MKV, i.e. the Matroska Multimedia Container, is an open standard free container format which holds unlimited number of video, audio, picture or subtitle tracks in one file. Unfortunately, the official Apple QuickTime player doesn't support .mkv file by default. As a solution, you can install some plug-ins to boost QuickTime's native file support for MKV file. Here I'll share top 3 MKV players for Mac, with which you can easily playback MKV files on Mac OS X (Sierra included) without any trouble.
- Part 1. Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate for Mac
- Part 2. QuickTime + Perian
- Part 3. Download MKV player for Mac — MPlayer
Part 1. Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate for Mac
Apple devices are not compatible with the MKV file inherently. To solve this incompatibility issue, you'd better convert MKV to Apple-friendly formats for broader purposes on Mac OS X (Sierra supported). Then you can turn to Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate for Mac, which quickly converts videos with no quality loss.
Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate - Best Video Converter for Windows / Mac (Sierra Included)
- Directly convert MP4 to VOB (DVD-Video ), AVI, MKV, MOV and 1000+ other formats.
- Burn MP4 to DVD disk to play with your DVD player at 30X fastest speed.
- Optimized conversion presets for iDVD, iMovie, Final.
- Edit videos with the advanced video editing functions like trimming, cropping, adding watermark, subtitles etc.
- Download videos from YouTube and other 1000+ video sharing sites.
- Supported OS: Windows NT4/2000/2003/XP/Vista/7/8, and Windows 10 (32 bit & 64 bit), Mac OS X 10.12 (Sierra), 10.11(El Capitan), 10.10, 10.9, 10.8, 10.7, 10.6
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How to Play MKV Files in Mac
Step 1 Directly drag-and-drop MKV files onto the program.
Step 2 Choose an output format such as MP4, MOV or other preset device, like iPod, iPad, iPhone and iPad.
Step 3 Click Convert button on the right of the interface.
In short, with Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate, you can easily convert MKV to MOV video file for editing in iMovie or Final Cut Pro. Or convert to MP4 for playback on your iPhone, iPad and other Apple devices.
Part 2. QuickTime + Perian
Perian is a free-source QuickTime addon, which lets QuickTime extend support a large number of file formats, such as MKV, AVI, DIVX, FLV, GVI, VP6, etc. So if you find your QuickTime player fail to play MKV files in Mac, you can install the plug-in to add extra support for playing MKV in QuickTime.
However, some people find QuickTime Player 7 plays MKV files better without having to install any plug-ins. In fact, the earlier ones feature better support of older codecs when compared with the later version of QuickTime, So if you don't mind using older version, just use QuickTime Player 7 as your MKV player for Mac (mountain lion supported). You'll find it not a bad idea at all.
Part 3. Download MKV player for Mac — MPlayer
Although MPlayer is not as popular as VLC, it is still one of the most widely used video players among the Mac users. It plays the MPEG, VOB, Matroska(MKV), ASF/WMA/WMV, VIVO, QT/MOV/MP4, AVI, Ogg/OGM, RealMedia, NUT, NuppelVideo and more.
Download the MKV player for Mac OS X from the MPlayer site.
Jun 30,2017 13:35 pm / Posted by Christine Smith to MKV
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