Last updated on 2013-05-29, by David Brooks

How to Play Video on PC with Professional Free Video Player Software

“I just got a movie in MKV format with DTS 5.1 audio. I want to watch this movie and check the audio effect of DTS 5.1 on my computer. So, I’m looking for a piece of free HD video player software to play HD video files on my computer. Such free HD video player software could not only play HD video files, but also play Blu-ray movies and play MKV with DTS 5.1 audio channel, thus I could freely enjoy HD movies on my PC. Is there any media player software to help realize this?”

Leawo Blu-ray Player is an all-inclusive media player software program that could play HD video, play Blu-ray movies and play MKV movies with DTS 5.1 audio channel with high quality. Actually, Leawo Blu-ray Player could act as a free video player to play all common videos for totally free, and a free MKV player to play HD movies just like MKV movies without cost. It allows people to freely choose the audio tracks for playback in source media files. It delivers high quality visual effect for HD movie playback. Check the below steps to know how to play HD movies and MKV movies with DTS 5.1 audio channel with Leawo Blu-ray Player.

Full Guide

Launch Leawo Blu-ray Player

After you download and install this free video player software on your PC, launch it. On the home interface of this free video player software, you can see two options: Open File and disc name. Click on the "Open File" option to load source videos for playback.

Select target videos

After clicking "Open File" button, this free MKV video player software would navigate you to choose source MKV movies for playback. You can browse your MKV movies on your PC for loading in.

Subtitle setting

This free HD video player software allows you to set subtitles for easy enjoying. On the upper left of the playback screen, people could click the "T" icon to set subtitles.

Video settings

On the upper left of this free HD video player software, you could also do video settings during HD video playback.

Audio settings

To set audios, just take a click on the audio icon on the upper left corner of the playback screen. As you want to play MKV with DTS 5.1 audio channel, go "Audio Settings" and select DTS 5.1 audio channel in "Audio Stream" option.

More settings are available: Users could choose to play back and watch Blu-ray/DVD folders with this professional Blu-ray DVD player software in full screen, freely choose to play back chapters or bonus features of a Blu-ray/DVD folder, etc.