[mythtv-users] Should I prefer mp4 or mkv in Handbrake output?

[Matt Emmott]

On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 5:34 PM, <f-myth-users at media.mit.edu> wrote:

>     > Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 17:29:06 -0400
>     > From: Tom Lichti <tom at redpepperracing.com>
>
>     > On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 10:27 PM, <f-myth-users at media.mit.edu>
> wrote:
>
>     > > Is there any particular reason to prefer one container or another
> (MP4
>     > > vs MKV) in using Handbrake to transcode PVR-x50 SD MPEG2 data to
> MP4?
>
>     > In my also limited use, I could not find a way to enable MythTV to
> play MP4
>     > files, so MKV is my standard container. It's probably something
> simple, and
>     > I'd be glad to be shown where I'm going wrong. Unless of course your
> use
>     > case is to *not* play them in Myth, but your post implies you will
> be. I am
>     > on almost bleeding edge trunk, but that shouldn't make a difference.
>
> Yes, I'll be playing them with mplayer (in the short term) and current
> myth in the long term.  Sounds like MKV it is.
> _______________________________________________
>

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.
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