On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Howdy, > >> > >> I downloaded some really new videos the other day, .mkv ones. Nothing I > >> had would play them, mplayer or mpv based players. > > Convert them using handbrake. Probably saves you a bunch of disk space also > > > > > > > I thought about that. Thing is, if the people creating these videos is > using this new method, I'll have to convert those newer ones in the > future as well. At some point, I'll be having to convert a lot of them > which is time consuming and somewhat annoying. I don't mind the file > size to much, just want to be able to watch them, even newer ones. > > I might add, eventually I'll need to upgrade to these versions anyway. > I could end up with the same problem if it is something I did wrong, bad > USE flag or something. Best way, fix it so it works. Then maybe not > have problems for a long while. :-D >
I suppose, but 7GB files ripped from DVDs vs 400MB m4v for me is a no brainer. Matroska is mostly to get multiple video, audio and subtitle files into a single container. If you care about keeping Serbian audio and Turkish subtitles, then by all means keep the mkv and find a player that gives you all that control. Best wishes, Mark
