Adding MKV files to the Windows Media Player library

Anonymous
2010-12-06T14:36:57+00:00

How do I add MKV files to the "Video" section rather than the "Other" section of the library?

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Anonymous
2010-12-06T19:16:35+00:00

Copy/paste the following into Notepad, save it as  WMP_MKV.reg , double click this file to add it to the registry, and restart WMP:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.mkv]

"PerceivedType"="video"

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Multimedia\WMPlayer\Extensions.mkv]

"PerceivedType"="video"

"Permissions"=dword:0000000f

"Runtime"=dword:00000007

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\MLS\Extensions]

"mkv"="video"

After that, MKV files will be added to  Video instead of to Other media (it might be necessary to re-add the files).

Tim De Baets

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Anonymous
2010-12-06T22:34:02+00:00

Hi Tim,

I am using this one I found sometime on the web:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.mkv]

@="MatroskaVideo"

"Content Type"="video/x-matroska"

"PerceivedType"="video"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.mka]

@="MatroskaVideo"

"Content Type"="audio/x-matroska"

"PerceivedType"="audio"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Multimedia\WMPlayer\MIME Types\video/x-matroska]

@="MatroskaVideo"

"UserApprovedOwning"="yes"

"Extensions.SpaceSep"=".mkv"

"Extensions.CommaSep"="mkv"

"Extension.Key"=".mkv"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Multimedia\WMPlayer\MIME Types\audio/x-matroska]

@="MatroskaVideo"

"UserApprovedOwning"="yes"

"Extensions.SpaceSep"=".mka"

"Extensions.CommaSep"="mka"

"Extension.Key"=".mka"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Multimedia\WMPlayer\Groups\Video\mkv]

@="MatroskaVideo"

"Description"="Includes files with .mkv extensions."

"Extensions"=".mkv"

"FriendlyTypeName"="Matroska Media File"

"MIME Types"="video/x-matroska"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Multimedia\WMPlayer\Groups\Audio\mka]

@="MatroskaVideo"

"Description"="Includes files with .mka extensions."

"Extensions"=".mka"

"FriendlyTypeName"="Matroska Media File"

"MIME Types"="audio/x-matroska"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Multimedia\WMPlayer\Extensions.mkv]

"Permissions"=dword:0000000f

"UserApprovedOwning"="yes"

"Runtime"=dword:00000007

"PerceivedType"="video"

"MediaType.Description"="Matroska Media File"

"Extension.Handler"="MatroskaVideo"

"Extension.MIME"="video/x-matroska"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Multimedia\WMPlayer\Extensions.mka]

"Permissions"=dword:0000000f

"UserApprovedOwning"="yes"

"Runtime"=dword:00000007

"PerceivedType"="audio"

"MediaType.Description"="Matroska Media File"

"Extension.Handler"="MatroskaVideo"

"Extension.MIME"="audio/x-matroska"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\Descriptions]

"819"="Matroska Media File (*.mkv;*.mka)"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\MUIDescriptions]

"819"="Matroska Media File"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\Types]

"819"="*.mkv;*.mka"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\MLS\Extensions]

"mkv"="video"

"mka"="audio"

:)

Carlos

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-09-18T20:32:40+00:00

    Hi Tim

    I have a Philips BDP5500/05 player that I use to stream all my video files to my TV. I use Windows 7 64 Bit on my desktop

    I used to have problems with .mkv files then a few months ago I installed your reg key fix and bingo all was fine.

    A week ago approximately I noticed all my .mkv files were no longer visible through the DVD player. I looked at the files on my PC and they had blank boxes next to them. Double clicking resulted in it saying no file association. I clicked on open with and could play the .mkv files in MPC Home cinema. When I did this the icons changed from a blank rectangle to a 321 icon for the files.

    However in my WMP library the .mkv files are not visible. I tried re-adding the the registry change but no joy.

    By adding the registry code I could associate .mkv files with MPC Home cinema. However when I change the association to WMP when i double click the file it says it cannot open it. What is really strange is that although I can't see the mkv files when in WMP library if I go to open file and change it to *all files* i can see the mkv files AND play them on WMP.

    I am rather confused - Something clearly happened with an update and/or I removed DivX as it changed my file association a couple of weeks ago. Anyways I can't seem to get it back to where it was :(

    Help please

    Cheers

    Nick

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-09-13T19:54:09+00:00

    brianli23: I'm not familiar with streaming at all, so I can't give any real advice. But if your TV's manual doesn't explicitly state that it supports MKV through streaming, then you may be out of luck.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-09-12T14:28:44+00:00

    Hello Tim,

    I am hoping that you can help me here. I am very close of getting Mkv files streaming on my sony R520 tv. So I followed all the steps on this post and I have gotten the Mkv files to my WMP and it is able to play (installed Divx only picture but no sound) on my PC. These files also show on my sony tv but it does not play, but if I use a porable HardDrive it plays all the Mkv files perfectly (so i don't think my tv is the issue). Do you know what I am missing here?

    Thanks in advance.

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