Top 3 MKV Video Player for Mac

MKV, i.e., the Matroska Multimedia Container, is an open standard free container format that holds an unlimited number of video, audio, picture or subtitle tracks in one file. Unfortunately, the official Apple QuickTime player doesn't support the .mkv file by default. As a solution, you can install some plug-ins to boost QuickTime's native file support for the MKV file. Here I'll share the top 3 MKV players for Mac, with which you can easily playback MKV files on Mac OS X (Sierra included) without any trouble.

• Part 1. Wondershare UniConverter for Mac (originally Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate for Mac)
• Part 2. QuickTime + Perian
• Part 3. Download MKV player for Mac — MPlayer

Part 1. Wondershare UniConverter for Mac (originally Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate for Mac)

Apple devices are not compatible with the MKV file inherently. To solve this incompatibility issue, you'd better convert MKV to Apple-friendly formats for broader purposes on Mac OS X (Mojave supported). Then you can turn to Wondershare UniConverter for Mac (originally Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate for Mac), which quickly converts videos with no quality loss.

Wondershare UniConverter (originally Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate) - Best Video Converter for Windows / Mac (Catalina Included)

• Directly convert MP4 to VOB (DVD-Video ), AVI, MKV, MOV and 1000+ other formats.
• Burn MP4 to DVD to play with your DVD player at 30X fastest speed.
• Optimized conversion presets for iDVD, iMovie, Final.
• Edit videos with advanced video editing functions like trimming, cropping, adding watermark, subtitles, etc.
• Download videos from YouTube and other 1000+ video sharing sites.
• Supported OS: Windows 10/8/7/XP/Vista, macOS 11 Big Sur, 10.15 (Catalina), 10.14, 10.13, 10.12, 10.11, 10.10, 10.9, 10.8, 10.7, 10.6

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How to Play MKV Files in Mac

Step 1 Directly drag-and-drop MKV files onto the program.

Step 2 Choose an output format such as MP4, MOV or other preset devices, like iPod, iPad, iPhone and iPad.

Step 3 Click the Start All button on the right of the interface.

In short, with Wondershare UniConverter (originally Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate), you can easily convert MKV to MOV video file for editing in iMovie or Final Cut Pro. Or convert to MP4 for playback on your iPhone, iPad and other Apple devices. If you need to compress the MKV videos, you also can use this Wondershare Video Size Reducer.

Part 2. QuickTime + Perian

Perian is a free-source QuickTime add-on, which lets QuickTime extend to support a large number of file formats, such as MKV, AVI, DIVX, FLV, GVI, VP6, etc. So if you find your QuickTime player fails to play MKV files in Mac, you can install the plug-in to add extra support for playing MKV in QuickTime.

However, some people find QuickTime Player 7 plays MKV files better without having to install any plug-ins. In fact, the earlier ones feature better support of older codecs when compared with the later version of QuickTime, So if you don't mind using the older version, just use QuickTime Player 7 as your MKV player for Mac (mountain lion supported). You'll find it not a bad idea at all.

Part 3. Download MKV player for Mac — MPlayer

Although MPlayer is not as popular as VLC, it is still one of the most widely used video players among Mac users. It plays the MPEG, VOB, Matroska(MKV), ASF/WMA/WMV, VIVO, QT/MOV/MP4, AVI, Ogg/OGM, RealMedia, NUT, NuppelVideo and more.

Download the MKV player for Mac OS X from the MPlayer site.