An upcoming media player for Xbox One will enable the console to play back a host of popular media formats including MKV.
The media player will support files located in an attached USB device or from a network connected home media server that supports DLNA . The preview version of the media player app in the early access program will only support USB. With the new media player Xbox One will support more formats than Xbox 360, as detailed below.
Xbox One compatible file types:
- 3gp audio
- 3gp video
- 3gp2
- aac
- adts
- animated gif
- asf
- avi divx
- avi dv
- avi uncompressed
- avi xvid
- bmp
- jpg
- gif
- h264 avchd
- mjpeg
- mkv
- mov
- mp3
- mpeg 1 ps
- mpeg 2
- mpeg 2 hd
- mpeg 2 ts
- mpeg 4 h264 aac
- mpeg 4 sp
- png
- tiff
- wav
- wma
- wma lossless
- wma pro
- wma voice
- wmv
- wmv hd
