Please? I can’t help that I’m too broke to upgrade my computer/vidcard to avoid mkv lag :P

You can, oh how nice how about the rest of the world? Oh yes **** the rest of the world. They should have been supporting mkv and buying the latest possible media devices that support the tech.

Lets get this straight, .mp4 file can be played on any system that supports .mkv, plus it can be played on many more systems that do not play .mkv. More people can access the content on the device appropriate for them -> Better user experience and wider audience.

I do understand that fansubbers are mainly focusing on their pc audience which makes mkv probably the easiest/best choice for them.
And since they don’t get money from what they do they have no need to use format that offers quality to the people outside their limited target audience.

plus on another note, booyadude mkv plays on bluray players??? thats weird i know mkv awesome but there just containers with mongrel(uber mix) codec’s etc.im quite surprise that mkv plays on blurays.
can you tell me how you did this
-__-
plus i do own a ps3 and i just hard sub the anime (ps3 r gay and u need MP4), it only takes 3 hours per episode if you require the HD’ness(lol thats not a word).
i always do

I can play an MKV on my computer, my portable, my bluray player, and my standalone. I can play a bluray on my bluray player.

//provide higher quality/better user experience than a purchased product.//?

I don’t know about you, but the fact that I can play the media with the hardware I want is quite high on my list of “better user experience”.

//So basicly Mp4 is superior container, >>not because of its features but because of its compatibility wich greatly outweights any improvements mkv has.< Months

//There’ve been handhelds and standalones out for years.//

So how many are we talking about here 3? 10? Popcorn hour?

You do know that there are quite plenty of Psp’s, Ipods, Iphones, Ps3, X360, Blu-ray players that have been out for years, and sold milions of units. You saying that the machines that are supporting mkv are even marginaly close to that ammount?

hasn’t mkv been improved and edited a lot withing these years? can mp4 which as a industry standard and is already supported in many devices go trough such changes without sacrificing compatibility with older devices? Don’t tell me file restrictions are only disadvantages as they do have their own advantages as well.

Cool story, bro.

That’s awesome, has nothing to do with the container itself though.

Try reading my other comments again.

Okay, now the repeating yourself is getting repetitive.

Didn’t I say there have been Bluray players out for months? There’ve been handhelds and standalones out for years.

“So basicly Mp4 is superior container[...]”
“No, MKV is a superior container, full stop.”
“[...]it could be considered as the best[...]”

Thank you for ending this yourself, as your repetitive arguments that have nothing to do with the containers themselves got boring long ago. One last time, I’ll suggest you learn a bit more on the subject, so that the next person you argue with(I’m sure you’ll find someone) on this isn’t as baffled as me, at why you’re making pitiful attempts to argue about things you have little knowledge of.

The lack of edit button disturbs me. Since I am used to post first and correct the typos/etc after : |

Wasn’t ment to be a one liner to look like I “pwned” you. It was ment to wake you up from the imaginary year 2011 your living.

Like I have said from the beginning, Mp4 is still the more supported format and it plays even on older stand alone media devices.
(which many cannot be updated by firmware, or the firmware updates are restricted by hardware)

The problem with people like you who claim that we who prefer Xvid or Mp4 are slowing down technological is that you expect people to actualy replace their brand new Blu-ray players or any other standalone media device just to get Karaoke Subtitles and ordered chapters. Are you insane?

Of course its nice that Mkv supports such a wide array of subtitle, video and music formats, but not many devices (even from the recent ones) have been build around to handle codecs that can play virtually every video, audio or subtitle format on the planet that is stuffed to this container you love so much.

I understand that Mkv has pretty good chance to become like Xvid is right now with the recent Divx7 deal(or what ever it is), but that will still take few years (or more) for that to happen.

Mkv file is like Linux distributions(also opensource no?), from the OS standpoint it could be considered as the best operating system in the world because of hunreds of features that windows users cant even start to imagine, Why? because there’s no support from industry for the OS and most normal people are happy enough with their buggy unstable operating system.

Choosing apples over oranges is a preference. Chossing an inferior technological implementation over a superior one, is holding advancement back.

The corresponding paragraph is some failed attempt at making an analogy. If you don’t understand, try to think about it a bit more, and maybe your next argument won’t be filled with fallacies.

Okay, I give up. I tried to get you to at least learn A LITTLE about what you were talking about, but you refused. There is no such thing as an “HD media format.” The container does not limit the resolution in any way. You can have 1080p AVI files. MKV would be an alternative to MP4 if it didn’t have dozens of enhancements and a cleaner codebase in general, as of right now, it is simply a step forward that people like yourself kick and scream about taking, as with any other technological advancement that isn’t exactly what you are used to.

*sigh* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_format_%28digital%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codec
Some people still want RMVB “because it’s smaller.” Ignorance really hinders your ability to argue on a subject.

Including the above explanation of this being a fallacy that isn’t worth acknowledging, I’ll even give you a hint: Money.

[Insert clever one-liner here that makes it look like I "pwned" you.]

And yes Booyadude has some valid points, and I admit that I didnt know about this Divx deal which make the future look a lot brigther. However prefering other types of formats is not holding advancement back, its just preference.

People and the industries will decide when mkv will become the mainstream media format of choice. Forcing it down on peoples throats wont do any good, there are still people buying dvd’s while the better and more shinier blu-ray is available and most of the world is still using analog tv broadcasts and the popularity of HD broadcasts is still rather small.

Mp4 is at the moment the HD media format that is more widely supported and because of this it can be still considered as the format of choise. However when Mkv gains the popularity and support it will be recognized as the better co-existing alternative for mp4.

But the ideal form of technological advancement is to support all the possible platforms and formats while slowly killing the support on the formats that people stop to use. There’s great demand for xvid, mp4 and mkv which all have their pro’s and cons.

IF industry would suddenly stop relasign dvd’s because they are “holding the technology back” while there’s still great demand for these it would only cause them to loose money and customers. Both required for “technological advance”.

Welcome to the real world

But I sure hope you speak the truth about mkv gaining more hardware support. The more these standalone players etc support files the better.

Although I would be perfectly happy if they would just add better support for external subtitles and soft subs. Would save a lot bandwidth if every1 could just download the raws and add the subtitles they prefer.