For those who are trying to play the rarer MKV video file type, it is incredibly difficult to find a player that can get the job done right. A good MKV video player for Mac/Windows is specially dedicated to providing the best quality for users that want to execute their MKV files. Once if you have a versatile MKV player for Mac/Windows, you can play MKV files freely. So let's check all the MKV players below. The best Video Converter for Mac/Windows is also included.
Part I: The Best MKV Player for Mac/Windows – Convert MKV to any Playable Format
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Top 3 GIF Player for Mac OX S (macOS High Sierra included) If you are a Mac user, how can you play or view GIF file? Different with Windows, it is convenient for GIF playback on Mac OS as Mac has Mac Blu-ray Player, QuickTime Player and Preview. These 3 GIF player can help you view GIF image with ease. Mac Media Player works as free MKV player software MKV is a popular media format currently and Macgo Free Mac Media Player can be used as a free MKV player. As a handy app with beautiful interface and layout, Free Mac Media Player can provide fantastic MKV.
Due to the format incompatibility issue, you probably can't play MKV files in your own media player on Mac or Windows computer. But you can use your own player to play MKV file once if MKV file is converted to a compatible format for your player. Thus you need a MKV converter software program to resolve all MKV incompatibility issues. Video Converter for Mac and Video Converter for Windows are the two versions of the best MKV video converter, which can easily convert MKV video files to any video formats playable on your media player.
Go through the tutorials of converting MKV file with Video Converter for Mac as below. As for Windows users, get to know how to convert MKV in Windows 8.1/8/7/XP/Vista here.
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- Step 1. Drag MKV files into the application directly.
- Step 2. Choose a video format which is compatible with your media player as the output format. Just like MP4, FLV, WMV, MOV, AVI, MP3, MPEG, etc.Note: You can play your MKV file with a built-in player by clicking the 'eye' icon in this program.
- Step 3. Specify an output folder and press 'Convert' to start conversion.Note: Before converting, you can edit it by trimming and cropping.
After the conversion, you can play the converted MKV video file on any player as you like.
Part II: Other MKV Players for Mac/Windows
VLC Media Player for Mac and Windows
VLC media play also includes Mac and Windows version. It supports a broad range of video formats like MKV, WMV, MOV, M4K, FLV, AVI, MTS, M2TS, VOB and more. If you have trouble in playing your MKV files on Mac or Windows computer, turn to VLC for help. But to be mentioned, it only supports 64-bit system.
QuickTime (+ Perian)
Actually, QuickTime Player 7 can play MKV files very well, without having any plug-in installed. It also has two versions for Mac and Windows users. However, if you want to use this in Windows, I'm afraid you have to install lots of dependent components such as Perian to your Windows computer. So, you'd better use Video Converter mentioned above.
Considering all the information of these MKV players for Mac and Windows, Video Converter for Mac and Video Converter are much more preferred since it guarantees that you can 100% play MKV file on any media player, as long as you convert MKV videos to the formats the player support.
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Download MakeMKV beta
MakeMKV for Windows and Mac OS X is available for download below. MakeMKV for Linuxis available on the forum page.- Requires Windows XP or later, x86 or x64.
- Requires x64 Mac OS X 10.6 or later.
NOTE: MakeMKV is not signed by Apple, you might need to adjust gatekeeper options in order to install the program. - Files integrity may be checked using hash file
Revision history
- Some small miscellaneous improvements
- Added support for AACS v70 (for those poor souls without LibreDrive)
- Many small improvements, program should work a bit faster now
- Added support for AACS v68
- Many small miscellaneous improvements
- Support for BDAV AVCREC discs
- Improved handling for DVD discs with mastering errors
- Some small miscellaneous improvements
- Bug fixes for 1.14.0 regressions:
- On DVD discs some titles could fail to open, sometimes even crashing the program
- Opening most 3D blu-ray discs could fail in both backup and MKV mode
- Bug fixes:
- Program failed on interlaced h.264 video streams with exotic encoding
- Bug fixes:
- MakeMKV could crash during non-decrypted full disc backup
- Some discs caused extensive reads and very slow operation at the start of MKV file creation
- Added support for AACS v66
- MakeMKV now extracts closed captions and saves them as text subtitles
- New video processing engine, MakeMKV should be much more tolerant for MPEG files with errors (BDAV)
- libmmbd: Added compatibility for latest libaacs API (Kodi no longer crashes)
