Wednesday, March 15, 2017

How to Play all MKV files in VLC Media Player

Since VLC becomes a popular open source multimedia player, many people have been wondering "Can VLC Player Play MKV files?" Does VLC play MKV video? According to From VideoLAN official website, we learn that MKV is really one of VLC Player supported video formats. However, sometime we still fail to play MKV in VLC. Common issues have often troubled many guys: "Can't hear the sound of MKV files at all", "VLC stuttering or choppy when playing MKV" or "VLC just load MKV file all the time". In this article, we aim to work out possible 3 solutions to help you play MKV with VLC Media Player smoothly.
How to Play All Kinds of MKV in VLC Media Player?

Solution 1: Convert MKV to VLC Player more compatible formats - Convenient Way

Since MKV is a container format which may contain multiple video and audio streams. And the video and audio stream can be encoded any of several ways. If the MKV video or audio codec is not VLC Player supported one, VLC Media Player won't play MKV video of this kind. In order to solve "VLC Media Player won't play MKV files and to successfully play any MKV video in VLC Media Player, we had better convert MKV to VLC most supported video format like MP4 for smooth playback instead of downloading a codex bundle.

Here Dimo Video Converter Ultimate is recommended to help you achieve the goal. It is one of the top video converters for Windows 10, 8, 7, etc. With this software in hand, you can convert any videos including MP4, MKV, AVI, VOB, Tivo, MTS, MXF, MOV, MPG, etc. to VLC supported file formats. 

 Moreover, it can help compress 1080p HD, 4K UHD videos for smooth playback on your media player or multimedia devices with minimum quality loss. It is very efficient since it allows you to convert either the whole video or parts of it. You can also crop the video to get your desired results.  you are Mac users, please turn to the equivalent Mac version named Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac to transcode .mkv files to VLC on Mac OS X (Sierra, El Capitan included). If you're stuck in VLC media player, just download it and start the conversion following the tutorial below. 

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How to convert MKV to VLC Media Player

STEP 1. Add MKV video

Start up the MKV to VLC Media Player converter, and then click "Add File" to import all .MKV files.  



STEP 2. Choose VLC's feasible format as output format

Click the "Select Format" menu, select VLC Media Player friendly format as your output video format. There, you can take MP4, AVI or MKV from "Format > Video" as your output video format. If you prefer high definition videos, move your mouse pointer to "Format > HD Video" and then choose HD MP4, HD AVI or HD MKV.

Tip 1: The smart MKV file converter additionally offers some useful edit functions to enhance your video. Click the Edit button to get it.

Tip 2: You can adjust the parameters by clicking "Settings" button, choose the resolution, bitrate, frame rate as you want.



STEP 3. Start converting MKV to VLC Media Player

Click "Start" button to start MKV conversion for playing with VLC Media Player. The conversion process will take a while, and you'll see an encoding progress bar. Once finished, click the Open button in the main interface and you can locate the encoded MKV files effortlessly. And then you are able to add them to your VLC for playback easily without any issues.     

Solution 2. Seek for A VLC Alternative - Fast way

Rather than asking "Does VLC play MKV?", "How can I import MKV to VLC?", "How to stop VLC freezing", why not switch to another media player as so many good players are available out there. Here 8K Player for Win/Mac will definitely worth a shot. As an all-around free media player, it can freely open and play all SD/HD/4K/8K videos and audios in MKV, MP4, AVI, WMV, MOV, MP3, FLAC, etc smoothly! No need to install any codec packs, plug-ins or components. If you need to play Blu-ray or DVD discs, you can free download the 8K Player Blu-ray Power to have a try.

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Solution 3: Install appropriate codec pack - A Universal Solution

There are various free codec packs online which will allow us to decode and play MKV files. The disadvantage of this approach is that you have to download a lot of codecs but if you are only trying to play one type of video file. It is hard to find the right encoder for each MKV video. Another shortcoming is these codecs not always work well as MKV videos always been encoded in several ways.

Other solutions you may need:

 VLC Player No Sound Solution: Solution 1, Unmute your VLC Player; Solution 2, select Tools > Preferences menu to open Preferences dialog, select Audio on the left, and confirm Enable audio is checked. Then Click Output module drop-down button and try a different default.

MKV Skipping Solution: Select Tools > Preferences menu to open Preferences dialog, then select All at the bottom of the dialog, and then select Input/Codecs on the left. On the right of the dialog, in Advanced group, set the value of File caching to 1000.

Choppy Solution: Try to disable hardware decoding. Go to Tools > Preferences menu, select Input/Codecs > Video codecs > FFmpeg. And then set the value of Hardware decoding to Disable in Decoding group.

For users who prefer to stick with VLC and do not want to convert MKV to VLC supported formats or use another MKV Player either, there are left with no choice but to tweak some settings with VLC itself or disable the hardware decoding. But it does not always work out and you may get confused if setting stuff is totally new to you. So tohelp you with can't play MKV in VLC Media Player playback trouble, finding an MKV Player alternative or MKV Converter will be more effective.

