6.4/7/8/9/10, BSPlayer, Radlight Player, Winamp 3 etc.

Recommeded MKV Player

1. The Core Media Player - The Core Media Team are great supporters of matroska , and they invested a lot of time to help one of our team members, Jory 'Jcsston' Stone, to add specific matroska support with a so-called CDL plugin. Of course, its coming with a built in audio stream switcher. TCMP is currently the only player with support for 'nested chapters' in MKV files.

2. VLC ( Videolan )
VLC has great streaming possibilities, as it can act as a streaming server also, and is not based on DirectShow.