I just did a check and the MKV files I'm trying to play are 1280 x720.
I’ve installed Perian with all my OSX Macs and I had tried QuickTime but it wouldn't play any MKV file that I have. Today I had a thought that the only place I'd tried it was on a couple of 10.6 machines which often have two versions of QuickTime. On investigating I realized that the QuickTime I'd been trying was 10. I tried QuickTime 7 and it worked. Only downside was that on the DA I had to wait for the whole MKV file to load which took a while. Maybe I’ll have to RAID a couple of drives or consider a small SSD.
I could convert to a QuickTime format which works well, even at 1920 x 1080 but
I’m trying to work with the files I have. Some things will never work though. The MTS files that come off my 1080 camcorder are one. Couldn’t really play those with a 2 ghz Core Duo I had.
I’ve installed Perian with all my OSX Macs and I had tried QuickTime but it wouldn't play any MKV file that I have. Today I had a thought that the only place I'd tried it was on a couple of 10.6 machines which often have two versions of QuickTime. On investigating I realized that the QuickTime I'd been trying was 10. I tried QuickTime 7 and it worked. Only downside was that on the DA I had to wait for the whole MKV file to load which took a while. Maybe I’ll have to RAID a couple of drives or consider a small SSD.
I could convert to a QuickTime format which works well, even at 1920 x 1080 but
I’m trying to work with the files I have. Some things will never work though. The MTS files that come off my 1080 camcorder are one. Couldn’t really play those with a 2 ghz Core Duo I had.