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Does Windows 7 natively support MKV?

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Mar 15, 2026558 views
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After reading that it does and doesn't on various websites, I tried it myself. The only thing that played was the audio - no video. However, I had already installed and uninstalled CCCP and k-lite in past, so this may have affected the results. Does Windows 7 natively support MKV?

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No. Windows does not support the MKV video container format as the splitter required to split the parts in the .mkv file (video, audio, subtitles etc.) is not pre-installed. Thus, even if Windows supports the codecs for the video, a splitter would sā€¦

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