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Many video files that you get over the internet, especially those from BitTorrent will be in MKV format. .mkv is an alternative to the popular AVI and MP4 formats and it also surpasses them in many areas. This tutorial shows you how to play such files free of cost.
VLC player can be used to open and play .mkv files. VLC player is a free, open-source media player for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, that can play files of almost every format. The advantage of VLC player is that you do not have to install any additional codec (that many other players require) – this is because most codecs are bundled with VLC player.
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