Despite the foreign-sounding name, Matroska files are anything but rare. The multimedia container format — known more commonly as MKV — is an open standard, one entirely free for independent 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 ...

i have some mkv files that my ps3 does not seem to be able to play. the video piece is in h264, but the audio seems to be a format that does not work. i have ffmpeg installed and can convert the ...

I realize that these are fairly difficult codecs, and that a lot of mobile devices won't play them out of the box. I'm planning on picking up a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 in a few hours (when the ...

If you have some videos in the .MKV format you're itching to play on your PlayStation3, check out this simple tutorial for converting them using mkv2vob. We've talked about how to rip DVDs for your ...

We’ve tested it for quite some time, and can say for certain that it works as intended. Folks like us do not need to be extracting meta information from video files, but for those who do, well, this ...

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 ...

One of the more annoying features of Windows 8 and 8.1 has long been the lack of support for Matroska (MKV) files. MKV is one of the most flexible container formats available, but when Microsoft ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It looks like you won't be waiting for Windows 10 to pick up native support for MKV files in ...

A malicious application or Web page could be used to crash Android devices, in some cases persistently, due to a vulnerability in a multimedia processing component. The announcement, by security ...