- Small miscellaneous improvements
- Bug fixes for 1.12.3 regressions:
- With some discs MKV creation failed with DBG_ASSERT or DEBUG_CODE 45045000
- With 3D blu-ray invalid hashcheck errors were produced
- Audio transcoding could fail with newer ffmpeg versions
- Bug fixes:
- MKV creation failed for BDAV discs authored in a certain way
- Transcoding to AC3 displayed incorrectly with custom conversion profiles
- MakeMKV GUI could crash on exit
- MakeMKV could hang at the very end of MKV file creation in some rare cases
- Linux: Fixed compilation errors with ffmpeg 4
- Expert mode features:
- Default output file name can be customized using template
- VC1 video can be saved as raw elementary stream, without FOURCC AVI encapsulation
- Obsolete features:
- Removed UPNP streaming (Use VLC or Kodi with libmmbd instead)
- Linux: Removed mmdtsdec/libdcadec (Use latest ffmpeg instead)
- Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
- Improved handling for Japanese BDAV discs
- Many small miscellaneous improvements
- Added support for AACS v65
- Improved handling for DVD and BDAV discs with mastering errors
- Added support for DTS LBR (XSA) decoding
- Bug fixes:
- Hashed keys could be skipped randomly
- Linux: Fixed compilation issues with newer openssl and ffmpeg libraries
- Windows: Fixed broken dialogs on Windows XP
- Various stability fixes
- Internal bug fixes mostly for UHD issues
- Added support for AACS v64
- Many bug fixes affecting stability
- Improved handling for DVD discs with mastering errors
- Many small miscellaneous improvements
- Added support for (non-encrypted) UHD discs
- Added support for HEVC in MKV files
- Improved support for discs with BD-Java protection
- Many small miscellaneous improvements
- Bug fixes:
- Restored compatibility with OS X 10.6
- Improved support for discs with BD-Java protection
- Updated BD+ engine
- OS X: Fixed incompatibility with High Sierra
- Small miscellaneous improvements
- Added support for AACS v63
- Updated BD+ engine
- Small miscellaneous improvements
- Bug fixes:
- Program could hang with ASSERT on certain multi-segment titles
- Improved handling for DVD discs with mastering errors
- Better track AV sync management, especially for badly mastered discs
- Small miscellaneous improvements
- Bug fixes:
- Program could crash randomly at the end of conversion
- Opening HD-DVD disc with AC3/E-AC3 audio caused program to hang
- Support for some BDAV discs was accidentally broken in 1.10.3
- Fixed various build issues for OSS code
- Bug fixes:
- Program produced damaged MKV files if source was a 3D Blu-ray disc
- Fixed various compilation issues for OSS code
- Added support for DVD disc with broken VTS IFO files (used as structure protection)
- Improved support for BD-Java discs
- Updated BD+ engine
- Small miscellaneous improvements
- Bug fixes:
- 'Auto' destination path was calculated incorrectly in 1.10.2
- Added support for AACS v62
- Improved support for BD-Java discs
- Small user interface improvements
- Bug fixes:
- The 3D left/right MVC view information was not preserved correctly when creating 3D MKV file
- Improved support for BD-Java discs. Still works reliably only when opening the original disc or encrypted backup (not a decrypted backup).
- Added support for DD+ dependent streams, previously DD+ 7.1 extension streams were incorrectly identified as independent 4.0 audio
- MakeMKV now saves additional metadata information when making a full-disc backup, to preserve all BD-Java related info
- Bug fixes:
- Mac OS X: Program could hang in 'Please install Java' dialog, even if Java was installed
- Added support for AACS v61
- Initial support for BD-Java discs. For now mostly old titles are supported, and only when opening the original disc (not a backup).
- Further improved handling for BDAV discs with mastering errors
- Bug fixes:
- When making a full-disc backup, MakeMKV could incorrectly skip some BD-J related files, preventing future BD-J emulation from the produced backup.
System Requirements
- Supported OS
- Windows XP or later
- Mac OS X 10.6 and later
- Linux x86 or amd64
- 512 MB of RAM, 1 GB recommended. MakeMKV will run on computers with low memory amountbut conversion speed will be very slow.
- 10 MB of hard drive space for program files.
- Adequate hard drive space for converted content. Typical DVD movie takes 6 GB onhard drive. Typical Blu-ray movie takes 30 GB.
Beta version restrictions
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- Program is time-limited -- it will stop functioning after 60 days. You can alwaysdownload the latest version from makemkv.com that will reset the expiration date.
- HD-DVD support is limited - some discs may fail to open and not all audio and subtitletracks will be preserved.
- Blu-ray and DVD discs are fully supported.
- Computer administrator privileges are required on Windows to run the beta version.This is limitation of Windows SCSI application programming interface. EventuallyMakeMKV will not require administrator privileges to run.