Front row to play mkv files

Is there any codec to make this happen have tried perain and still doesnt work.
Thanx in advance!

MKV files are a bit tricky to get playing, VLC might do it but I doubt that'll help frontrow, it might be worth using handbrake to re-encode these files into MP4.

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I’m running a Macbookpro OSX 10.5.7, and have been working to config Front Row to play the movies on my hard drive (not in iTunes). I’ve installed both flip4mac and Perian in order to play all file types. This works great for QuickTime and the web. Front Row, however, has a problem playing my wmv files (all others play fine). When a wmv file is selected in FR, it only plays for a few seconds, then stops and returns to the movie list. I researched the solution provided by VideoDrive, which works, but I prefer to organize my videos into subfolders by category, rather than all in an alpha list in iTunes.
If I play a wmv in it’s entirety in Quicktime, it will then play in Front Row. This tells me it’s some sort of cache issue? My attempt to test this theory has been inconclusive, prob due to my ignorance.
Troubleshooting to date has been:
Quitting FR from the Activity Monitor
Deleting user/library/preferences/com.apple.frontrow.plist
Uninstalling and reinstalling flip4mac
Installing Perian
Would prefer not to have to rip all of my video to mp4 (I use iSquint), but I’m out of ideas.
Apologies in advance if this is covered elsewhere.

Hi konzo
As for converters try SUPER, it's one of the best and can convert pretty much anything you throw at it to any format you wish, best of all its FREE:
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Playing .mkv files in QTX/QT7 video works fine, sound is distorted.

What I'm trying to do is open some .mkv files in Quicktime 7 so that I can export it as an mp4 with AAC audio (instead of AC3, 5.1). The audio during playback ends up sounding like a helicopter or what you'd hear if you stuck a piece of sandpaper in a box fan. When I play the files in VLC the audio is as it should be. I'm at a loss as to what the problem could be. I have version 1.2.1 of Perian installed as well if that helps at all.

It could be a 'difficult' form of Matroska file. FYI Matroska is just a container like MOV or AVI, and some mkv have the video encoded with Real Video Codec (RV9 RV10). Perian+QT can't decode this, but VLC will play .mkv files just fine on OS X, as long as they don't use H.264!
It's a bit of a lottery until Matroska decide to support the Apple platform. I have found this:
http://mkv4mac.free.fr/index.php?lang=en&p=lec
which may help.
But there may be another workaround: 1. Get Info the mkv file
2. Change to extension to wmv. Save as wmv and that could work better.
Or this link may be helpful:
http://www.squidoo.com/mkv-converter-mac
Recently, a poster (ZachP14) suggested this:
"There's a program called Plex that runs .mkv files awesome on my 2.0 ghz macbook."
http://www.plexapp.com/
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If you install http://perian.org/ quicktime will be able to play mkv files including the ac3 audio.
You can use Quicktime to save the file as a mov which should then play on the AppleTV. Personally I use VisualHub, it's much faster and allows you to queue up a batch to process. It will depend on your system, but my machine will recode a TV show in approx. 30mins.
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Hello,
I have two mkv files (and at the moment no other files to test) which fail to be played with mplayer after approximately 35min. The playback just aborts.
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Starting playback...
Unsupported PixelFormat 61
Unsupported PixelFormat 53
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A:1916.2 V:1916.2 A-V: 0.013 ct: 0.063 0/ 0 36% 2% 3.1% 0 0
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A:1916.6 V: 0.0 A-V:1916.640 ct: 0.100 0/ 0 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0
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Here the output of mediainfo.
General
Unique ID :
206136029228245719299735545293398759170 (0x9B145AE9D9BD1C58AC87467FD36A5702)
Complete name :
/media/personal/environmental_changes_720p x264-playHD.mkv
Format :
Matroska
Format version :
Version 2
File size :
1.61 GiB
Duration :
2h 22mn
Overall bit rate mode :
Variable
Overall bit rate :
1 623 Kbps
Movie name :
Environmtenal Changes Blu-ray 720p x264-playHD
Encoded date :
UTC 2010-11-26 12:30:52
Writing application :
mkvmerge v3.0.0 ('Hang up your Hang-Ups') built on Dec 12 2009 15:20:35
Writing library :
libebml v0.7.9 + libmatroska v0.8.1
Video
ID :
1
Format :
AVC
Format/Info :
Advanced Video Codec
Format profile :
[email protected]
Format settings, CABAC :
Yes
Format settings, ReFrames :
3 frames
Codec ID :
V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration :
2h 22mn
Bit rate mode :
Variable
Bit rate :
951 Kbps
Nominal bit rate :
5 000 Kbps
Maximum bit rate :
25.0 Mbps
Width :
1 280 pixels
Height :
720 pixels
Display aspect ratio :
16:9
Frame rate :
23.976 fps
Color space :
YUV
Chroma subsampling :
4:2:0
Bit depth :
8 bits
Scan type :
Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) :
0.043
Stream size :
967 MiB (59%)
Writing library :
x264 core 80 r1376kGIT 3feaec2
Encoding settings :
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Audio
ID :
2
Format :
AC-3
Format/Info :
Audio Coding 3
Mode extension :
CM (complete main)
Codec ID :
A_AC3
Duration :
2h 22mn
Bit rate mode :
Constant
Bit rate :
640 Kbps
Channel(s) :
6 channels
Channel positions :
Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate :
48.0 KHz
Bit depth :
16 bits
Compression mode :
Lossy
Stream size :
651 MiB (39%)
Language :
English
Text #1
ID :
3
Format :
VobSub
Muxing mode :
zlib
Codec ID :
S_VOBSUB
Codec ID/Info :
The same subtitle format used on DVDs
Language :
English
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ID :
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Format :
VobSub
Muxing mode :
zlib
Codec ID :
S_VOBSUB
Codec ID/Info :
The same subtitle format used on DVDs
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French
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Format :
VobSub
Muxing mode :
zlib
Codec ID :
S_VOBSUB
Codec ID/Info :
The same subtitle format used on DVDs
Language :
German
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ID :
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Format :
VobSub
Muxing mode :
zlib
Codec ID :
S_VOBSUB
Codec ID/Info :
The same subtitle format used on DVDs
Language :
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VobSub
Muxing mode :
zlib
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S_VOBSUB
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S_VOBSUB
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Hi,
I've placed several DV movie files in my 'Movies' folder and Front Row doesn't seem to find them. If I save the files as an MOV file, front row sees them instantly, but a) it doubles the file size and b) I shouldn't have to do that.
The first Intel iMac I had (which was returned for other reasons) saw and played the same files immediately after they were dropped in the folder.
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I use QuickTime Pro to save them as MOV files. If you want a free solution, I'm pretty sure you'd be able to do it using iMovie. Import the DV file and then export it as an MOV file. There's probably another free program out there that will do it more simply, but I haven't looked into that.
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I have the same problem. I'm not sure if I had this same problem in 10.4.x, or if it came with Leopard ... (I just upgraded.)
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