dl'd this movie off of suprnov....its a .MKV file? how do I view it? I tried renaming it and changing it to a mpeg or avi file but doesnt work.
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dl'd this movie off of suprnov....its a .MKV file? how do I view it? I tried renaming it and changing it to a mpeg or avi file but doesnt work.
According to Filext.com, .MKV is: Matroska Video Stream, and the official site is Matroska.org. ;)
you can convert it with virtualdabmod
here
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/tools?tool=332#comments
codec and player here
http://matroska.org/
what is it with this converting business...just get the codec....
okay...went to the site...what is the codec called? do i need to download one of the players listed there? sooo much hassle to play a movie...why encode it this way?
BUNK.
http://dl.matroska.org/counter/download.php?id=1
MKV files are generally used because they allow multiple audios (ie diff languages) , subtitles (different subtitle language), and chaptering info (Ability to jump to different areas of video). But they arent always used.
try total video converter