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 ...

Users of DaVinci Resolve (DR for short) have been asking for more output codecs and more control over the existing ones for years. While Blackmagic has added quite a few over time, you still don’t get ...

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 ...

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 ...