At long last, the Windows 8 Metro environment has a decent media player that can play MKV files: VLC for Windows 8! VLC Media Player Beta for Windows 8 is a complete reimagining of VLC for Microsoft's ...

The player has a rewritten audio core that allows better volume outputs and device management. Some of the modules have also been rewritten to support the new core. It also correctly supports ...

We live in a world where technology is progressing rapidly and as it flourishes, the use of multimedia blooms. Video files have long been the backbone of entertainment, and there is a high chance that ...

AVI and Matroska are just container formats. What makes a difference is how the contents are encoded. Most MKVs I've seen use the Theora video codec which is more resource-intensive than DivX (MPEG4) ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Xbox One received native Matroska Multimedia Container (MKV) file support earlier this year and now, ...

VideoLAN has released version 2.1 of its popular open source video player, VLC. The update — codenamed “Ricewind” — brings new audio processing to the app, to improve both processing performance and ...