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I deleted libmkv_plugin.dll or renamed libmatroska.dll and used it in its place VLC played the video fine. Can VLC .mkv Module be that sensitive to a glitch in a download. No. If you remove libmkv_plugin.dll, move it, or rename it to anything that does not match lib*_plugin.dll, VLC will loose the ...

I will try sending it again.

OK I will use the upload link you created to send it to you.
Let me know when you receive the video, the upload link does not give any indication that its being uploaded or not.

I redownloaded the video and to my surprise VLC it played ok!. what confused me is that all the other Players I have played it without any problems and if I deleted libmkv_plugin.dll or renamed libmatroska.dll and used it in its place VLC played the video fine. Can VLC .mkv Module be that sensitive ...

The video that causes the libmkv_plugin failure is in high definition "720p", probably thats the problem to begin with. The file size is 279 MB, which is large for a 24 min. video. It will take a lot of time for me to upload, the download link is below. http://www.anime-access.com/anime/B/...

If I delete the .mkv plugin the player plays the .mkv video fine but crashes if the plugin is loaded. Deleting is not the practical approach. The .mkv video is Bleach Episode 302. I did as you suggested and installed v1.2, and the same plugin failure occured. To tell you the truth I dont know how we...

VLC 1.2 in my opinion works better in an XP Enviroment, and cannot work properly in Windows 7 64 bit, which is where I now use VLC. And as you said deleting the .mkv plugin has the same effect, but it is this plugin that crashes the Player when playing some .mkv vrdeos. I came across the solution fr...

Doing this does not harm the player in any way and it makes VLC play all .mkv videos,

VLC Media Player will play most .mkv files, but will not play some. The reason is that the plugin VLC uses to play .mkv files is outdated and must be replaced with the current version if you want to play all .mkv files. The plugin VLC uses to play .mkv is a .dll file (libmkv_plugin.dll) which is lib...