6 Best Free MKV Players for Windows to Play MKV Files on PC for Free

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6 Best Free MKV Players for Windows to Play MKV
Files on PC for Free

• From http//www.leawo.org/tutorial/top-6-best-and
  -free-mkv-players.html

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• "How to play MKV files on PC? I have downloaded
  some HD movies with .mkv extension. But my player
  couldnt play MKV files on PC (Windows 8). I have
  tried several different media players but failed.
  Anyone to tell me how to play MKV files on PC and
  is there any free MKV player Windows 8 to use?"
  Many movie fans may have the same question.
• As an open standard free container format, MKV,
  the Matroska Multimedia Container, can hold an
  unlimited number of video, audio, picture, and
  subtitle tracks in one file. Many people may have
  downloaded quite a large amount of MKV videos and
  want to play MKV files on PC or Mac computer.
  Some of them might find that they cant play MKV
  files on PC or Mac since the media players say
  "Unrecognized format". Some veteran are expert to
  know that they should be better to download
  3rd-party free MKV player software to play MKV
  files on PC, since the default media player
  software of both Windows and Mac OS couldnt
  recognize MKV format. With so many MKV players
  available online for you to choose from, this
  page helps you to filter 6 top free MKV players
  for you to play MKV video files on Windows
  easily.
• Part 1 What is MKV Format
• Part 2 6 Best Free MKV Players to Play MKV Files
  on PC
• Part 3 Best Free MKV Player Software Comparison
• Part 4 How to Play MKV Files on PC Video Tutorial

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Part 1 What is MKV Format

• MKV is a file extension of Matroska file for
  storing video (with subtitles and audio). It is
  similar in concept to other containers like AVI,
  MP4, or Advanced Systems Format (ASF), but is
  entirely open in specification, with
  implementations consisting mostly of open source
  software. As multimedia container format, MKV was
  developed with the intention to serve as a
  universal format for storing common multimedia
  content like movies or TV shows. MKV can hold
  unlimited number of audio, video, or subtitle
  files into a single file even if these files
  adopt a different type of encoding. For instance,
  you could have a MKV file using H.264 for video
  and something like MP3 or AAC for audio.

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• MKV container files have several advanced key
  features, including fast seeking, chapter, menu,
  and metadata support, different selectable audio
  and video streams, online streaming
  compatibility, subtitle (hard-coded and
  soft-coded) support, and error recovery (allows
  for playback of corrupted files). The container
  itself also supports almost any audio and video
  format, which makes it highly adaptive and easy
  to use.
• Since MKV has no industry standard, not all media
  players could play MKV files yet. To play MKV
  files on PC or Mac computer, there are 2 major
  solutions adopt 3rd-party MKV compatible MKV
  player software to play MKV files, or download
  related codec pack/plugin for certain media
  players to let it recognize MKV files for playing
  MKV files.
• The below content would show you 6 best free MKV
  player software to play MKV files on PC and Mac
  computer. You could freelys elect one of them
  according to personal preferrence.

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Part 2 6 Best Free MKV Player Software to Play
MKV Files

• No. 1 Best Free MKV Player Leawo Free Blu-ray
  Player

• Leawo Free MKV Player, officially namely Leawo
  Blu-ray Player, is all-inclusive media player
  software to play back Blu-ray/DVD disc, audio,
  common videos and up to 1080P HD videos smoothly
  on Windows 8, including your MKV video files,
  with no extra codecs to install on your PC or
  laptop. It is a totally free MKV video player
  that could play back not only MKV videos, but
  also other common videos, up to 1080P HD videos
  and audios in various formats for totally free.
  It delivers 1080P HD frame of video images and
  supports to play back advanced audios like Dolby,
  DTS, AAC, TrueHD, DTS-HD, etc. Meanwhile, as
  professional Blu-ray/DVD media player software,
  Leawo Blu-ray Player could play back all kinds of
  Blu-ray and DVD discs from various countries and
  regions on Windows 8. For better user experience,
  it provides detailed navigation and full playback
  control and allows people to adjust subtitles,
  audio tracks and videos during playback,
  customize background picture and switch program
  skins, support multi-languages and multiple
  screen displays, etc. This free video player also
  comes with various other custom features like the
  program skin, background, battery manager, etc.
• This free MKV player could work as free MKV
  player for Windows 8/8.1/7/10, and also free MKV
  player for Mac OS 10.6 and later.

