On Wednesday 13 December 2006 12:57, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Tuesday 12 December 2006 16:57, Thomas Rösner > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] > > Specifying file size in dvd::rip': > > Then there are containers: mp2 (only mpeg2), mp4 (only mpeg4), avi > > (anything, but limited), ogg (anything), mkv (anything and more, not in > > DVD::Rip last time I checked). > > > > If you don't care about HW players, you might find ogg a better > > container format then avi (uses less space, audio/video don't get out of > > sync as easily, multiple Audio tracks/subtitels supported...). > > A quick comparison can be found at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_container_formats . I believe > Matroska should be used whenever possible, but I don't know any any > standalone players that support it right now.
There's a matroska USE flag, but as you say, I don't think any (stable) packages use it yet. -- Regards, Mick
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