Mark Knecht wrote: > On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Mark Knecht wrote: >>>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Howdy, >>>>> >>>>> I downloaded some really new videos the other day, .mkv ones. Nothing I >>>>> had would play them, mplayer or mpv based players. >>>> Convert them using handbrake. Probably saves you a bunch of disk space also >>>> >>>> >>> >>> I thought about that. Thing is, if the people creating these videos is >>> using this new method, I'll have to convert those newer ones in the >>> future as well. At some point, I'll be having to convert a lot of them >>> which is time consuming and somewhat annoying. I don't mind the file >>> size to much, just want to be able to watch them, even newer ones. >>> >>> I might add, eventually I'll need to upgrade to these versions anyway. >>> I could end up with the same problem if it is something I did wrong, bad >>> USE flag or something. Best way, fix it so it works. Then maybe not >>> have problems for a long while. :-D >>> >> I suppose, but 7GB files ripped from DVDs vs 400MB m4v for me >> is a no brainer. Matroska is mostly to get multiple video, audio >> and subtitle files into a single container. If you care about keeping >> Serbian audio and Turkish subtitles, then by all means keep the >> mkv and find a player that gives you all that control. >> >> Best wishes, >> Mark > ChatGPT tells me this, but I have medium confidence > > Are there any Linux media players that will play Matroska files? > > Yes, there are several Linux media players that can play Matroska > (MKV) files! Here are a few popular options: > > VLC Media Player: VLC is a versatile and widely-used media player that > supports a vast range of audio and video formats, including MKV. It's > available for most Linux distributions and can be easily installed > using package managers1. > > SMPlayer: Based on MPlayer, SMPlayer supports all major video formats, > including MKV. It also offers features like YouTube video playback > without ads and subtitle integration2. > > Haruna Video Player: This Qt-based video player supports MKV and > offers features like YouTube-dl support, playback speed control, and > hardware decoding. > > GNOME Videos (Totem): The default video player for GNOME desktop > environments, Totem supports MKV and other major file formats. > > MPV: A lightweight and high-performance media player that supports MKV > and many other formats. It's known for its simplicity and efficiency. > > Would you like more information on how to install any of these players? > >
Well, it plays some older .mkv files already. These are some type of NEW .mkv files. I forgot to mention that point. I have a lot of other videos that are .mkv and they play fine, have for ages. It's some new thing that isn't playing anymore. When I click on one, it opens and then closes. Sometimes it is just a quick flash. Even VLC won't play these newer files. I'm not sure what changed with .mkv but it seems something did. I figured a new codec or something. I dunno. I enabled a lot of stuff for video file types ages ago. I get videos from so many sources I never know what extension it is going to be. I don't want to convert dozens, hundreds or even thousands of video files so I just enable all the codecs I can so that I can play whatever format they happen to be in. Then came this new thing. It threw a wrench in the gearbox. ;-) Dale :-) :-)
