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Old 08-05-2004, 04:55 PM   #1
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play .mkv file


can anyone tell me what i need to play a .mkv file?? its a movie file but wont play in xine. i have w32codecs, realplayer, xinelib, libdvdcss, etc.. installed but still it wont play i can hear if fine tho.

suse 9.1, cheers.

John.
 
Old 08-05-2004, 05:34 PM   #2
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Mplayer's site says it can play .mkv files. Try it.
 
Old 12-21-2007, 08:46 AM   #3
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Mplayer's site says it can play .mkv files. Try it.
my mplayer just crashes and closes down when i try to play the file!
any suggestions
 
Old 12-21-2007, 09:02 AM   #4
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Have you tried Totem with gstreamer-libs, preferably recent ones, including the bad and the ugly?
 
  


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