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No. 2 Best Free MKV Player VLC Media Player

• As VLC announced on its official site, VLC Media
  Player (short for VLC) is a free and open source
  media player and multimedia framework written by
  the VideoLAN project. VLC is a portable
  multimedia player, encoder, and streamer
  supporting many audio and video codecs and file
  formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various
  streaming protocols. It is able to stream over
  networks and to transcode multimedia files and
  save them into various formats. VLC used to stand
  for VideoLAN Client, but since VLC is no longer
  simply a client, that initialize no longer
  applies. It is one of the most platform-independen
  t media players available, with versions for
  Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, GNU, Linux, BeOS,
  and BSD.
• VLC is popular for its ability to play the video
  content of incomplete, unfinished, or damaged
  video downloads before the files have been fully
  downloaded (e.g. files still downloading via
  BitTorrent, eMule, or Gnutella). It also plays
  m2t MPEG transport streams (.TS) files while they
  are still being digitized from an HDV camera via
  a FireWire cable, making it possible to monitor
  the video as it is being played. This is because
  it is a packet-based player.
• The player also has the ability to use libcdio to
  access .iso files so that the user can play files
  on a disk image, even if the users operating
  system does not have the capability of working
  directly with .iso images.

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No. 3 Best Free MKV Player KMPlayer

• KMPlayer is a lightweight audio and video player
  for Windows that supports a wide range of
  different file formats, including AVI, ASF, WMV,
  AVS, FLV, MKV, and many more.
• KMPlayer has a small desktop footprint and its
  minimalist interface makes video playback quick
  and hassle-free. The players interface is fully
  skinable, and there are some nice aesthetic
  touches, such as the changing of colour on the
  player with every new track.
• There are all sorts of options to help you pimp
  and customize KMPlayer, such as visualizations,
  plug-ins and playback options. But the beauty of
  KMPlayer is that these are turned on at your
  request rather than being forced upon you at the
  outset.

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No.4 Best Free MKV Player FreeSmith Video Player

• FreeSmith Video Player, also known as MKV Video
  Player, is a 100 free MKV Player. This MKV video
  player can play most popular videos such as (SD)
  video formats (including AVI, MPEG, WMV, DivX,
  MP4, XviD, 3GP, FLV) and high-definition (HD)
  formats (like MPEG2-TS, AVCHD, MKV, etc).
  FreeSmith Video Player also empowers you enjoy
  audio files such as MP3 freely.
• The MKV Video Player an all-in-one media player
  to play videos, music, online videos and even
  DVD, blu-ray disc movies free for everyone. More
  importantly, newbie can use this free MKV Video
  Player at ease. With this free mkv player, you
  can input your favorite videos, edit and save
  them freely. All basic functions like play,
  pause, seek, full screen, skin, settings are
  available. Just download this Free MKV Video
  Player to start enjoy your favorite music or DVD
  movies!

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No.5 Best Free MKV Player DAPlayer

• Now renamed to 5KPlayer, DAPlayer is a sleek,
  powerful free video player that works with
  hundreds of formats, including high definition
  video. Whats DAPlayers secret? A simple one it
  comes with more than 400 audio and video codecs
  already built into the player, so that you can
  play virtually any kind of video on your computer
  without the hassle of having to look for and
  download missing codecs.
• Apart from video files in your hard drive,
  DAPlayer also works with DVDs and Blu-rays.
  Thanks to the support for high definition video
  (AVCHD, MKV, H264 and more) DAPlayer lets you
  enjoy your favorite movies and TV shows in
  glorious full HD 1080p. Whats more, the program
  also works with audio files, so you can also use
  it as a music player as well!
• DAPlayer features an elegant design with hidden
  menus on top of the window. The player offers a
  wide selection of configuration options for
  video, audio, subtitles and more. Too bad the
  skin is so dark that sometimes it makes menu
  browsing a bit difficult.

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No.6 Best Free MKV Player SMPlayer

• SMPlayer uses the MPlayer engine, which the
  developers claim can play almost all video
  formats. In reality, this is not always the case.
  What you may find is that if youre trying to
  play a WMV file protected by DRM for example, you
  will see snippets of the film but not the whole
  thing.
• However, SMPlayer has many other great features
  that make it an interesting proposition. One of
  the most useful is the way it remembers most of
  the settings of files that you play a bit like a
  DVD Player. If you turn off a film because youre
  a bit tired, when you open it later in SMPlayer,
  it will start from exactly the same point where
  you left it with all the original settings
  including subtitles and audio.
• Another area where SMPlayer excels is in
  subtitles. SMPlayer allows you to choose
  subtitles in a variety of formats allowing you to
  choose the font, size, and even colors.

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Part 3 Best Free MKV Player Software Comparison
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Part 4 How to Play MKV Files on PC/Mac

• The below is a video tutorial on how to play MKV
  files on PC with Leawos free MKV player
  Windows8/8.1/7/10.

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  mkv-players.html
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