change icon for file type

For any 'document' file such as .pdf, .doc, etc. select a typical file then Press COMMAND-I to open the Get Info window. In the Open With section select the application you want associated with the file from the dropdown menu, then click on the Change All button.

Now, this will associate the selected file-type with the application you select. In most cases it will also change the file's icon to that normally given by the application to the documents it creates.

Changing the file icon will not enable Quicktime to play Matroska files. Changing the file suffix might.

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?

More information here:

ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matroska

araajs wrote:
a changed matroshka file to poen with quictime, but it makes my icon just blank! but I whant to change it? is there any possibility??

if you buy a [_*DivX Pro*_|http://www.divx.com/en/software/mac] license, finder will display these icons for .mkv's