playing Matroska (.mkv) files via Windows Media Center - no audio

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Published on 2010-05-02T19:34:59Z Indexed on 2010/05/02 19:38 UTC
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I'm looking to play my .mkv files via Windows Media Center - I've got it almost working. They show up on the menu, they play video fine, but the audio is mute. Strangely, if I play the .mkv file via Media Player - the video & audio are fine.

Any ideas?

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