I recently recieved some mkv files from a friend and tried to play them using windows media player classic (the newest version) and it wouldnt play. So i downloaded the matroska full pack from their ...

The world of video formats can be pretty confusing, but there are only a few things you really need to know. First, it's important to note that a video format is more than just its file extension.

The word Codec is an acronym of the words compressor and decompressor. Codecs are a program that compresses a video and later helps to decode it. So if you receive an ...

Like the title says, do you give up anything by using the M4V container versus an MKV? I am going for a "universal" conversion for DVD movies. The Handbrake conversion I use is basically: High Profile ...

I’m a pretty big fan of Windows Media Center. In fact, it’s at the heart of my home theater system. Just one wrinkle: I can’t play MKV files from within the WMC interface. In case you’re not familiar ...