

This is important because MKV is not an industry standard, which means that other media players might not support it.Īdditionally, MKV does not use codecs to compress file size, which means the file can be quite large. This media player is compatible with all operating systems and platforms.

The best way to open an MKV file is to use VLC media player. The name derives from “ Matryoshka” dolls, which is a famous type of Russian handicraft that consists of a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size nested one inside another. Since it is open source, a user can customize it with open-source software. Matroska (MKV) is a free, open-source, container standard that can hold an unlimited amount of audiovisual and multimedia files in a single file format.
