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Hi,

simple rule: If it plays in Windows Media Player (WMP) it should also play in MP. So you can test with WMP.
VLC and MPlayer are using own internal codecs. So you have to install codecs to get it run in WMP/MP.

MKVs play fine on my machine. It depends on the used codec within the MKV. It could be XviD, DivX, h.264, etc. First of all try installing the Haali Media Splitter: Haali Media Splitter

If it still does not play, you should take a look at ffdshow:
ffdshow tryouts | The Official Website

With this codec I had never problems to playback a video in WMP/MP.

The lack of information for those MKVs is really strange. Did you try to make a IMDB lookup within MP?

HTH,
Flip.

<blockquote data-quote="FlipGer" data-source="post: 293012" data-attributes="member: 10293">Hi,simple rule: If it plays in Windows Media Player (WMP) it should also play in MP. So you can test with WMP.VLC and MPlayer are using own internal codecs. So you have to install codecs to get it run in WMP/MP.MKVs play fine on my machine. It depends on the used codec within the MKV. It could be XviD, DivX, h.264, etc. First of all try installing the Haali Media Splitter: <a href="http://haali.cs.msu.ru/mkv/" target="_blank">Haali Media Splitter</a>If it still does not play, you should take a look at ffdshow:<a href="http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">ffdshow tryouts | The Official Website</a>With this codec I had never problems to playback a video in WMP/MP.The lack of information for those MKVs is really strange. Did you try to make a IMDB lookup within MP?HTH,Flip.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FlipGer, post: 293012, member: 10293"] Hi, simple rule: If it plays in Windows Media Player (WMP) it should also play in MP. So you can test with WMP. VLC and MPlayer are using own internal codecs. So you have to install codecs to get it run in WMP/MP. MKVs play fine on my machine. It depends on the used codec within the MKV. It could be XviD, DivX, h.264, etc. First of all try installing the Haali Media Splitter: [url=http://haali.cs.msu.ru/mkv/]Haali Media Splitter[/url] If it still does not play, you should take a look at ffdshow: [url=http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/]ffdshow tryouts | The Official Website[/url] With this codec I had never problems to playback a video in WMP/MP. The lack of information for those MKVs is really strange. Did you try to make a IMDB lookup within MP? HTH, Flip. [/QUOTE]