VLC not playing a MKV file but other MKV files are fine

[luthorcorp]

I can't play some specific MKV files. But 98 % of other MKV files are fine.
It sucks I downloaded 5 gb worth of a tv show called orange is the new black and it won't play.
But all my other MKV files will.
I got the latest VLC and I also tried real player and windows media player and reading other forums.
Can anyone help.

[jenrobinfer]

From VideoLAN official website, we learn that MKV is really one of VLC Player supported video formats. Since MKV is a container format which can contain many tracks with different audio and video compression formats, many people are stuck with "VLC stuttering or choppy when playing HD MKV", "Can't hear the sound of MKV files at all" or "VLC just load MKV file all the time".

There are various free codec packs online which will allow us to decode and play MKV files. The disadvantage of this approach is that you have to download a lot of codecs but if you are only trying to play one type of video file. Another shortcoming is these codecs not always work well.

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