Also take a look at the top 10 MKV players for windows 10 before finally making up your mind. To make things easier, you can just rely on a self-integrated free MKV player.

There are other problems, like MKV codec for Windows Media Player on Windows 10 unable to install. However, you won't run into such problems as 5KPlayer is shipped with permanent free upgrade for the latest Windows OS version.

Native MKV support is reliable: Due to the frequent Windows 10 upgrades, and Windows Media Player upgrades, your old MKV codec pack may have trouble in comatibility, thus landing in WMP not working.

That being said, 5KPlayer is rather economic, especially when it integrates a full catalogue of codecs - just what a full codec pack can do - the supported video formats aggregate up to 60. Manual installation is complicated: Installing an external codec pack for Windows Media Player on Windows 10 takes up more storage than a self-integrated MKV player, and may be bundled with malware unless carefully scanned. However, external MKV codecs for Windows 10 like CCCP or K-Lite, when compared to siblings like WMP (Windows Media Player) and WMV, is but an outsider.

5KPlayer is easier-to-use: 5KPlayer, being an universal MKV player for Windows 10 takes, with a neutral stand between Microsoft and MKV Codec, guarantees the highest compatibility to support them both. 5KPlayer VS MKV Codec for WMP, which is better?

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