For those interested, earlier in the weekend VLC Media Player 1.1.0 RC was released to the public. This (free) videplayer has the advantage of utilizing your GPU to accelerate all kinds of encoded movies like MKV.
New Features
- GPU and DSP decoding, depending on the platform
- Faster and more stable
- New codecs and HD codecs enhancements
- MKV, mp4 and avi improvements
- Extensions
- Important code cleanup and rewrite
- Interface and playlist reworked
- Completely Free
Features u.a.:
- MPEG (ES,PS,TS,PVA,MP3)
- AVI - MPEG-1/2, DIVX (1/2/3), MPEG-4 ASP, DivX 4/5/6, XviD, 3ivX D4
- ASF / WMV / WMA - WMV 3 / WMV-9 / VC-1 1, 2 1 1, 2 1 1 WMV 1/2
- MP4 / MOV / 3GP - Sorenson 1/3 (Quicktime)
- OGG / OGM / Annodex
- Matroska (MKV) - H.261 H.263 / H.263i H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC
- Real - Real Video 1/2
- WAV (incuding DTS)
- Raw Audio: DTS, AAC, AC3/A52
- Raw DV
- FLAC
- FLV (Flash)
- MXF
- Nut
- Standard MIDI / SMF
- Creative
