

If the file that is skipping is playing from a local hard drive, you can adjust the caching value in milliseconds. When playing high definition MKV video over a network, you will often suffer VLC skipping or lagging issue. Step 3: Adjust audio settings for VLC playback.Ĭlick "Settings" on the main interface to open "Profile Settings" window to tweak the output audio codec as AAC or other VLC readable audio codec according to your own needs.Īfter all setting is completed, hit right-bottom "Convert" button to convert MKV to VLC playable video and audio file formats. If the MKV files contains some video codec such as H.265/HEVC that VLC does not handle very well, you can just select to output one of VLC more compatible file format such as "H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)" under "HD Video" main category.
#CAN VLC PLAY WMV ON MAC HOW TO#
How to Convert MKV with Unsupported Audio for VLC Playback?Īfter the successful installation, click "File" > "Add Video/Audio" or "Add from Folder" to load mkv files with unsupported audio codec into the program.

#CAN VLC PLAY WMV ON MAC WINDOWS#
You can use a powerful video converter - Pavtube Video Converter for Windows / Mac to convert the incompatible audio codec in MKV to VLC readable AAC, AC3, MP4, WMA or other audio codec.Īpart from MKV, you can also use the program to fix other media formats such as AVI, WMV, MKV, MP4, MOV, FLV, MPG, AVCHD, VOB, H.265, etc into VLC for swift playback. If above two solutions does not work, then the no sound issue can due to the unsupported audio codec in MKV files, which may contain some audio codec like DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD, PCM or LPCM that are not recognized by VLC. When in that condition, the first thing you can do is to check whether you have carelessly mute the VLC player, if not, then open your VLC to adjust audio settings to check "Enable audio" option.įor detailed steps: please visist: VLC no sound solved VLC no sound issue can often occurred not only when you play MKV files but also other file formats. Skipping and Lagging when playing HD MKV with VLC Problems when playing certain MKV files with VLC You can have a test with the latest VLC 2.2.4, the plug-in had many changes. The reason is the plugin VLC uses to play MKV files is outdated and must be repaced with the current version if you want to play all MKV files. The VLC media player will play most MKV files, but will not play some.
#CAN VLC PLAY WMV ON MAC FREE#
VLC, the most powerful free multimedia player software, however, sometimes will fail to play some MKV files or not play properly play certain MKV files. MKV is an open-standard multimedia format that's widely supported by most software-based media players.
