<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 5:34 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:f-myth-users@media.mit.edu" target="_blank">f-myth-users@media.mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> > Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 17:29:06 -0400<br>
> From: Tom Lichti <<a href="mailto:tom@redpepperracing.com">tom@redpepperracing.com</a>><br>
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> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 10:27 PM, <<a href="mailto:f-myth-users@media.mit.edu">f-myth-users@media.mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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> > Is there any particular reason to prefer one container or another (MP4<br>
> > vs MKV) in using Handbrake to transcode PVR-x50 SD MPEG2 data to MP4?<br>
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> In my also limited use, I could not find a way to enable MythTV to play MP4<br>
> files, so MKV is my standard container. It's probably something simple, and<br>
> I'd be glad to be shown where I'm going wrong. Unless of course your use<br>
> case is to *not* play them in Myth, but your post implies you will be. I am<br>
> on almost bleeding edge trunk, but that shouldn't make a difference.<br>
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</div></div>Yes, I'll be playing them with mplayer (in the short term) and current<br>
myth in the long term. Sounds like MKV it is.<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">_______________________________________________<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It doesn't sound like this would be a concern for you, but my Roku box and mobile devices can't play HD MKVs, only MP4s. <br></div></div></div></div>