How to play MKV files on OS X Mavericks?

When we download a file with the extension MKV, you will find it difficult to play it back with video player software they have installed on systems.

While a great selection of players support the playback of Matroska files, often the proper decoders for the streams contained in the files are missing.

It is important to understand exactly what Matroska files are.

MKV files contain video and audio streams (may contain subtitles). The streams are likely compressed and have been produced with an encoder. In order to play these streams a codec is required. Codec, as a word is an abbreviation of Coder / Decoder. The video stream located in the MKV file has been "coded" by the source and now it must be "decoded" by the end user who wishes to play it.

There a easy way for us to play mkv files on os x mavericks(the next big release of the world's most advanced desktop operating system, which was announced on June 10, 2013 at WWDC 2013).

With the VLC player you are actually getting two things; a fine player with support for Matroska, and support for most video and audio streams you will find in an MKV file. This means that you most likely will not have to install any extra codecs or filters, depending on what your streams are.

Yes, this is a perfect way for us to play mkv files with VLC for Mac. But sometimes, we not only want to edit mkv files in some popular video editing software, play on our smartphone, share on the internet or play in your own video player on OS X Mavericks.

So the best way for us to enjoy better with mkv files, we could convert mkv to other files, such as avi, mp4. Xinfire total media converter convert HD Videos at one go, output video with highest quality.

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How to Convert mkv to mp4 ?

Step 1.install xinfire video converter
Step 2.add mkv files
Step 3.select output mp4 format
Choose "MP4″ format in "Common Video/HD Video" classification in the "Output Format" drop-down list. Or choose an exact mobile device in Samsung, Apple, HTC, BlackBerry, Archos, Sony or Nokia classification if you want to directly play the converted MP4 files on your portable device. And also remember to specify the "Output Path" to save the converted MP4 video files.
Step 4, start to convert mkv to mp4

Also you could convert mkv to avi in the same way.

All above just two easy tips on playing mkv files for you. We could play mkv with VLC, also we could convert mkv to popular format, such as mp4,avi to play on more software and devices.