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MKV file sizes are outrageously large. MP4 is a great alternative (less than half the file size) that doesn't sacrifice resolution. With that said, not sure if
by lewisgodowski 14y ago
MKV file sizes are outrageously large. MP4 is a great alternative (less than half the file size) that doesn't sacrifice resolution. With that said, not sure if it supports multiple audio tracks, subtitles, etc.
- oxplot 14y agomkv is only a container format. As such, given the same audio/video encoding, the file size would be very similar.
- codemac 14y agoMKV is a container format, not a codec. It's great, and can contain an arbitrary number of audio, video, subtitle, etc tracks. This is why the file sizes can generally end up inflated, people will put all dubs and subtitles into one file. The video stream rarely has anything to do with this (other than the tendency for very high def rips to use mkv). Secondly, mp4 is a container format as well, but is less generic. MPEG-4 is actually a series of standards. MPEG-4 Part 14 describes the mp4 container format, and MPEG-4 Part 10 describes the H.264 codec.
- lewisgodowski 14y agoAhhhh gotcha, now I feel dumb. Thanks for the explanation! (:
- stordoff 14y agoOnly if the actual content (video bitrate etc.) differs. If you stick the same video in both MKV and MP4 containers, the resulting filesizes will be almost identical.