how's it going guys Andrew Murphy here and welcome back to the channel Wondershare Repairit which
is a one-stop solution that can repair various kinds of corrupt or damaged videos or even photos
just for you be it in the form of an mkv mp4 avi jpeg and many more so sometimes you can't get
vlc media player to play your mkv files but thankfully we have some solutions for you today so
when using the vlc media player to play your videos many users have similar issues from time
to time and some problems are caused by the player while others are caused by the video
file binker up now despite its ability to hold video photo picture and subtitle content
in a single container mkv is not yet an industry standard that any media player actually supports
so today we'll chat about how to play mkv files in vlc by fixing all the issues you might face but
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find this video helpful also do make sure to like this video and share your experience with the mkv
files in the comments below now mkv files don't play in vlc for a variety of different reasons
issues caused by either hardware decoding missing codecs missing components improper audio or video
codec settings in vlc mkv file corruption and so on can be the causes now firstly what is an mkv
file as i mentioned before mkv is not an industry standard matroska video file or mkv video file is
a video format and open source container that can hold many different video audio image and subtitle
files the mkv file format is used by many instead of say like an avi or an mp4 format now there are
a few common issues mkv files face when you try playing it on a vlc media player the first issue
is quite a common one while playing an mkv file vlc might end up popping up a dialog box to skip
the opening mkv file and this is because vlc does not support the mkv playback file and actually
vlc media player doesn't play mkv files sometimes so when trying to open an mkv file it can display
either like a gray screen or display an error box when playing an mkv file or can even just load the
mkv file forever but sometimes vlc allows you to play an mkv file but it ends up being a little bit
choppy having chopping videos in vlc can really distract the viewer and take away the enjoyment
of the watching experience and several factors can cause a choppy jerky or broken video faulty
sd cards technical problems audio video codec issues obsolete media players corrupt or damage
video files unsupported video file formats and so on are possible causes but being choppy is not the
only issue so the video might sometimes even end up having so like no sound which can be seriously
frustrating when the vlc media player fails to create audio when watching your videos it can
be super annoying because the audio experience is just as necessary as the visual experience as
well vlc could also end up having troubles and crash abruptly and that is because of heavily
loaded files and an mkv file definitely won't play so sometimes the vlc player can suddenly
crash abruptly which can be super frustrating if you're trying to watch an mkv video file and
this can be due to several reasons similar to why it becomes choppy or hard to watch and one of the
biggest reasons for these issues might be because the mkv file is actually damaged now the mkv file
may get corrupted or damaged in rare instances preventing vlc from playing it however you may
be able to fix it with a video repair program and Wondershare Repairit is one of the most powerful
solutions available today this ultimate corrupt video file fixer can fix movies from various
sources including memory cards sd cards computer hard drives digital cameras action cameras and
many more so now that we know all the common issues let's find the perfect solution for all
these problems a video can be played in a variety of different ways and one method is using software
decoding using your computer's processor or cpu a video player reads the video file and decodes the
information however hardware accelerated decoding is significantly less efficient when it comes to
handling mkv files so it is best to disable the hardware decoding feature before you can think
of watching an mkv file on the vlc media player so to do this first you need to go to the main menu
and then preferences then under the input codecs tab uncheck the hardware accelerated decoding to
disable this feature so this can help with viewing the mkv files on the vlc media player however when
you download the vlc media player the hardware decoding is by default in the disabled mode and if
you haven't made any changes in the settings and yet can't still open mkv files then the issue may
be something else sometimes while streaming mkv files you might not be able to hear any sound and
that's when you need to check if you have unmuted it or not so if the problem persists while you
watch mkv files with vlc media player because the audio isn't working or the video isn't showing up
then check the vlc media player settings to enable audio settings on the vlc player
go to the main menu and then preferences then to the audio tab and see if the enable
audio option is checked or not if it isn't already selected then make sure to check it then click
save however if the trouble is with the video itself then go to the video tab and make sure the
enable video chat box is also ticked alright so now what if you open a file and it's just skipped
entirely so this also happens when you're trying to open an mkv file in the vlc media player but at
least you just get skipped without even seeing a glimpse of the video so if you're wondering how to
watch mk videos without being skipped then i have the perfect solution for this problem and all you
need to do is adjust the input codec settings for this all you need to do is first go to the main
menu and then preferences from the menu bar now choose input codecs from the open list and click
show all sections at the bottom of the page then click the input codec section scroll
down and set the file caching under advanced to 1000 ms or higher then to save these settings
simply click save now if you have tried all the above and still can't get the problem to go away
there is a significant problem with your mkv file and to cure any damage or issues with your
mkv video file you may have to use a professional video repair solution so memory card errors file
transfer errors interrupted system shutdowns damage recovered videos malware assaults and
other factors might cause video file corruption and Wondershare video repair is a program that
can help you fix your videos and it supports a broad range of video formats each with its own
set of damage indicators so why not try out one to share repair because it has an excellent support
for batch repair numerous video file formats and device kinds and there are other features to
check out as well which you can do by using a free trial version to repair any video first you need
to add it into the Wondershare Repairit interface and for this simply click on the add button the
next and final step is to click on the repair button and Wondershare Repairit will provide
the repaired video and all you need to do is save it successfully but also as well before you save
it you can actually preview the video without a time limit as well and it is always essential to
invest in a good video repair software to not face the same issue like this ever again so even though
vlc media play is widely used and supports all kinds of standard video file formats it
occasionally has difficulties with particular file formats such as mkv depending on the origin of the
player you can attempt a variety of different solutions but if the problem is that the mkv
video file is corrupt then using the Wondershare Repairit tool will solve this for you anyway guys
thank you so much for taking the time to watch this video and please let us know if you have
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