How to play mkv files in windows xp or vista
Posted on April 1, 2009
The MKV file isn’t the regular video and audio compression format. The MKV is an open source container format. It is a general-purpose audio and video container and a contending format to the more popular AVI and MP4 formats. Below will give you 2 methods on how to play mkv files in windows.
The first way is use VLC player to play mkv files in windows,and this is also the easiest way because you only need to install VLC player on your computer then you can play mkv files in your computer.You can download VLC player from VLC’s website.
The second way to play mkv files in windows is to use Media Player Classic (MPC), However, there is a problem (isn’t there always?), the parser is out-dated in the latest version of MPC.So I suggest you to disable the internal matroska parser in Media Player Classic.To do this ,just click View –> Options. Select Internal Filters on the left as shown above and disable Matroska under source filters ,then click OK.
Now you can play mkv files in windows now,good lucks!
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I tried the second tip you shared but it still didn’t work. The screen would shrink smaller and nothing happens.