The Matroska Media container is a very popular, open standard multimedia container which is usually found as .MKV files. It is a very popular format in enthusiast circles and can be played directly in VLC or Windows Media Player with suitable codecs installed.
We played our 1080P MKV rip of The Dark Knight using the latest version of VLC Media Player.
Playback of Full-HD MKV is a simple task for all of the processors on test today. With a rounded-down result of 3% CPU utilisation, the 4960X has the easiest time decoding the high-definition movie.