how to play an mkv file on imac

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

Posted on Aug 23, 2012 7:24 AM

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Aug 23, 2012 7:47 AM in response to botturajani

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

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