Converting an mkv file

Postby **CrystalChalice** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:44 pm

I tried to watch a mkv file on my laptop; the audio was fine, but the video got affected somehow. Is there a way to convert a mkv file so that it can play in the DivX player?

Postby **ShiroiHikari** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:45 pm

Did the file get corrupted? Or maybe you don't have the proper codecs installed?

Postby **CrystalChalice** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:03 pm

Technically, it's not corrupted. But now I just realized that my other videos were converted to DivX beforehand.

Postby **MxCake** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:19 pm

if you google mkv to wmv or divx or somthin there are some free converters that can convert it.

Postby **Midori** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:55 pm

That's kinda sad because the video in mkv files are usually in a format that is way superior to xvid/divx.

Anyway, if you can't figure out a way to convert it, but you can make a link to it somehow, I might be able to convert it for you.

Postby **ShiroiHikari** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:59 pm

Or you could download Media Player Classic and the Combined Community Codec Pack and see if that would work? It might be quicker and more painless than trying to convert the video file.

[SIZE="1"]but that's just my opinion[/SIZE]

Postby **Warrior4Christ** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:52 am

What is an mkv? I don't think I've ever encountered one.

SUPER is a video format converter that works with almost anything, and it's free. So it might do what you want.
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
The page looks a bit old and spammy, but it's a pretty decent jack-of-all-trades converter (I've tried it).
And don't click download on the ads - click download at the bottom.

Postby **armeck** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:13 pm

awwww w4c beat me. yeah SUPER is friggin 1337! if you have virus protection it may claim there is a virus in the program but there isn't it's just because it has a lot of plugins that convert a heck of a lot of stuff and windows doesn't recognize all of them. this program even converts blue ray files! it wont run on a netbook because of the window size.

Postby **blkmage** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:41 pm

MKVs are only containers that wrap around other content. If there's no video, then chances are you're missing the codec required to play it. If it's anime, most groups encode using softsubbed H.264 wrapped in MKVs nowadays. Usually, getting the Combined Community Codec Pack will have everything you need.

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:46 pm

I think vlc plays mkv files now.

Videolan.org. Probably one of the best and most versatile video players out there. I highly recommend it.

Postby **Arya Raiin** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:51 pm

Mr. SmartyPants (post: 1452799) wrote:I think vlc plays mkv files now.

Videolan.org. Probably one of the best and most versatile video players out there. I highly recommend it.

I second that! If it doesn't play on VLC then it might be corrupt. :/ Grr, I hate it when that happens too.

Postby **Radical Dreamer** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:15 pm

Thirding the VLC suggestion. VLC plays pretty much every video file type I have ever encountered, .mkv included (I actually downloaded it three or four years ago in order to watch an .mkv file). It's awesome, and a whole lot easier than converting unfamiliar files. XD

Postby **Slater** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:19 am

I ran into issues playing MKVs in Winamp. Sure enough, VLC fixed it for me.

For such a simple-looking app, VLC is particularly powerful for these things. Highly recommend it; you'll either need it today or tomorrow!

Postby **armeck** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:38 pm

i've watech mkv's in VLC

Converting an mkv file

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