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how i can play .mkv video file in my website?

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brijesh_vatliya
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i want to display video to the user but i can't play .mkv video file in firefox (it is play in chrome).

i want to display video to the user but i can't play .mkv video file in firefox (it is play in chrome).

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Currently, I don't see MKV on the list of supported container formats in Firefox:

https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTML/Supported_media_formats

Why is MKV useful/important? Can you use WebM instead?

FredMcD
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Download the file, then play it.