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How to play MKV on Windows 7

First of all, let’s see what is MKV. MKV is a filename extension for the Matroska(including MKV, MKA, MKS) video format.

Secondly, we provide detailed steps of running MKV video media files on Windows 7:

Step 1: Install

You need to download Easy DVD Player from download center or right here http://www.easy-dvd-player.com/user/download/easydvdplayer.exe. Then install it on your computer and run the app.

Step 2: Play

Click on the "Open File" button and then choose the MKV file that you want to watch. Drag the file into the window or click "File" on the top left corner to find the video files in your computer.

Then you can enjoy your video now.

Step 3: Settings

You can make a change while you are enjoying a movie:

You click video to control the player’s screen size in line with your need.

Additionally, you can also snapshot without clicking “Pause/Play” button which provides much more convenience for you to get your favorite film-screenshot.

Let us take a close look at MKV

The full name of Matroska is Matroska Multimedia Container which is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture, or subtitle tracks in one file. Let us draw an analogy: you bought a hamburger, a bag of chips and a bottle of coffee, you need a plastic bag which can pack them. Matroska is just the plastic bag to hold all the video, audio and subtitles.

Matroska Multimedia defines 3 types of formats. They are：MKV（the video format probably including audio and subtitle）, MKA(the simple audio format). MKS( the subtitle format).

The biggest characteristic of Matroska is that it can contain video, audio and subtitles of different encoding types. It almost can package all the video, audio and subtitles which make it a omnipotent media container.

AVI files(DivX、XviD、3ivX、VP6 video coding, PCM、MP3、AC3 audio coding)

RealMedia (RealVideo and RealAudio)

Quicktime (MOV and MP4)

Windows Media (ASF and WMV)

MPEG (M1V、M2V of MPEG-1/2)

 Ogg/OGM (Ogg Vorbis、OGM、FLAC)

Matroska Media(MKV、MKA、MKS)

Audio: WAV、AC3、DTS、MP2、MP3、AAC/MP4

SRT、USF and SSA/ASS

SubVob (with the Suffix of IDX、SUB)

BMP (graphic subtitle)