Converting MKVs to MP4: Would This Decrease File Size?

Dashrender

What makes one container better than another?

thanksajdotcom

@Dashrender said:

What makes one container better than another?

That's also one of my questions.

thanksajdotcom

Compatibility, especially cross-platform, I'm guessing.

Dashrender

@thanksajdotcom said:

Compatibility, especially cross-platform, I'm guessing.

I'd like a bit more information than that..

Compatibility. Mp4 is more compatbible. Almost all non theather release deliverables are done in the mp4 wrapper. The only down side is it requires a licsence to use it. Mkv is open source but not well adopted.

Nic

MKV is pretty well adopted in piracy circles

@Nic said:

MKV is pretty well adopted in piracy circles

So now we know where AJ got these torrent-ed files..

JaredBusch

@thecreativeone91 said:

@Nic said:

MKV is pretty well adopted in piracy circles

So now we know where AJ got these torrent-ed files..

Already known as he has posted about it blatantly more than once.

coliver

@Nic said:

MKV is pretty well adopted in piracy circles

I've gotten MKVs from some legitimate sources... but since it is a FOSS alternative it is being used to package a lot of pirated media.

tonyshowoff

I answered this on Spiceworks already, but for the sake of cross posting since you did, I will say again: get a new drive, lowering quality is always a terrible idea, you can't go from lossy to lossy without destroying quality.

thanksajdotcom

@Nic said:

MKV is pretty well adopted in piracy circles

This is true...quite true.

scottalanmiller

@tonyshowoff said:

I answered this on Spiceworks already, but for the sake of cross posting since you did, I will say again: get a new drive, lowering quality is always a terrible idea, you can't go from lossy to lossy without destroying quality.

More like brutally destroying the quality.

thanksajdotcom

@thecreativeone91 said:

@Nic said:

MKV is pretty well adopted in piracy circles

So now we know where AJ got these torrent-ed files..

Not denying nor admitting to anything...

scottalanmiller

Bigger drive is definitely the better answer. Not free, but drive space is pretty cheap and a permanent solution. Doing handbreak work requires a tremendous amount of disk and CPU resources. I've done this a lot for my own movie collection compression and the amount of time and effort that it takes is absolutely crazy.

thanksajdotcom

@tonyshowoff said:

I answered this on Spiceworks already, but for the sake of cross posting since you did, I will say again: get a new drive, lowering quality is always a terrible idea, you can't go from lossy to lossy without destroying quality.

You did? I don't see the response, unless I'm just not recognizing your handle over there.

@scottalanmiller said:

@tonyshowoff said:

I answered this on Spiceworks already, but for the sake of cross posting since you did, I will say again: get a new drive, lowering quality is always a terrible idea, you can't go from lossy to lossy without destroying quality.

More like brutally destroying the quality.

Especially considering the source. They likely have been transcoded a few times already.

@thanksajdotcom said:

@tonyshowoff said:

I answered this on Spiceworks already, but for the sake of cross posting since you did, I will say again: get a new drive, lowering quality is always a terrible idea, you can't go from lossy to lossy without destroying quality.

You did? I don't see the response, unless I'm just not recognizing your handle over there.

Then you didn't read the content of them.

thanksajdotcom

@scottalanmiller said:

Bigger drive is definitely the better answer. Not free, but drive space is pretty cheap and a permanent solution. Doing handbreak work requires a tremendous amount of disk and CPU resources. I've done this a lot for my own movie collection compression and the amount of time and effort that it takes is absolutely crazy.

I have a non-NAS external drive I ordered a power cord for. The original got lost somehow. I'm going to network it via the USB port on the other NAS, as I have a WD MyPassport (500GB) being used by the main NAS. I think the Seagate GoFlex that I'm doing this with is 2TB, but it may be 3. It'll be a good landing platform for the compressed/multi-archive downloads I get that I then extract onto the final destination.

thanksajdotcom

@thecreativeone91 said:

@thanksajdotcom said:

@tonyshowoff said:

I answered this on Spiceworks already, but for the sake of cross posting since you did, I will say again: get a new drive, lowering quality is always a terrible idea, you can't go from lossy to lossy without destroying quality.

You did? I don't see the response, unless I'm just not recognizing your handle over there.

Then you didn't read the content of them.

I did. But he's Tony over here and Antal? over there...I think.

tonyshowoff

@thanksajdotcom said:

@thecreativeone91 said:

@thanksajdotcom said:

@tonyshowoff said:

I answered this on Spiceworks already, but for the sake of cross posting since you did, I will say again: get a new drive, lowering quality is always a terrible idea, you can't go from lossy to lossy without destroying quality.

You did? I don't see the response, unless I'm just not recognizing your handle over there.

Then you didn't read the content of them.

I did. But he's Tony over here and Antal? over there...I think.

Yeah, I got all alias here, so the cops can't stay on my trail.