Files with mks extension are related to the Matroska subtitles stream file format stored in Matroska container without video and audio data.
There are 3 other file types using
the MKS file extension!
.mks - MagicKey SmartType settings
.mks - MasterCook cookbook data
.mks - TACT data
Software that open mks file
MKS file extension - Matroska subtitles stream
What is mks file? How to open mks files?
File extension mks is associated with Matroska file format. Matroska is a container format generally used for video, audio and subtitles. The native file extension, that is used by Matroska, is mkv.
The mks file contains only subtitle stream without video or audio data.
To Matroska subtitle stream can be import some of the most used subtitle formats such as VobSub subtitle format (sub), SubRip subtitle format (srt), Sub Station Alpha subtitle format (ssa/ass) and Core Media Player XML universal subtitle format (usf).
Updated: June 13, 2022
The default software associated to open mks file:
Company or developer:
VideoLAN Project Team
Very popular multimedia player developed for Windows, Apple Mac, Linux, Unix and various other operating systems and platforms.
VLC can playback many of the video formats (AVI, MKV, OGV, WMV, ASF, MOV...) and audio formats (MP3, AAC, M4A, OGG, FLAC...) as well as support of subtitles for video. It can also be used as a streaming server and multimedia transcoder.
List of recommended software applications associated to the .mks file extension
Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open mks file, edit mks file, convert mks file, view mks file, play mks file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).
mks file players - programs that can play mks file - Matroska subtitles stream
Programs supporting the exension mks on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for play mks file action.
Microsoft Windows:
Main software associated with mks file by default:
VLC media player
Other suggested software:
The Core Media Player
