Summary: Can't play MKV files on your Mac OS X (El Capitan)? This article tells you how to play MKV on Mac OS X El Capitan with three possible solutions. Find it.
With the release of OS X El Capitan, it has attracted many Mac users who have the chance to access Beta testing. Well, in this page we won't highlight its new features but some problems occurred on OS X El Capitan. For example, when play MKV on Mac (El Capitan), you will get stuck for the new Mac system doesn't support opening and playing MKV files well. To help more and more El Capitan users to resolve the issues, we will outline three methods for viewing different MKV videos on Mac El Capitan easily.
Method 1. Convert MKV in Mac OS X (El Capitan)
Since MOV is the best Mac friendly format, what you need to do is to convert MKV to MOV format for playing on Mac easily. To do this, you can use Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac to help you. This professional video converter is fully compatible with El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks. With it, you can easily convert MKV to MOV on Mac OS X while keeping the best video quality. After the conversion, you ca easily play MKV using QuickTime or iTunes on Mac without hassle. The whole conversion process is just in 3 steps. Just download and install the software to get its wonderful benefits.
Tutorial: Convert MKV for playback on Mac OS X(El Capitan)
1. Import source video to the MKV to MOV Converter Mac by directly drag and drop. Alternatively, you can click Add button to load the MKV video files.
2. Click on "Format" bar to select output format. This video app offers the QuickTime Movie Format for you. Or, you can also choose "Common Video -> MOV - QuickTime (*.mov)" as the output format.
Tips: Here you can also choose to encode MKV to .mp4, .m4v for playing on Mac OS X. Plus, iPad, Apple TV, iPhone, iMovie, etc preset profiles are provides as well. You can choose any output format according to your playback preference.
3. In the end, you just need to click the "Convert" button start converting MKV on El Capitan. When the converting process ends, you can open output folder to check and play converted MKV videos on your Mac(El Capitan). It would be easy for you to enjoy the converted MKV with Quick Time with original quality.
Method 2. Play MKV with QuickTime with Perian installed
Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats like the MKV. When you’ve had Perian installed, you have to quit QuickTime completely and then restart it. Note that you don’t just close the QuickTime Window; in fact, it’s still running in the background. To do this, QuickTime can update its format and encoding library.
Important Note: As you may find that Perian doesn’t work on Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan and there is no upgrade news now. If you are running on Mac OS X Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, you’d better skip this way.
Method 3. Install 3rd-party MKV video players
The third way we’d like to recommend for playing MKV on Mac El Capitan is to install a QuickTime alternative player like MPlayer OS X or VLC.
Editor’s Note: If you don’t want to install too many players on your Mac and want to stick with iTunes or QuickTime player for watching movies, we highly recommend the first solution.
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Solution to viewing MKV on Mac OS X(El Capitan included)
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