However, the Internet isn’t Aladdin’s lamp, so you can’t just ask for everything to be in MP4 format. Now note that both MP4 and MKV formats are capable of supporting HQ H.264 videos, and because both MP4 and MKV are just “containers”, converting them ( with the right tool) doesn’t mean a loss in quality because only the containers have changed, they still contain the exact same audio/video streams. What most of us need is the capability to play a video smoothly, without lags and freezes on our everyday devices ( phones, tabs, computers etc.) and that’s exactly what MP4 allows for. But the truth is, those features aren’t what most daily-users need. That’s because MKV is actually a lot more feature-rich than MP4, and has the capability to store multiple codec and “chapters”. (4K HEVC) MKV files not playing on Windows is a frequent problem that keeps arising with MKV files.

In other words, they aren’t for the low to mid-end devices. They also require much better hardware to be played smoothly. MKV videos also are generally pretty large in size, this not only makes transferring them harder and more time consuming, but also impact the storage space as well as overall performance of your system! ( Overloaded HDDs get slower over time). MKV Shuttering is another one of MKV’s top-rated problems.

Infact “incompatibility” is arguably the top disadvantage that MKV has to its name.Įither the format is completely not supported, or would require a specialized MKV player to play the videos.Įven on Windows and other operating systems, MKV videos repeatedly and consistently lag, freeze, lose sound, drop frames and at times are even capable of freezing your video player. The MKV format is supported on much lesser number of devices as compared to the MP4 format. Unfortunately, it’s not isolated to iOS or Apple devices. So for starters if you own an Apple device, you sure aren’t a fan of the MKV Format. Giveaway- Samsung 4K TV and Special OfferĪmong the many problems that MKV possesses, its lack of support for Quicktime as well as iOS-based devices ( iPhones, iPads, Apple TV etc.) is the most talked about.

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