The world of video formats can be pretty confusing, but there are only a few things you really need to know. First, it's important to note that a video format is more than just its file extension.

I recently recieved some mkv files from a friend and tried to play them using windows media player classic (the newest version) and it wouldnt play. So i downloaded the matroska full pack from their ...

The MKV format (Matroska Video) is one that has been around for a very long time now, and it is loved for its high quality and flexibility. It has been supported by many web browsers, and even Windows ...

I wasn't sure which forum to put this question in, and if this is the wrong one, then I apologize in advance. I've been using Handbrake to convert my dvds first to avi files, and now with the release ...

Having read up on containers from Monty's blog: Matroska is good for progressive downloading, which is enough for the YouTube use case. WebM requires an index as the ...

Ein Codec komprimiert Video- und Audiodaten für effizientes Streaming und dekomprimiert sie zur Wiedergabe. Ohne Codecs wären ...

Video codecs attract most of the attention in the multimedia format wars, from Theora adoption in HTML5 to debates about the subjective quality and objective technical demands of Dirac versus H.264.