Hello,
I am encoding my movies with H.264. Should I use MP4 or MKV format?
What are the differences?
Thanks,
Miguel
MP4 vs MKV
Re: MP4 vs MKV
Depends on what you what to do with the final output, that is, what's the destination player device/software.
However, in general, I would recommend MP4.
However, in general, I would recommend MP4.
Re: MP4 vs MKV
I am using Western Digital TV (http://www.westerndigital.com/en/produc ... anguage=en) to watch the movies on a TV.
I was able to see MKV files with no problem ... But I also had some problems with some movies when encoding to MKV.
So I am not sure if I should start using MP4.
Thanks,
Miguel
I was able to see MKV files with no problem ... But I also had some problems with some movies when encoding to MKV.
So I am not sure if I should start using MP4.
Thanks,
Miguel
-
- Posts: 13
- Joined: Thu May 07, 2009 10:04 pm
Re: MP4 vs MKV
I suppose you should ask on a WDTV related forum, like wdtvforum.com or on avsforum.com.
Anyway, I also have the WDTV, and AFAIR, mp4 container is more restricted in supported audio codecs, e.g. I'm not sure you can have AC-3 in MP4. So that's the kind of thing you could consider.
Anyway, I also have the WDTV, and AFAIR, mp4 container is more restricted in supported audio codecs, e.g. I'm not sure you can have AC-3 in MP4. So that's the kind of thing you could consider.
Re: MP4 vs MKV
Not sure if you're meaning that the WDTV may not support AC3 in MP4, but AC3 in MP4 is definitely supported in the MPEG-4 standard. That's why it's available in HB.fred_be9300 wrote:Anyway, I also have the WDTV, and AFAIR, mp4 container is more restricted in supported audio codecs, e.g. I'm not sure you can have AC-3 in MP4. So that's the kind of thing you could consider.
(Just chiming in. I don't have a WDTV.)
Re: MP4 vs MKV
Probably more accurate to say that until fairly recently AC3 was not supported in the MP4 standard, and many (especially hardware) players haven't caught up yet. I would be surprised if the WDTV could read it, the NMTs definitely can't, so for those purposes MKV is probably better.
Re: MP4 vs MKV
True enough. That said, the WDTV manual doesn't list AC3 as available in the mp4 file format/container. It does specifically call out Dolby Digital in AVI, DVR-MS, and MKV files. Neither do the release notes for the 4 available firmware updates list anything about AC3 in MP4. They keep making updates for the MKV container.