How to Play MKV video with MKV Media Player software

You can find lots of videos in MKV files. How to play MKV videos? MKV is not only a Matroska Multimedia Container, but also an open standard free container format, which can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, pictures, or subtitle tracks in one file. It is intended to serve as a universal format for storing common multimedia content, like movies or TV shows. MKV is similar in concept to other containers like AVI, MP4, or Advanced Systems Format (ASF), but is entirely open in specification, with implementations consisting mostly of open source software.

It was derived from a project called MCF but differentiates from it significantly because it is based on EBML (Extensible Binary Meta Language), a binary derivative of XML. EBML enables the Matroska Development Team to gain significant advantages in terms of future format extensibility, without breaking file support in old parsers. To play MKV video files on your computer, we provide three different ways to help you. There are specific steps to teach you how to play MKV files with these Media Players.

Part 1: How to play MKV video with Ultimate MKV Media Player

Since there are some limitations of MKV video file, or we say that MKV video files can't be played on Windows Media Player, to play MKV video, we should find a third-party program, such as a professional MKV Media Player to support playing the MKV file. AnyMP4 Blu-ray Player, is also the best MKV Media Player software, integrating the function of playing MKV video in unparalleled video and image quality, which brings you a lot of home entertainment. Most importantly, it can help you enjoy FLV or MKV video files on Windows or Mac. The guidance below will tell the way of how to play MKV video with MKV Media Player software.

Step 1: Free download and launch the program

Enter the official website of AnyMP4 and find AnyMP4 MKV Media Player. Here you can free download AnyMP4 MKV Media Player software, and install it on your computer, and then launch the program to open then main interface. If you are using Mac, you can download and install the Mac version to use.

Step 2: Open the MKV video on the program

You have two options to import the MKV video file to the software. Firstly, to add video to the program, you need to click "Open File" button with a plus icon in the main interface and select the MKV video from local disk to open the MKV video on the program. And then the program would play the MKV video automatically. Secondly, on the top of the interface, there are 5 columns. By clicking the first one, "File", you can locate your MKV file and open it on the program. Likewise, the MKV file will be played by itself. Under the "Open File" button, the "Open Disc" icon allows you to open local discs and play them on this software.

Step 3: Adjust the screen size

Apart from the function of playing MKV video files, the AnyMP4 MKV Media Player can also adjust some parameters of the audio and video files. In the audio file part, the audio track, the audio channel and the audio device can be customized according to your willingness. For video files, it is feasible to adjust the screen size, as well as the video track, subtitle track and deinterlace. If you want to change the size of screen, there are five size modes for you to choose: Half Size, Normal Size, Double Size, Fit to Screen and Full Screen. You can choose the one according to yourself.

Step 4: Capture the favorite image

Some people like to save some marvelous images of the video. And they are always not satisfied with a third-party screenshot program. Luckily, AnyMP4 MKV Media Player provides you the "Snapshot" function to help you capture the favorite image from the MKV video, and then you can save them as JPEG, PNG, or BMP picture on your local disk.

Part 2: Play MKV video files with VLC Media Player

If you have trouble in playing MKV video files with AnyMP4 MKV Media Player, there is another option to help you play MKV video files on Windows or Mac.

As one of the most widely used MKV media players, VLC Media Player owns some outstanding advantages. If you want to explore its function, just download it and make use of it fully. The following part is the specific steps of how to play MKV video files with VLC Media Player.

Step 1: Download the VLC Media Player and install it on your computer, and then launch it.

Step 2: There are some buttons on the top column. Click "Video" and then locate the MKV video file you want to play.

Step 3: Here's another way to add MKV files into the software. Find your MKV file and right click it. Choose to open it with VLC Media Player.

Part 3: Try to play MKV files with Windows Media Player

Actually, Windows Media Player is very useful in computers. If someone wants to play MKV with Windows Media players instead of the help of third-party media players, you can refer to the following part. To play MKV video files on the Windows Media Player, you need to download codecs to help play MKV files. Here I want to introduce one of the most useful codecs to you – Combined Community Codec Pack (CCCP).

Step 1: First, download this codec from the Internet, and install it on your computer under the guidance of its instruction.

Step 2: Then, you had better give your computer a reboot, since your computer needs to adapt the presence of the codec.

Step 3: After the rebooting of your computer, open the Windows Media Player on your computer. Locate and Add the MKV video file on the Windows Media Player. And you can enjoy your MKV file at ease.

Part 4: FAQs of playing MKV with MKV media player software

Conclusion:

There are various of methods to play MKV video files on your computer or Mac. You are free to choose the help of a third-party software or the installation of codec. Either way will enable you to play MKV files successfully.