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mp4 is gay. Why you converting anything tho, .mp4 is just a container same has mkv, probably carrying h264/x264. You only need to change the container format not convert the video itself. Unless that's what you meant!
 
Osama Bin Laden said:
.webm is superior

im not autistic enough to know specifics about containers and codecs
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so the video and audio inside the mkvs and mp4s is the exact same data, the container is just how they're packaged together and store metadata and stuff. if you're just changing the container from mkv to mp4 you don't need to re-encode the video so it shouldn't take very long at all

however mkv is superior and has been since XViD and AVIs died off.
 
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Caesar said:
so the video and audio inside the mkvs and mp4s is the exact same data, the container is just how they're packaged together and store metadata and stuff. if you're just changing the container from mkv to mp4 you don't need to re-encode the video so it shouldn't take very long at all
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thank you for explaining

how can i change the container via ffmpeg or whatever
 
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WEBP WORKS IN EVERY BROWSER
MKV IS NOT A FILE FORMAT IT IS A CONTAINER AND IT CONTAINS EVERYTHING

MKV IS A FILE WITHOUT A FORMAT IT IS JUST WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT THAT'S WHY THEY USE IT FOR PIRATED FILES

NOBODY CAN WATCH IT IN A BROWSER
THIS IS A WEBSITE SO YOU NEED TO UPLOAD YOUR FUCKING VIDEOS IN A FORMAT THAT WORKS IN A BROWSER

USE MP4

 
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MPEG1/MPEG2 files were huge and I'm old so in my head that's all MPEGs, therefore MP4 sucks even if it's not video codec

MP3 is okay though but I would prefer OGG or OPUS.
 
mkv is a container that supports many codecs, and most of them are not browser compatible
i would love for all browsers to support HEVC or AV1 but this is sadly the real world

also if converting to h.264 is taking forever, please consider using a hardware accelerated codec like h264_qsv for intel CPUs or h264_nvenc for nVidia.
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/HWAccelIntro
 
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I just use Handbrake, compresses the videos down to a more manageable size too.
 
Caesar said:
so the video and audio inside the mkvs and mp4s is the exact same data, the container is just how they're packaged together and store metadata and stuff. if you're just changing the container from mkv to mp4 you don't need to re-encode the video so it shouldn't take very long at all

however mkv is superior and has been since XViD and AVIs died off.
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Caesar said:
Very easily luckily!


ffmpeg -i example.mkv -c copy example.mp4

-c copy makes sure it takes the source audio and video.

I'm all for more mkv support anywhere tho
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Wtf. Hours of my life WASTED. All the times I've pulled up Handbrake and walked away from the PC for half an hour as my CPU reached concerning temperatures...
 
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jxxyy said:
mkv is a container that supports many codecs, and most of them are not browser compatible
i would love for all browsers to support HEVC or AV1 but this is sadly the real world

also if converting to h.264 is taking forever, please consider using a hardware accelerated codec like h264_qsv for intel CPUs or h264_nvenc for nVidia.
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/HWAccelIntro
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Most browsers do support AV1.
 
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Wtf. Hours of my life WASTED. All the times I've pulled up Handbrake and walked away from the PC for half an hour as my CPU reached concerning temperatures...
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im glad im not the only one who didn't know that

well this thread is useful either way

accept mkv jersh, you know you want too
 
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The MKV container is objectively better than MP4 because it handles multiple video, audio and subtitle streams, more codecs and does so with marginally less memory than MP4, however, the virtually universal compatibility of MP4 trumps that IMO.
 
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Decent file format, but bad efficency and takes up too much space. On the plus side if the recording crashes, the video file is still usable, tough you have to put it trough handbrake to convert it to mp4 to completely "renew" the headers, metadata and stuff, because otherwise kdenlive will think it's corrupt, which it kinda is. Overall ok ig if it wasn't for the large sizes
 
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