Despite the foreign-sounding name, Matroska files are anything but rare. The multimedia container format — known more commonly as MKV — is an open standard, one entirely free for independent and ...

An abbreviation of Matroska Video, MKV is a digital video file format that supports various types of audio and video codecs. The multimedia container is also commonly used by the anime fan-subbing ...

We sometimes get our hands on files on formats not supported by our own devices. It's annoying that we can't watch the TV series or anime that you've just downloaded just because they're on the wrong ...

We’ve tested it for quite some time, and can say for certain that it works as intended. Folks like us do not need to be extracting meta information from video files, but for those who do, well, this ...

I’m a pretty big fan of Windows Media Center. In fact, it’s at the heart of my home theater system. Just one wrinkle: I can’t play MKV files from within the WMC interface. In case you’re not familiar ...

We outline three simple methods for converting MKVs into the easier-to-play MP4 format, and help you decide which is best for you. MKV is an open-source container format that’s useful for storing ...

I'm going crazy trying to find a way to convert a .mkv file with H264/AAC to an .mp4 file with the same content (so QT can play it natively). VLC's transcoding doesn't work, ffmpeg doesn't seem to be ...