i have purchased an imac(intel) four days back. iam having some videos with me which are in mkv format. they cannot be played in quick time player. i would like to know the solution for this.
iPod classic, Windows ME
Do your research on VLC when you are happy with it you can download and install VLC from here... http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html VLC will play most video files.
Here is some info on the file format:
http://www.rersoft.com/mkv-file-format/how-to-play-mkv-files.html
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."
Maybe worth a try?
More information here:
ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matroska
OK. VLC is a great solution! But what about AirPlay on TV via Apple TV?
the only way one can airplay video to the tv using appletv is airplay mirror
which would mirror the macs screen on the tv including the part of the macs screen which was taken up by vlc
Actually, MKV files can be played on a Mac easily, you just need some free application or codec that supports playing MKV. VLC, XBMC, Plex and MplayerX, these are very good player for Mac and free.
source: 4 Free MKV Players for Mac OS X
Try to convert MKV to QuickTime with video conversion tool.
how to play an mkv file on imac
