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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...