can ffdshow decode mkv matroska files?

[marcorocchini]

because seems to me don't fin any decoder, is there a particular version of ffdshow that have mkv deconding?

thanks

[poisondeathray]

mkv is a container (it can hold different kinds of audio & video streams, subtitle streams plus other things)

ffdshow is a decoder, but you need a splitter before the decoder recieves the stream(s)

commonly used directshow mkv splitters are lav filters / lav splitter and haali media splitter