Re: vlc and mp4 or mkv
On Sat, 2022-12-03 at 17:24 -0500, Bill Cunningham wrote:
On 12/3/2022 5:19 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sat, 2022-12-03 at 16:49 -0500, Bill Cunningham wrote:
> > But I try to save
> > movies/videos as an iso or if there is no special feature a much
> > smaller
> > mpeg.
> I've no idea if this fits your needs, but I always use mkvmerge
> (from
> the mkvtoolnix package) to create MKV files from (e.g. mp4 plus srt
> sources).
>
> poc
Is a mp4 and mkv the same file? I am used to the mp4s but this mkv
seems to be getting around now.
They are both container formats but are not the same. MKV (Matroska)
containers can be nested and contain multiple audio and/or subtitle
tracks, and I think are in some ways more flexible than MP4s, e.g. I've
often created MKV files that contain MP4s (and VLC can play them), but
maybe someone who knows what they're talking about should chip in here.
poc