Quote Originally Posted by The Archangel
Is there any way i can get this type of file to play on windows media player? What about real player? I'm looking for other options because i really don't want to download another player to my computer, it's already messed up as it is.

Its because maybe your WMP dont have the codecs to play MKV files so search for codecs
Or if you considered and want to download a new player i recommend VLC media player its a good player with support for Matroska, and support for most video and audio streams you will find in an MKV file. This means that you most likely will not have to install any extra codecs or filters, depending on what your streams are.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ you can download it here>if you dont want to download codecs