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Firefox Finally Introducing Matroska / MKV Playback Support


Within the nightly builds of the Firefox web browser is finally the ability to support playback of Matroska 'MKV' content.

Within the nightly builds of the Firefox web browser is finally the ability to support playback of Matroska "MKV" content. Enabled just within the Firefox Nightly builds for now or opting in within the media.mkv.enabled preference is the ability to support MKV playback. Feel free to try it out and report any issues if you encounter AVC or AAC in MKV failing to play.

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