If you have MKV files and you want to play them on your computer, you must have an app that supports the MKV format. That is why you can download these MKV player apps for Windows 11 and Windows 10 ...

I’m a pretty big fan of Windows Media Center. In fact, it’s at the heart of my home theater system. Just one wrinkle: I can’t play MKV files from within the WMC interface. In case you’re not familiar ...

John's been addicted to technology ever since he tinkered with his first custom built PC when he was 10 years old. He's also the proud owner of seven Amazon Kindles, but only because he destroyed the ...

Playing non-Apple-approved media formats is a constant source of irritation for iPad owners but there are almost always workarounds. In this instance I suggest an excellent free media player called ...

I have a number of MKV files that I beleive contain x264 encoded video. I understand x264 is an open-source encoder for the H.264 codec. VLC plays these fine on my PC but on my CE device I only have ...

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Android may be a versatile OS, but the little green robot can run into trouble when it comes to certain file formats. RAW photo formats such as .NEF won’t show up in the default Android’s image and ...

The word Codec is an acronym of the words compressor and decompressor. Codecs are a program that compresses a video and later helps to decode it. So if you receive an ...

Hello,<BR><BR>I recently built a low end computer to replace a broken iBook that was sitting on my desk. <BR><BR>Everything has been working fine on it except HD video playback stutters terribly and ...

We sometimes get our hands on files on formats not supported by our own devices. It's annoying that we can't watch the TV series or anime that you've just downloaded just because they're on the wrong ...