If you are running Windows 8.1 and have a collection of videos in the MKV format, then you are most likely using desktop software like VLC, or a third-party Store app to watch them. You are forced to, ...

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 ...

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 ...

I wasn't sure which forum to put this question in, and if this is the wrong one, then I apologize in advance. I've been using Handbrake to convert my dvds first to avi files, and now with the release ...

Is there any way to play mkv files in a way that doesn't suck? If I use VLC, it's unstable and slow whenever I try to jump around in the file. Jump 3 times and most of the time VLC will crash, ...

At long last, the Windows 8 Metro environment has a decent media player that can play MKV files: VLC for Windows 8! VLC Media Player Beta for Windows 8 is a complete reimagining of VLC for Microsoft's ...

With Windows 10, Microsoft has made some big changes in the way the operating system deals with your media files. Here are four reasons to cheer, and one to boo. Windows 10 is finally here, and with ...