The real use cases for file formats aren't for end users. You could also ask just as well, why doesn't Sony or Adobe support Ogg?Īnyway, at the end of the day, it's because they don't need to. I think a more interesting question is why were/are common multi-channel audio formats (AC3 and DTS) not included as having explicit support in the early revs of mp4? But that starts to mix the use case of a file format for an end user consumer vs a content producer. In a sense, an open format like that isn't necessarily going to be something a content producer is going to be all about just because it supports features. And I think mp4 is also part of the official bluray spec(so why wouldn't Sony use it)? But for video editing, hasn't QuickTime been a popular format in the pro space forever? Probably because mp4 is based on of QuickTime. Lack of support is the reason I started this thread. But if MKV is so solid, why don't Sony or Adobe support it in their video NLE suites? And those are just two major players in NLE editing that I've used personally. I would link you to some good examples, but I am not sure what Ars's policy on linking to fan-subs is, and do not wish to incur moderator wrath.Īs we know, MKV is prevalent across the nets. No need to encode that section each time, just do it once and save the space. A common use for this is external opening and closing sequences for TV series that do not change over several episodes. You can link to files outside of the MKV but in the same directory. Or set it to skip ahead at a certain timestamp and come back to it later.

So you can for instance link a video to play at a certain time stamp, then return to the original video. All you have to do is repackage the container with the correct control text file. In this specific case, you can edit an Matroska file to have alternative video, audio, subtitle, ect. Mandatory Wiki link: Comparison of video container formats. The Matroska format was designed specifically to be a fully open and free alternative to MP4 and it's ilk. The only exception I know of is embedded menus. There is virtually nothing you can do in MP4 that can not be done in MKV.

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