hey i downlaoded a .mkv video file and it wont play on divx or windows media player or realone player. i would like to ask you that do anyone know how to play that file?it is a movie.there is a .avi file just like that but it wont download fast so i downloaded the .mkv file. i have a converter to convert videos but i did not try it yet to convert the file to avi or svcd... so my question is that is there anyway to play the file?
a .mkv is a matroska video file. which is a better and more superior container than the usual .avi. how to play this ? the same way you play avis, you need the right codec. and the easiest way to do this is by downloading FFDshow (check the download section) it will decode most mpeg4. actually, as long as the people that encode it made it mpeg4 compliant, most codec can decode it. like xvid decoding divx.
Please help me! have downloaded basically every single pack i could find that someone reccomended (FFDShow, Matroska pack (full and lite), core media player) and have played with my computer for ages, but i STILL can't run the .mkv file! the players i use (divX, wmp9) just crash depressingly and i hav to restart. over. and over. again. does anyone know whats wrong, is my computer just incapable of playing it?
damn.... im having the same problem Lmo nothing wants to play this, i downloaded this movie at a friends house, got the codec played with no problem, i burned it to a cd, and now on my copmuter NOTHING will play it and ive downloaded and installed all the mkv codec packs i can find, nothing.. someone help!
You have to understand that matroska can not be compared to other well known audio and video containers, like for example Ogg, MP4, RMVB ( Realmedia ) and ASF/WMV. Those containers are made for only one purpose, that is to contain a limited number of video and audio streams, focussing on distributing video material. If this is your goal, you are normally not interested to use a general use container and to create compatibility problems for the players supporting these formats. matroska is more like Microsoft's AVI, which it is aiming to replace, and Quicktime's MOV, to which it wants to be a free and x-platform alternative. All these containers are so called 'everything and the kitchen sink' formats, means they can hold an unlimited number of different audio and video compression formats. AVI, however, can hardly cope with the requirements for very modern codecs, for example it will fail for VBR ( Variable Bitrate ) audio codecs, VFR ( Variable Framerate ) video codecs, and VSR ( Variable Sample rate ) audio like Vorbis. So, if you cant play your matroska file even after installing the matroska full pack, its obvious your files are containing an audio or video compression format you dont have the right codec for. First of all, we will try to find out what codecs these are, for the files you have. To do that, you have 2 different possibilities : 1. In the installer setup configuration window for the matroska full pack 1.0.2, tick the box for the activateion of the matroska shell extension, called 'matroskaprop' . Install the pack again ( no need to deinstall before ), and select the right language for the shell extension if you are asked. Then restart your computer. 2. Get The Core Media Player ( TCMP ) from http://corecoded.com and install it. It comes with the matroska CDL, which is basically the same as the matroska shell extension, but is operated from the player and not from Windows Explorer. Next step, lets find out how many audio and video streams your MKV files have, and what codecs are used for them. After installing the shell extension and restarting the computer, it should display the number of tracks in the file already if you simply move the cursor over our file. Alternatively, you can now right click on the file and goto 'file properties'. A dialogue window will show you a. how many tracks there are in your file b. if they are audio, video or subs c. what 'codec ID' is being used. These usually start with 'V_xxx' , 'A_xxx' or 'S_xxx' and will give us the information we need. I honestly expect the files which dont play will show a codec ID of 'V_Real/rv40' , which means they contain Real Networks splendid Realvideo video compression format, commonly known as RV 9 / RV 10 . To be able to play these files, you need Realplayer being installed on your system, so that the DLLs for RV9 decoding are present on your system. Dont play the MKV with Realplayer, it has no clue what this is, just make sure it is installed. Good players to play MKVs are usually TCMP, MPC, Zoomplayer or Bsplayer. Dont use WMP, especially not WMP7/8/9 ... these players suck, M$ didnt even support their own media framework ( DirectShow ) in them properly. If you are still having problems with playing MKV files, email me to chris AT matroska.org or, better even, send an email to matroska-users AT lists.matroska.org. Of course, you are also most welcome on irc.corecodec.com #matroska, for a nice chat ! ChristianHJW matroska project admin http://www.matroska.org
Try this out http://download.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html i have had problems with .mkv files myself, and this is the only player that i can find that works. dont uninstall any of your codecs that youve already installed to play the file. just install this and play. it worked for me...i hope it works for you too ^^
one more thing, it might not work when you open it right after you install it. close it than open it again. it should work.
Hi! Had a same problem yesterday. Solved. After some research, I find that codec what I need. Codec itself RA40 from Real. Need to install RealPlayer 9/10. in my case RealPlayer 10 gold. Of cource you need Matroska Pack installed. Player what actually play video: MediaPlayer Classic. All other players fail in my case. Quality of Video was PERFECT! I dont even believe. Now I look for info how encode MKV to Divx, MPEG,etc... Any Advises? Plz!
