That "forever" for the .mkv comes at a pretty high cost in time and money, if you really want a decent chance of it actually lasting a lifetime. You can reduce

That "forever" for the .mkv comes at a pretty high cost in time and money, if you really want a decent chance of it actually lasting a lifetime. You can reduce one by making the other go up, but there's gonna be some cost in both. Then again you have to store physical disks. And pay for them, of course. Pick your poison I guess.