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Windows 10 supports MKV, HEVC out of the box

article published on 5 November, 2014

Microsoft's next Windows revamp supports the popular Matroska (MKV) container in Media Player, along with immediate support for H.265/HEVC. The flexibility offered by the MKV multimedia container format has made it popular over the years, particularly with HD content. Typically, on Windows you would need to install a splitter for the container, like Haali Media Splitter, or use a player ... [ read the full article ]

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pmshah
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_ 		5. November 2014 @ 23:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have tried both Win 8 (several versions) and now the Win 10 Preview. What I fail to understand is why it screws up on logical drive access! Some of these that Win 7 can read and write to without any problems ALWAYS get locked out or are not recognised at all. So what it can do is less of interest to me than what it can't do. BTW I have them installed in their own independent partitions. Every time I go back to Win (after a session on Win 8 or Win 10)Win7 detects some error flag and runs full chkdsk on every logical drive!
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nonoitall
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_ 		6. November 2014 @ 00:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm actually pleasantly surprised to see Microsoft supporting an open standard like MKV. I guess someone finally got the memo that AVI is an obsolete, hackish turd in this day and age. :-D
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What happens when Microsoft buys Minecraft? Lets see...
A5J4DX
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_ 		6. November 2014 @ 05:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
A bit late to the party but still a welcome addition.
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_ 		6. November 2014 @ 11:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
it's all the money if ain't broke don't fix it !!!
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