MKV

I just began dualbooting Zorin OS (linux distro based on ubuntu) alongside windows 8.1. The only issue I have is that MKV files will not have any picture when they play, only audio. I've tried VLC and smplayer. Does anybody have any ideas on how to fix this? When I play the same file with...

Problem: ------------------ I can't play videos, including ordinary video files and any type of YouTube video. I've so far tried mp4, webm, YouTube and mkv. None of these work. The files won't play in VLC, MPC-HC or Windows Media Player and webm doesn't work in any of these including chrome...

I'm new to everything involving codecs, transcoding, ripping, etc. so please take it easy on me here. Anyways, I purchased a 4Tb HDD, turned it into a NAS, and ripped my entire blu ray collection through MakeMKV onto the HDD. I did this so I could watch uncompressed movies on my home theater...

Hi all. I am maybe going to buy a Samsung UE46C9005, but I'm unsure if I can stream mkv and srt files to it? I got the mkv/srt file on a Synology nas, so I wonder if it will be possible to get the subs from the srt file to show while watching the movie? All my movies are ripped to the nas in a...

So both VLC and MPC are stuttering and failing terribly at playing MKV files. MPC tends to be a smoother experience, but still tends to drop a few frames here and there. This generally happens after I've paused the video, and usually encounter few problems when I don't pause. However, my...

I am trying to play .mkv files which your product information says can be played with powerdvd, I get sound but no picture. What do I need to do?

Some 1080p mkv videos (around 8 gig) won't play on Samsung UA40F6400KXXT. Playback source is Western digital 2TB Passport HDD, plugged in USB. I read that due to FAT32 limitations, files >4 gig can't be played back properly. However, once I copied said files to a NTFS formatted USB stick, still...

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Hi, can anyone explain me what chapters do in mkv file? What is their goal?

So for a few days now my laptop hasn't been working properly. I have a Vaio Duo 13 and I download movies on it from utorrent. I use Kaspersky anti virus thingy to check every time if there's a virus or anything but it always says 0 threats. For example, I downloaded a movie and it was in an...

Hi i usually use ( WinAVI All in one converter ) for converting specially DVD to MKV and i watch movies on smart phone or TV .now questions: 1- when i'm choosing HD MKV format , it has (MPEG4-video -- Z med;:MPEG4-encoder -- Xvid encoder -- H.264/AVC -- MPEG4-Microsoft variant version 3 -- VP8...

I want a good way to convert an MKV to MP4 or WMV or whatever with minimal quality loss. Please help :(

I wanted to watch MKV files from an external hard drive (USB 3.0), and in the same file I added the corresponding subtitles (with the same name), but when I connect the USB device to my samsung LED tv, and I play one of the video files, there are no subtitles and even if I press the subtitles...

I tried to convert an mp4 file to mkv using Super Video Converter; when i hit 'encode file', the programs closes out. any help? thanks

Hi all. I am in need of some help in getting mkv movies to play smoothly on my HTPC. The spec is as follows ; Asrock z68 extreme 4 gen 3 motherboard 120gb ssd (for os and programs only) Intel i3 2100 processor running @ 3.1ghz 4gb ram Windows 7 Ultimate Power DVD 13 All media is from a home...

Hey guys, I recently purchased an extra hardrive and am in the process of turning it into a NAS for my family and I to enjoy. I am interested in ripping all of our blu-rays and storing them on said drive. After some research it appears the easiest way to do it is to use make mkv to put the...

I'm having problem playing a video using several players. I've tried mx player, bs player, dice player etc. and it just can't play the video using h/w decoding. It plays with s/w decoding though but the video stutters and pretty much not watchable already. The file format is .mkv, I've...

downloaded the hobbit 1080p bluray, it opens with vlc media play and works. but was wondering if vlc displays it as it should( in terms of quality) or do i need another program to play 1080p bluray files as they should be played.( its .mkv) Thanks

Can media streamers plays srt files (subtitles) whilst watchin a video thats mp4,avi,mkv etc?

How to Convert a Video to .mkv (Compressed Format) Introduction Compressing video's to .mkv fortmat is commonly used and in this tutorial, an individual will learn exactly how to do that. Step 1 Download Freemake's Free Video Converter. This was featured in one of Tom's articles. Step 2...