Thank you for the additional information. Is there a consensus on the best combination for encoding? Above it was mentioned that mkv-h264-aac was the preferred but not sure if that is a consensus or one persons opinion. Also MP4 was mentioned and may be more accepted in terms of devices that are compatible with it. I believe most of what I have plays both but as I add other devices that may not be the case.
What is the difference between MP4 and MKV aside from the simple fact not all devices will use either or both. Is there an advantage of one over the other technology wise?
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I have asked two others that have replied their opinion so wouldn't mind getting yours as well.
Is there a consensus on the best combination for encoding? Above it was mentioned that mkv-h264-aac was the preferred but not sure if that is a consensus or one persons opinion. Also MP4 was mentioned and may be more accepted in terms of devices that are compatible with it.
What is the difference between MP4 and MKV aside from the simple fact not all devices will use either or both. Is there an advantage of one over the other technology wise? -
No. Different people have different needs. Do you care about encoding speed? Do you care about file size? Do you care about container? Do you care about compatibility with specific devices?
MP4 is more compatible -- mostly because Apple devices use and support it. So all the other manufactures have to support it too.
They're just different ways of organizing video, audio, and other stuff in a file. MP4 has wider support. MKV is more flexible and support is getting better. I use MKV with AVC video and usually AC3 audio (directly from my DVD rips). At some point I'll probably switch to HEVC, VP9, or AV1 (note that's the number one, not a capitol letter i, not to be confused with the AVI container). -
MP4 or MKV are just containers..
What you use depends on what ecosystem or APPS are you playing your files on...
Used to be Apple natively support MP4 not MKV on IOS, but not MKV. Don't know if they've relaxed their restrictions
Also remember there are several combinations on how to encode MP4s, so you may not play every MP4 you get (esp if they are not encoded with specs given by the ITUNES store or APPLE's compatibilty list)
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