MKV files???

Prince Vegeta · Post by **Prince Vegeta** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:53 pm

I've got this anime episode and it's an "mkv" file.....I've tried to play the file with windows media player (updated with all the necessary plugins), DivX player (also updated), and real player....but no luck. Does anyone know how to go about viewing this file???

Thanks

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:08 pm

Since I'm not knowledgeable enough to download the exact anime viewing codecs I need, I just download the CCCP pack:

http://www.cccp-project.net/

You might want to uninstall your old codecs first before installing CCCP.

Lynxa · Post by **Lynxa** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:13 pm

I use vlc player It plays .mkv .avi and .ogm plus a whole host of other file types. I've used it for years and I've never had to download new codecs.

DragonballZSubzero · Post by **DragonballZSubzero** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:22 pm

Well I always use "The Core Media Player" to play all my files. It can virtually play any file and its worked great. So I would suggest using that to play the file because I have had that trouble in the past too but this worked. Hope it helps!

http://www.tucows.com/preview/299014

Edit - Well that took a long time to send, so it looks like two other people posted in the mean time. Those others ways work as well. So I guess you have a few choices.

Sugarflower · Post by **Sugarflower** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:21 pm

I use Windows Media Player Classic and BS Player, at least I think BSP plays them. I've used it for OGM files.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:21 pm

Where did you get your used it for OGM files? I have more than 1000 categories.

Prince Vegeta · Post by **Prince Vegeta** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:42 pm

Got it ..... Thanks for your help

Krafty · Post by **Krafty** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:49 pm

Yeah, you can't hope to use Microsoft's default 'Windows Media Player' for most anime, especially those with subtitles.

I do tend to use WMP 9 for most of my audio/video playback but regularly use 3 others too which each have some benefits.

-- To play MKVs with little problem, use VideoLan The latest edition 0.8.5 from 6th May 2006 is the one to go for: http://www.videolan.org [7.5mb]
Plays the now common MKV and OGG file extentions.

-- It's good for anime that's encoded with the dual langauage/subtitle features as you can switch between plain and stlyed subtitles perfectly [where this is an option within the video file].
I've found that WMP can't do this. I started watching Girls Bravo with WMP and noticed that the gre-coloured subs overlapped each other and weren't held on-screen for the correct time.
By switching to VideoLan [abbrev VL] the subs were yellow-coloured and the formatting was correct.

-- Another plus point to VL is that if you grab films via bittorrents, waiting for the whole thing to download before you can watch it may be annoying.
You can't view anything in WMP until the whole thing is downlaoded to your computer.
With VL, you can play what's been downloaded- but be prepared for pauses and image/sound blurring over file portions that's have been acquired. Useful if you want to preview the video at 50%+ complete just to make sure it's the file you want before commtting to dent your download/upload ratio

-- The downside to VL is that it's hard to scroll through a video when it's playing. By clicking the timeline bar, play progresses in chunks rather than resuming playback from exactly where you clicked.
That makes it frustrating when you want to browse.

-- Another good player is Media Player Classic, which I've recently begun to use for Real media files in particular.
This is part of the Real Alternative 1.49 codec pack which can be DL'd here: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Rea ... native.htm [6.5mb]

Will also play Quicktime etc and has some nice customizable options. Handles much like WMP but has nothing to do with Microsoft.

-- Both this and VL are free to download and use, are approx 7mb in file size each and they won't scam info about your computer either.

shellie · Post by **shellie** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:31 pm

I downloaded the Matroshka Pack and the Zoom Player to play weird files like the .mkv because I was told that it would be the answer to all my bittorrent woes.

I dutifully did so, and it does seem to work just dandy. Is the Zoom Player like the other things you guys have already mentioned, or is the VLC a better option? (I don't know as much about these things as I wish I did... I usually just find something that will work for the immediate need at hand.

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vampyreshoujo · Post by **vampyreshoujo** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:20 pm

I use what Shellie uses and so far it's been great!

is the VLC a better option?

Actually, I've heard that VLC is not recommended because it can mess up the formatting of the soft subs (or some such).

Baakay · Post by **Baakay** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:21 pm

Lynxa wrote:I use vlc player It plays .mkv .avi and .ogm plus a whole host of other file types. I've used it for years and I've never had to download new codecs.

I recommend this one too. I've even purchased (gasp) premium version of some other programs and not had any luck with them. VLC powers through even files that have bad spots in them. It's really hard to find anything negative to say about it unless you count that the interface isn't as pretty as some others.

Krafty · Post by **Krafty** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 6:41 am

shellie wrote:I downloaded the Matroshka Pack and the Zoom Player to play weird files like the .mkv

Yep, that's fine too. I've used Zoom before and it worked OK but there was something about it that I didn't quite like- the navigation.
Nothing wrong with the player itself but with a variety of media players available I chose to use others which are more user friendly.