mkv player

Vulcan · 1 Mar 2015 at 20:11

I suspect the people saying VLC haven't actually used MPC-HC.

Midlife Crisis · 1 Mar 2015 at 20:19

never had a problem with VLC so never use anything else

Blackjack Davy · 1 Mar 2015 at 20:23

Craig321 said:
Are the MPC-HC / BE codecs built into the software these days, or do you still need to install separate codecs? I've always stuck with VLC as the codecs are all built in.

They've always been built in, its just that you want better results then you use external filters/renderers. Though it looks like the best free codec i.e. LAV filters are built in now. It only takes two minutes to install and add external filters anyhow...

Its a bit like you install a new CPU, it works fine out of the box but you want to squeeze the most out of it so you overclock it...

bledd · 1 Mar 2015 at 20:44

Mpc-be

Vlc is ugly

AthlonXP1800 · 1 Mar 2015 at 21:10

xb8browney · 1 Mar 2015 at 21:21

Vlc, used it for years and it just works.

metalmackey · 1 Mar 2015 at 21:37

VLC here. Sounds better on my setup than MPC HC, FLACs sound a lot nicer.

BlackAle · 3 Mar 2015 at 08:10

MPC-BE + madVR

BlackAle · 3 Mar 2015 at 08:11

metalmackey said:
VLC here. Sounds better on my setup than MPC HC, FLACs sound a lot nicer.

For flacs, I'd suggest an audio player, such as foobar.

pepp77 · 3 Mar 2015 at 08:16

Something different - The KM Player - find it better than VLC.

Alternatively if you want to use WMC and do not want to install a big codec pack then I created this - https://www.dropbox.com/s/fyr1lu4h8o3i04p/W7WMCMinimalist.rar?dl=0 - as a small install to allow MKVs to play in WMC.

bledd · 3 Mar 2015 at 11:13

Windows 8.1 has native mkv support in the latest updates too, not sure how well it handles subtitle files.