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The price of Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Windows is divided into 1 Year Subscription, Lifetime/Family/Business License: $43.95/Year; $45.95/lifetime license; $95.95/family license(2-4 PCs); $189.95/business pack(5-8 PCs). Get your needed one at purchase page.

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DVDmate (Win/Mac)

A professional DVD ripping and editing tool with strong ability to remove DVD protection, transcode DVD to any video and audio format, and edit DVD to create personal movie.

Videomate (Win/Mac)

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Monday, March 13, 2017

How to Play MKV Files on Windows 10

mkv file can hold numbers of video/audio/image or subtitle tracks in one file. MKV works great but it isn't as widely supported as MP4, MOV container. You may have bundles of MKV (4K/HD/SD) video files stored in your media collection, and wonder how you can get those high quality of MKV files to play, edit or share on your Windows 10 effortlessly. Now, I will introduce the best MKV player or converter for Windows 10 with you that can help make full use of your MKV video files in Windows 10. Read on to get it.

Top MKV Player for Windows 10

Before proceeding to any ways to play MKV files on PC (Windows 10), if your player can't even open MKV files - frankly speaking - it's outdated and please phase it out. Luckily, here comes a powerful third-party best free media player - 8K Player which are available to play any video formats without MKV or other codecs installed on Windows PC.

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It is such a perfect video player supporting any HD/SD video formats, H.265, MKV, M2TS, AVCHD, MOD, TOD, MPEG2,VOB, MP4, AVI, WMV, MOV, FLV, WebM, M4V etc. as well as audios MP3, WAV, FLAC and more. It is not only a player but a great video recorder, gif maker, etc.. Bundled no adware, malware and virus, it is no harm to your computer at all.

Top MKV Converter for Windows 10

You must have noticed the increasing amount of MKV files, which is why a free and downright easy MKV converter for Windows 10 is the best choice to bring your trouble to an end by transcoding and taking all MKV files into its basket on Windows 7/8.1/10.

Here, the best MKV converter tool- Dimo Video Converter Ultimate is highly recommended to convert MKV to MP4, AVI, FLV, MPG and any other popular video formats, codecs like XviD, H.265, WMV, H.264, etc. at ultra fast speed and excellent output video quality.

This software exceeds all the others in terms of performance, compatibility, and features. Besides, it can convert MKV and any video file types into a gadget-friendly version can be done easily as well, as there are presets for the iPhone, iPad, iPod, Galaxy Tab, HTC, Sony, Surface, Nokia, VR headests, game consoles, TV, editors and more media devices. The most important is that this software comes with constantly updated, so that it gives you the strong compatibility for Windows 10. Mac version is compatible with macos Sierra. Now download and install the software and follow the guide below to accomplish your task. 

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How to Convert MKV on Windows 10 without Efforts
Step 1: Free download MKV video converter for Windows 10 and then import MKV video by clicking "Add File" button. You can also add more than one MKV video files one by one.



Step 2: Click "Select Format" bar and select "MP4" or "WMV" from the "Format > Video", which are fully compatible with Windows 10. HD MP4 or HD WMV format is also an optimal choice if you would like.

Tips: If you wanna some advanced settings, you can click "Settings" icon to adjust the video,audio parameters bitare, frame rate, sample rate, audio channel, etc. Plus, you can click "Edit" button to do some editing work cropping, trimming, settings effect, adding subtitles.



Step 4: When everything is done, you just need to click the "Start" button to start the conversion under Windows 10. When the converting process ends, you can open output folder to check and play converted MKV videos on your Windows 10 with ease.

About MKV Codec for Windows 10 Media Player

According to the test on Windows 10 Technical Preview, MKV files can be flawlessly played in Windows Media Player, which means that MKV codec for Windows 10 Media Player has already installed so that you don't need to explore a third-party pack. 

Note: Although WMP12 is still available for Windows 10, it is not a system-attached player any more. Therefore, you need to download Windows Media Player on your PC or seek for other MKV players compatible with Windows 10 above to perform MKV playback.

 Free Download or Purchase Dimo Video Converter Ultimate:

          

 

Kindly Note:

The price of Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Windows is divided into 1 Year Subscription, Lifetime/Family/Business License: $43.95/Year; $45.95/lifetime license; $95.95/family license(2-4 PCs); $189.95/business pack(5-8 PCs). Get your needed one at purchase page.

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BDmate (Win/Mac)

Lossless backup Blu-ray to MKV with all audio and subtitle tracks; Rip Blu-ray to multi-track MP4; ConvertBlu-ray to almost all popular video/audio formats and devices; Copy Blu-ray to ISO/M2TS; Share digitized Blu-ray wirelessly.

DVDmate (Win/Mac)

A professional DVD ripping and editing tool with strong ability to remove DVD protection, transcode DVD to any video and audio format, and edit DVD to create personal movie.

Videomate (Win/Mac)

An all-around video converter software program that enables you to convert various video and audio files to formats that are supported by most multimedia devices.

8K Player (Win/Mac)

A mixture of free HD/4K video player, music player, Blu-ray/DVD player, video recorder and gif maker. 

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