How to play .mkv files | Best of all media Players for classic mkv file formats

MKV is basically a file format. Many people want to know-“how to play MKV files”? And the MKV file players which are capable of playing these file formats. This is an amazing question as it is very easy to play mkv files. Lets first understand MKV files and the extension. MKV stands for Matroska file format for Video (along with audio and pictures). Matroska is a kind of container like MOV and AVI which helps to store several file streams ( video, audio and also the subtitles). MKV file format has been created to be used globally. Most of the TV shows and other important videos are being stored in this format. Technology is changing its face every second. Many file formats came into existence and gone with time as they couldn’t met the requirements and didn’t proved to be that much reliable. But MKV files are still the best open source file format for the storage of digital videos. This is enough for the introduction of MKV file format, now we will learn exactly the way to play mkv files.

I have found best five multimedia players for windows which can play MKV files for you. How to play MKV files will no more be a question for you. These players can play both .MKV (video) and .MKA (audio) file formats. Here is the list of Top five MKV files Player

• VLC media player
• BS Player
• SM Player
• Fantasy DVD Player
• Media Player Classic

You will be surprised to know that you can also play MKV files on your play station (PS3). But as you can see we have selected the top five players which can play MKV file format. And out of these we will choose VLC as our role model.

1. First of all free download VLC media player from internet and install it on you machine.

2. Open VLC media player

3. Click on media

4. Now select open file

5. Then simply browse your MKV file or MKV files to be played on you system and click open.

Now in no time, you can see your MKV files playing on you system with VLV media player. Take the help of pictures below to follow the instructions.

Now, I will show you- “How to set your all MKV files on your system to be played with vlc media player” just by double clicking on them.

Just follow the steps below.

1. Browse any MKV file on your computer.

2. Right click on it

3. click open with

4. Now choose VLC media player from programs and

5. Check the box below against which it is written “ always use the selected program to open this kind of file” with your mouse.

6. Now click on OK.

Now, all jobs are done. You have set all your MKV files to be open with VLC player automatically, whenever you will double click on any of the MKV file on you system.

You can take the help of the picture to learn to to set to play MKV files formats with mkv file player “VLC”. You can click on the pictures on your right side to see them in their full size.

Generally all MKV files are played on VLC but sometimes you may find a problem due to the requirement of the real codex for some files. Now either you can download and install real codex for vlc media player or you can play those files on Real Player or RealAlternative . VLC is the best media player to play almost all kind of files including MKV file type. Below, you can see the types of files which can be played with VLC media player.

• Zoomplayer
• TCPMP
• MPlayer
• Arpa Kolla Player
• The Core Media Player
• Window Media Player withMatroska Direct Show Playback Pack.
• Nero show Time with K-Lite Code Pack
• Avidemux
• ALShow free Media Player

Humm.. so you have learnt the way to play your files with the .MKV extension. So, lets have a party the next time you play your favorite music, TV show or a movie. Now you are the master. You can teach your buddies as how to play MKV files if they are finding some problems. You can also tell them about the number of MKV file players available to play all audio and video files with MKV files format. If you like or find this hub helpful then please don’t forget to vote up, and share with others. I will be glad to see your valuable feedback in the comment section below.