How to Play MKV on Mac(MacBook Pro/Air, iMac, Mac mini, etc.)
MKV
is not a friendly format. See, Quicktime can not open MKV file, let
alone playing MKV video. Does VLC play MKV on Mac? VLC media player
supports MKV format theoretically, however, it plays MKV or HD MKV on Mac OS
with issues like, stuttering, no audio, loading file all the time...How
to play MKV on Macbook Pro/Air with Retina display, iMac, Mac mini,
etc.? Follow the solutions below to learn how to play MKV files on Mac
free of any issues.
Method 1: Play 720P HD MKV Video on Mac Using A MKV Video Converter
MacX Video Converter Pro
helps to convert MKV to MP4, M4V, MOV, AVI, etc. supported by QuickTime
and VLC, or other media players. With the MKV video converter, you can
play MKV on Mac freely, solve VLC playing MKV file issues, even add MKV
to iTunes, import MKV to Final Cut Pro, etc. You don’t need to sacrifice
any video audio quality during the conversion process. The MKV video
converting software also enables you to download MKV video free from
YouTube, Dailymotion, Vevo, 300＋ sites, which means you can watch MKV on
Mac with no formats limits or internet connection limits.
How to Convert MKV Video Movie File for Playback on Mac
Step 1: Free download the MKV video converter on Mac and run it on your computer. Click “Add File” icon to load the MKV video or movie.
Step 2:
Select output format you want. If you wanna convert MKV to MP4, select
“MP4" as output file format. To play MKV on Mac with QuickTime, you can convert MKV to AVI, M4V, MOV, 3GP, QuickTime supported formats.
Step 3: Click “Browse” button to select a destination folder to save output converted MKV file.
Step 4:
Click “RUN” button to start MKV video file conversion process. After
tghe task is finished, you can play converted MKV on Mac with original
video quality, or add the MKV video to iTunes movie library with no
format limits.
Method 2: Play MKV on Mac with MKV Player for Mac
What plays MKV files on Mac computer perfectly? Not QuickTime, not VLC, what I’m going to recommend here is a newbie, 5KPlayer, a fantastic MKV video player for Mac that I came across accidentally on forum.
It
plays MKV video in 720p, 1080p, or 4K UHD on Mac El Capitan, Yomite, OS
X 10 without freezing or buffering. It takes no time to fully load MKV
file. The player for MKV also plays AVI, FLV, MOV, MTS, MP4, MP3 music,
AAC, to name just a few.
Another feature that impresses
me is that it is able to airplay MKV video movie from Mac to Mac, from
Mac to Apple TV. This means that you can watch MKV on Mac even on
airplay supported TV with no limits.
Method 3：Play MKV File on Mac with QuickTime Plugin Perian
With
Perian for QuickTime, you can play MKV video movie in HD, SD on any Mac
OS X 10.6.8 or later, El Capitan, Yosemite, needless of MKV player for
Mac. The plugins also enables you to play other QuickTime unaccepted
formats, AVI, FLV, DivX, and many more.
Perian is not
perfect, though. It only works with QT 10 or lower for it stops being
updated. You may still have some problems when playing MKV on Mac. Some
users are crying that they downloaded Perian, and MKV are played on QT
but with no sound. And it has to read the MKV file before playing, you
can not fast forward file that has not been fully loaded. So it’s better
to use MKV video converter to convert the file first and watch MKV on
Mac freely, or jump to method 3, resort to a MKV player for Mac.
How to Fix VLC Won’t Play MKV(HD) File on Mac OS X
Will
VLC play MKV files on Mac? Yes, but not smoothly, common issues are MKV
files audio not working on VLC, some MKV files not loading, open
successfully, Skipping, Chopping, VLC does not support the audio or
video format, etc. If you still prefer to using the media play, the
following tips of VLC player not playing MKVmay help you out, if it still fails to work, try other players.
Set
all preferences set before back to default, close the player, execute
the reset and re-open VLC player. It that doesn’t help, the most
straightforward solution to let VLC play MKV files on Mac smoothly is
simple, convert MKV in 720P, or HD files to VLC formats with MKV video
converter. VLC player reads several formats on Mac OS X, including MP4,
QuickTime format, 3GP, VOB, TS, AVI, FLV, ASF, Ogg, WAV, , MPS, etc.
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