By g33k
September 30, 2008

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 .



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