How to play MKV videos in Mozilla FIrefox?

Question

I can't play or stream online videos with MKV extesions in Firefox though I can play these videos through Chrome. It says "The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported." while trying to play the video.

I am Using the latest Firefox for Ubuntu 16.04

MKV files are meant to be watched locally, not through your web browser. — mmstick, Feb 09 '18 at 06:08
@mmstick But Chrome can play them so I thought there is a way to play them through Firefox. — arbitropy, Feb 09 '18 at 13:32
No, it's not officially supported by any web browswer: https://caniuse.com/#search=mkv MP4, on the other hand, is supported: https://caniuse.com/#search=mp4 — mmstick, Feb 09 '18 at 20:57
MKV files are meant to be watched locally, not through your web browser. @mmstick: that's not true — summerrain, Apr 01 '23 at 03:07

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 27 '18 at 23:41

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Unfortunately its simply not supported.

There is bug on Mozilla's Bugzilla - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1422891 but without much of progress here.

answered Oct 27 '18 at 23:41

Kuribo Kutsu

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 30 '18 at 15:15

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.Mkv and/or other video files can be played through firefox and firefox mobile by either right-click/long-press on video link for play options then choose the video player you know sorts the file example VLC player on Android market.

answered Nov 30 '18 at 15:15

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How to play MKV videos in Mozilla FIrefox?

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