{"id":11962,"date":"2018-02-16T18:47:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T15:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unlockunit.com\/blog\/?p=11962"},"modified":"2018-02-19T18:02:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T15:02:12","slug":"fix-mkv-files-no-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unlockunit.com\/blog\/fix-mkv-files-no-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"How to fix MKV files with no sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though it\u2019s relatively new, the MKV format is very popular nowadays. It\u2019s a multimedia container format, able to combine audio, video and subtitles into a single file, hence being widely used for DVD and Blu-Ray movies. Yes, they\u2019re here to stay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, a lot of users claim that not once they ended up with MKV files with no sound, especially on PCs running Windows 10, after downloading them from various sources. So, can this be fixed? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of, course it can. Let\u2019s find out how!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why do MKV files have no sound?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before getting to the actual solution, let\u2019s take a few moments and understand what causes this problem. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After doing a bit of research, it looks like there\u2019s not just one cause, but a few more. Specifically, I\u2019m talking about:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Codecs which don\u2019t work properly<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A corrupt MKV file<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A corrupt media player<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The video conversion was done wrong<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the good news is that there are solutions for all of these!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fix for MKV files with no sound, due do bad codecs<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Codecs are activated by the media file itself, but if a part of the package is missing or corrupted, it will affect the proper functioning of the file. In this case, a bad codecs package can lead to an MKV file having no sound at all. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Considering that it\u2019s up to the users to download and install the best packages, this is actually one of the fixes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our recommendation is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codecguide.com\/download_kl.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">K-Lite Codec Pack<\/a>, one of the best packages you can find on the web, with tons of downloads on the counter. Install it and it should fix your problems with the MKV files with no sound. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fix for MKV files with no sound, due to corrupt files<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Downloading video files from unverified and suspicious sources leads to a problem like this very often. In some cases, you can even end up with a virus on your PC, but this is a totally different story. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the file you\u2019re trying to play has no sound, it\u2019s very possible to be a corrupted one. In this case, you can\u2019t do anything else than try to download it again, but from a trusty, verified source.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fix for MKV files with no sound, due to a corrupt media player<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like a corrupted file, the media player you\u2019re using to play MKV files can also be in the same situation. And there are several causes for this: an operating system that\u2019s not functioning properly or a wrong or incomplete installation process, not to mention an unrelated update. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the above-mentioned causes is enough to wreck the way your media player of choice is working, ending up with MKV files with no sound. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this situation, one of the first things you can do is to re-install your media player correctly or restore it to the previous version, if you\u2019ve updated it and it doesn\u2019t work properly since then. You can also try something different, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videolan.org\/vlc\/index.html\">VLC Player<\/a>, one of yours truly\u2019s favorites, as it\u2019s able to play several formats, including MKV.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fix for MKV files with no sound, due to improper video conversion<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This could also be happening because you\u2019ve converted the file to MKV yourself, for various reasons, but you didn\u2019t do it properly or used a suspicious tool, who messed up the sound. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since the MKV files are already altered and doesn\u2019t work properly, the only solution is to get back to the original file, in its format, and convert it to MKV once again, but using a different tool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, you can rely on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zamzar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zamzar<\/a>, a spectacular online tool about which we already talked in one of our guides, on how to convert MP4 files to MOV on Mac. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11963\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unlockunit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/zamzar-file-converter.png\" alt=\"Zamzar file converter\" width=\"824\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unlockunit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/zamzar-file-converter.png 824w, https:\/\/www.unlockunit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/zamzar-file-converter-150x112.png 150w, https:\/\/www.unlockunit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/zamzar-file-converter-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unlockunit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/zamzar-file-converter-768x574.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s also able to convert video files to MKV, so you might as well give it a try. As a side note, you can check all the tools presented in our guide, since most of them can deal with MKV files!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrap-up<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See? Told you it can be solved. However, there\u2019s no 100% guarantee that these solutions will work as a fix for MKV files with no sound, but they\u2019re worth giving a try. After all, each of them requires just a few minutes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which one of them worked for you? Let us know, using the comments section below!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though it\u2019s relatively new, the MKV format is very popular nowadays. It\u2019s a multimedia container format, able to combine audio, video and subtitles into a single file, hence being widely used for DVD and Blu-Ray movies. Yes, they\u2019re here to stay. 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