It supports more codecs and I believe can store more tracks compared to MP4. Whenever I download a high quality movie or tv show, especially if it has multiple audio tracks and subtitles to choose from, it is always packaged in .mkv
More refined subtitle support (better timing, more flexibility in how they are presented and better timing)
Complex chapter structure (think dvd menus and “bandersnatch” interactive movies and probably things nobody has thougth of doing because of lacks in the technology), segment linking (linking to a file and a timestamp, so you can reuse sections such as intros etc…)
Arbitrary file support, to embed anything, text documents, subtitle font files, cover images, license information, client side storage
High precision timestamps, rich metadata
One great thing is it can be extended, so it’s future proof, one bad thing is, it can be extended, so of course Apple made extensions that only work on their shit
Here is a pretty good write up on it. They aren’t that different but generally I think mkv is preferred in high quality since it can handle more tracks and more codecs.
Hold up can someone please tell me what benefits MKV has over let’s say MP4 ?
It supports more codecs and I believe can store more tracks compared to MP4. Whenever I download a high quality movie or tv show, especially if it has multiple audio tracks and subtitles to choose from, it is always packaged in .mkv
More refined subtitle support (better timing, more flexibility in how they are presented and better timing) Complex chapter structure (think dvd menus and “bandersnatch” interactive movies and probably things nobody has thougth of doing because of lacks in the technology), segment linking (linking to a file and a timestamp, so you can reuse sections such as intros etc…) Arbitrary file support, to embed anything, text documents, subtitle font files, cover images, license information, client side storage High precision timestamps, rich metadata
One great thing is it can be extended, so it’s future proof, one bad thing is, it can be extended, so of course Apple made extensions that only work on their shit
Here is a pretty good write up on it. They aren’t that different but generally I think mkv is preferred in high quality since it can handle more tracks and more codecs.