Problem with MKV playback

[t_jay17]

When I try to play a MVK file it plays in 2 little squares in the top of the player and the screens seem to be the bottom left or right squares of the screen, what does this mean?

[Krispy Kritter]

Have you tried installing/reinstalling the latest mkv codec?

[t_jay17]

I tried installing the latest combined community codec pack.
Are these the right codecs or are there other ones i need?

[Baldrick]

Try latest haali media splitter together with ffdshow.

[t_jay17]

I tried those 2 and they still play the same way

[t_jay17]

It's the oddest thing i tried all the codecs and nothing, Mkv files wouldn't play for anything in media player clasic so on a whim i downloaded VLC player and they play perfectly.

Why do they play right in one player but not the other?

[Ai Haibara]

VLC uses its own (internal) codecs, not the system's, so that implies something isn't set correctly with the system codecs. Did you already have ffdshow (and/or Haali's splitter) installed before Baldrick suggested the latest versions?

[t_jay17]

i tried those and it is still the same

[Ai Haibara]

Yes, but I was asking if you already had them installed before Baldrick suggested trying the latest versions of each. What player(s) were you using to play MKVs that had the problem?

[t_jay17]

i was trying windows media player clasic from the combined community codec pack