.mkv file does not have sound in Quicktime

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.mkv file does not have sound in Quicktime

I downloaded Perian and a Flac decoder component and I can't get any sound from an HD video I downloaded. Quicktime says I need additional software to play this file. DivX says i need a direct show decoder to play the file. I cannot seem to find anything that works in either Quicktime or in DivX. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

macbook 13" 2008 model, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Posted on Dec 3, 2009 4:33 PM

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Klaus1

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Dec 3, 2009 5:12 PM in response to Jaffar28

It could be a 'difficult' form of Matroska file. FYI Matroska is just a container like MOV or AVI, and some mkv have the video encoded with Real Video Codec (RV9 RV10). Perian+QT can't decode this, but VLC will play .mkv files just fine on OS X, as long as they don't use H.264!

It's a bit of a lottery until Matroska decide to support the Apple platform. I have found this:

http://mkv4mac.free.fr/index.php?lang=en&p=lec

which may help.

But there may be another workaround: 1. Get Info the mkv file
2. Change to extension to wmv. Save as wmv and that could work better.

Or this link may be helpful:

http://www.squidoo.com/mkv-converter-mac

Recently, a poster (ZachP14) suggested this:

"There's a program called Plex that runs .mkv files awesome on my 2.0 ghz macbook."

http://www.plexapp.com/

Maybe worth a try?

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Jaffar28 Author

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Dec 3, 2009 6:43 PM in response to Klaus1

Klaus1 wrote:
It could be a 'difficult' form of Matroska file but VLC will play .mkv files just fine on OS X, as long as they don't use H.264!

It's a bit of a lottery until Matroska decide to support the Apple platform. I have found this:

http://mkv4mac.free.fr/index.php?lang=en&p=lec

which may help.

Thanks! The VLC Player worked for me. strange that this one player can read the audio file within this mkv but quicktime and DivX can't. anyways thanks a huge bunch for the help

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