Since you cannot play MKV file using VLC on El Capitan, there’s really not much you can do except maybe converting MKV to another format. Even if VLC can run on Mac El Capitan, many guys sometimes found that MKV can’t be played in VLC due to the codec issues. mkv files can contain many tracks with different audio and video compression formats, which can cause problems during playback. What’s more, MKV (matroska) is a general use container, and as such the. Owning to the update of Mac OS, VLC media player is not able to work perfectly on El Capitan until now. According some other users feedback, playing MKV on Mac OS X El Capitan with VLC media player is not smooth(stuttering or jumping) and the VLC always turns to crash. I have researched the web and tried to follow some instructions.
At my first trial, I can’t play MKV in VLC on Mac El Capitan. Well, I am bit of a tech newbie, so this question is probably going to sound silly, but I have come across a lot of MKV files, and how can I play these MKV using VLC on my Mac computer running on OS X El Capitan.
