If it is not displayed immediately, click on More Options and select it from the list of additional programs or by browsing your PC for an application.

Select Windows Media Player from the list of suggestions.

Scroll down to mkv and click on change program at the top right corner of the window.

So, using VLC you won’t need to worry about the missing MKV codec in Window 10 as VLC won’t use them in the first place. The reason VLC media player will be able to play the MKV file, unlike other media players, is because VLC has its own inbuilt codecs that it uses to decode the files.

Select the associate a file type or protocol with a program link here. One of the media player that should work here is the VLC media player.

Enter Default Programs and load the control panel applet that is displayed as a result.

The installation process is very easy and takes only seconds, just click the 'Get' button and the. If you do not have this app, install it for free now. MKV Video Extension can be used only with Media Player.

To do that press the Windows-key to go to the start screen. The sole and major function of MKV Video Extension is to enable an ability to playback files in MKV format.

What you may want to do is associated the mkv file extension with Windows Media Player so that mkv videos are automatically loaded in Windows Media Player and not another player on the system. Select Windows Media Player from the list. Open the file once again, and this time, click More options.

So, the problem is not in broken mkv or network communication - something must be wrong with. But our main goal is to play MKV files in WMP, so let’s try forcing it to play the file.

And the same file used to play on WDTV before Windows upgrade.

The same mkv plays fine on both the PC and the WDTV if copied to a flashdrive. You will notice that it now plays just fine now. Now the player fails to open mkv files from the PC through DLNA streaming. Just install the program on the operating systemÂ and load the mkv video afterwards into Windows Media Player. All that you need is a program called Haali Media Splitter which adds support for various containers to Windows 8.

Windows media player mkv file