So, you found a new media format .mkv files and your Windows player is not opening it and you are confused on how to open .mkv files. You can either try downloading a codec or try these awesome media players to run mkv files on your system.

Following are the softwares which will help you to open .mkv files :

For MAC:

• MPlayer
• VideoLAN VLC media player

For Windows:

• Windows Media Player with Matroska DirectShow playback pack
• Media Player Classic
• Core Media Player with CDL plugin
• VideoLAN VLC media player
• Arpa Kolla Player
• Matroska Splitter
• BS.Player
• NERO Show Time with K-Lite Codec Pack

For Linux:

• VideoLAN VLC media player

For Pocket PC:

• CorePlayer Mobile

We can also try out these free media players for Windows 7 .