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.mkv?

Postby pink_hedgehog » Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:15 pm

I recently got some anime from... elsewhere <.< >.> but its a .mkv file. I dont have any programs that will open this file. (divx/wmp/quicktime) does anyone know of a program that will play this type of file?
(If no one knows or the question is somehow in violation of the forum rules.. just lock it.)
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Postby Deathscythe_Animated » Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:50 pm

Well this hasnt been locked so I'll let you know. This is a Matroska file, which is a container like .avi, at least, that is how it was explained to me. You can find information and I believe some relevant codecs here... http://www.matroska.org/ .
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Postby pink_hedgehog » Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:58 pm

SWEET! thank you! :mrgreen: my divx plays .avis but I guess its not close enough, just the idea of the file is similar. I hope one the codecs work!
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Postby Ladymercury » Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:33 pm

mkv is a container file, like .AVI, but structured like a DVD (from what I can tell when I had to extract one). You need the Matroska pack in order to play mkv file... so it will work.
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Postby [.potemkin.] » Fri Apr 07, 2006 10:44 am

well, mostly of the time, matroska files has different video and audio options, like changing subtitles and the translation of the anime/movie....you can play it with Windows Media Player, DivX, Real Player, VCL and Quick Time :D , but first you'll need the codecs for it....i have them <.< >.>
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Postby O-Kagachi » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:14 pm

Matroska? My god man.... are you telling me that you guys have never heard of the CCCP multimedia codec? *Shakes head in disbelief*

Download it, it contains most of the required codecs for many common media types, including the matroska codecs required for sound, subtitles, and video.

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And while you're at it, download media player classic. It's a fairly simple media player, with no bells and whistles or anything, but it plays a wide array of media types and is VERY easy to use. Plus, it doesn't really need to be updated every freakin month or so.

The media player should be easy to find, but I'm not going to post any links because I don't know if the mods would find anything that goes against the rules on the posted site. The cccp page however, only contains the codec.
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Postby Zero1 » Sat Apr 08, 2006 8:03 pm

Good post, but a couple of things.

CCCP is not a codec, or a codec pack (it's called codec pack because it fits the CCCP acronym). In reality it only installs FFDShow which handles video decoding, and Haali's media splitter which enables players to understand the MKV and MP4 format.

Also media player classic is included in the CCCP installation, as well as a choice of BSPlayer (mpc is much more preferred though)
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Postby O-Kagachi » Sat Apr 08, 2006 8:08 pm

I'm stupid, don't blame me. Oh wait.. do blame me...


Btw, your Garrod Ran (Sp?) avatar totally kicks ass.
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Postby Joe88 » Sun Apr 09, 2006 2:30 am

vlc should be able to open it right up.
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Postby pink_hedgehog » Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:09 pm

Zero1 wrote:Good post, but a couple of things.

CCCP is not a codec, or a codec pack (it's called codec pack because it fits the CCCP acronym). In reality it only installs FFDShow which handles video decoding, and Haali's media splitter which enables players to understand the MKV and MP4 format.

Also media player classic is included in the CCCP installation, as well as a choice of BSPlayer (mpc is much more preferred though)
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Postby Zero1 » Sun Apr 09, 2006 6:04 pm

O-Kagachi wrote:I'm stupid, don't blame me. Oh wait.. do blame me...


Btw, your Garrod Ran (Sp?) avatar totally kicks ass.

Thank you :)
Not many people know his name, let alone the series he is from. I hope to help change that soon :D

Anyhow, it doesn't really matter who is to blame as such, you got the general idea that CCCP will solve many hassles with no hassle just fine (hey, that could be a slogan).

For what it's worth, I'm kind of unofficial CCCP staff. Basically I went there one day to give them a heads up about a new feature in libavcodec (one of the files FFDShow uses), they gave me half op status and we got discussing H.264 from this thread which raised some interest because of my long posts :p (there were 23+ pages and ~30,000 views before it was lost at the beginning of 2006 due to hackers)

I tend to idle around in their channel and help people when I can. Mostly I help out with MP4/H.264/AAC related things since a lot of the staff are MKV fans, and thus lack experience with MP4.

I think the level of support they provide is great considering they aren't doing it for any reward, other than helping people watch anime.
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Postby Joe88 » Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:15 pm

Well a nice converter for MKV/OGM to AVI is jMEnc2.
It was orginally started as that converter but evolved to a MP4 also , as well as a PMP converter.
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