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    MKV playback on Leopard

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Superczar, Feb 24, 2009.

  1. Superczar

    Superczar Notebook Consultant

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    Why doesn't OS X have a single good video player like KMplayer that can handle Matroska (mkv) files..
    Or for that matter handle Subtitles elegantly ...

    Or maybe there is something but I am just not aware of its existence

    Please don't say it's VLC (even 720p playback stutters on a Unibody macbook)
    Perian is somewhat better but then Subtitle support is very flaky
     
    Superczar, Feb 24, 2009
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  2. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    VLC doesn't stutter on my old Macbook during HD playback...
     
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  3. Chris27

    Chris27 Notebook Deity

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    I typically have no problems whatsoever playing MKV's using Quicktime w/ Perian or MPlayer. For very high bit-rate 1080p content I use Plex (you can also try Boxee or any of the other projects stemming from XBMC). There are plenty of options out there. I have yet to come across a media file which I couldn't perfectly play with one of the aforementioned options. Don't limit yourself to VLC...
     
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  4. sulkorp

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    Make sure youre using the latest verison of vlc, they really updated their subtitle rendering, compared to the older versions. It sucked HARD before.

    Though I use Plex to playback all mkv, and ones with subtitles. Never had any problems, and performance is a lot better then other programs. (based off of xbmc like chris27 suggests)
     
    sulkorp, Feb 24, 2009
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  5. Gazza_DJ

    Gazza_DJ Notebook Consultant

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    Im not much a fan of VLC, but it should play x264 HD stuff (I assume thats the video stream in the MKV's you have - MKV is a container format, not a video format as such) on a MBP with no problems at all - my old Inspiron 6000 (1.6GHz Pentium M, 512MB RAM, ATI X300) could play 720p x264's fine. I'd definately give MPlayer a go though, its a great little player.
     
    Gazza_DJ, Feb 24, 2009
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  6. xenon2k9

    xenon2k9 Notebook Evangelist

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    There not a whole lot of options for playing an MKV on a Mac, but VLC will work just fine. I wasn't able to get Perian to play an MKV for some reason.
     
    xenon2k9, Feb 24, 2009
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