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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

In this day and age of compression, you can get a very small file in good quality.

If your hardware will run it, MKV/265 is fantastic! Especially the 10 bit rips

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

does MKV combined with H265 really do a thing?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

It do da thang it do, dawg

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

is it better than the H265 alone without changing the container format?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

H.265 isn't a container format, it's an encoding format. You have to have a container to hold the encoded video stream, whether it be MKV, MP4, etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

i know. that's what i'm asking. which one is better, H265 with MP4 as container (since it's the standard) or MKV as container.. i do transcoding a lot but haven't experienced using MKV as the container. that's why i'm asking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

MKV is open, so I prefer that. My TV and Plex/Jellyfin also plays them fine. So I tend to prefer that. It's also more powerful than MP4 if I'm not mistaken? Like it can hold subtitles and stuff? I don't remember off the top of my head.

(Also the piracy scene tends to prefer MKV nowadays as far as I can tell. At least for larger stuff like movies and long-episode television series.)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My Shield Pro shits itself trying to play those at 4K though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I never play anything in 4k simply because my eyes can never tell the difference lol

Are they that heavy?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

my eyes can never tell the difference

Do you have a TV that can display 4K though?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think it's got a hardware decoder in it for AV1. Whether it can play is very much dependent on the file.

I can't see the extra pixels, but they tend to be the only versions with Dolby Vision, etc. I do think the HDR version looks better.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can't think of any device with hardware decoder for AV1. I think it's mostly by CPU with some GPU accel.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

It's mostly handled with GPU acceleration, yes. But it's a fairly recent addition. Certainly newer than my Shield Pro (which they don't seem to have updated since).

CPU alone would require a decent processor. Certainly at 4K. It knows the format, but smooth playback either happens or it doesn't depending on the file.