Why mkv file is so famous nowadays?

Where can I download mkv files, any website(legal one - post in reply, pirate one pm me)

Cheers!

popular because of the h264 codec

H264 codec is suitable to compress HD movie. That way HD movie always use MKV extension.

Cause some of buyers now budget to max. Save cost with downloading movies in compressed HD format.
Some like it some dont.

Just my 2 cents

The glory of DIVX codec are almost fade away.

This post has been edited by minimize: Aug 8 2010, 09:18 PM

Understood now. TQ

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Added on August 8, 2010, 11:57 pmEm.. how large is the file size for a normal 2 hours movie??

This post has been edited by happyday119: Aug 8 2010, 11:57 PM

6-8GB...

mkv (Matroska) is a container format, not a codec , just like avi it can contain any codec

its features are :
* Fast seeking in the file
* Chapter entries
* Full metadata (tags) support
* Selectable subtitle/audio/video streams
* Modularly Expendable
* Error resilience (can recover playback even when the stream is damaged)
* Streamable over the internet and local networks (HTTP, CIFS, FTP, etc)
* Menus (like DVDs have)

Not only 6~10GB..some mkv can go up to 40GB as well



Depends on how they set the encoding

This post has been edited by azbro: Aug 9 2010, 12:11 AM

that one is BD format, am i right? but our net speed is so "good", need to takes days to complete a movie, not worth for me la.

Thats why you have something wonderful called "blu-ray disc"..

that the reason our pc on 24/7

They have that sizes for MKV as well

Welcome to the world of MKV

standard 720p HD movie 4.37 gig, the quality same as bluray which size is about 40 gig

that way.. the power of mkv

4.37gb 720p and 10gb 1080p MKV is seriously not same as Bluray quality...

Depends on the equipment you use also to spot the difference

But 40gig MKV and 40gig Bluray same quality 1:1

This post has been edited by azbro: Aug 9 2010, 09:38 AM

12gb for 1080p 8-9 mb video bitrate

the different is only sound la, 40 gig got dts-hd

mkv can have smaller size also between 1 to 2 GB.. It's meant for low quality 720p movie.. quality is like divx movies or better but this one is 720p.

I usually download this one (also called mHD or m720p or micro hd) as I don't really care about video quality.. but I like to enjoy the 5.1 AC3 audio..

This post has been edited by zeese: Aug 9 2010, 10:37 AM

for me PQ of 15gb mkv = bd-iso, only no dts-hd.

Wat are the differences I should be looking out for?

i target to collect all hd movie as much as possible to put inside my 2 tera HDD, watch it or not belakang kira

720p and 1080p depends on the TV display, if you are using HD only TV, the difference is insignificant...but if you are using FULLHD display, can only see minor difference in sharpness..

But, for 1080p (10gb stuff) Vs Bluray....the difference is a lot even though the panel is FullHD or HD only. Most significant is the dark areas...Bluray has more details that can be noticed

Actually for the 1080p to near equal the Bluray, just play around with the sharpness and contrast / brightness level on the TV
Thats the problem, after we calibrate the TV, when play 1080pmkv atau Bluray, the setting are different...trouble is, even if same title mkv, the encoder might be different, so some dark, some bright, some more sharp etc.
So usually have to use 'Custom 1' '2' settings on the TV.

know la different, but prepared your cash la for bluray, let say 200 movies x RM70 each = RM 14,000 + RM 1,000++ (bluray player)

If you get from Amazon.uk its cheaper than RM70 for most movies other than the special edition or new release.

Support original Bluray Disc

worth every penny. at least for some people.
never have the need to go to the movies anymore. why visit the cinema when the picture and audio quality is better at home? not to mention can stop, pause, crank the volume up and down, change seating position, eat kfc while watching, pause and tend the crying son and... re-watch any movies again.

RM70 for each movie is worth every penny considering i need to burn at least RM50 for each visit to the cinema.

depends on what cinema u going to

RM50? why so expensive? 3D movie in cinema just RM17 perperson.

May be whole family going...

MKV container still have a problem to support HD audio like DTS-HD/TrueHD.
Maybe we'll need a new container that better than MKV to support that one.

Ya la, the PQ and AQ at most Penang cinema suxs to the max. I watch the Toy Story 3 at the cinema is like watching VCD version
Picture not sharp and sound poor.

This post has been edited by DarkNite: Aug 9 2010, 01:59 PM

Last time when i watch Clash of The Titan at GSC tropicana, the PQ is really worst.
When i come again for new movies (sorcerers apprentice), the PQ is great. Maybe they don't service their projector that day.

petrol,toll,parking,junk food..
also money..

Ayoyo.. all include.
If you go to buy Blu-ray also involved that cost laa.

Just buy from Amazon...its easy..hehe..but have to wait 2~3 weeks.

Yes, I also seldom go to cinema. Btw wanna ask Panasonic 42" or Sharp 40" Full HD LCD.. which one to choose? Thanks ya

To enjoy your MKV to the fullest...TH-P42V20K

But I think 50inch is the way to go....most movies have black bars top and bottom even though you have a widescreen TV.
And I hate pushing the zoom button

This post has been edited by azbro: Aug 9 2010, 06:00 PM

surely the family will tag along. the husband has to pay for everything la bro. tickets for everyone, popcorn, soft drinks. add those will increase the cost of going to the cinema exponentially
and that if the wife doesn't find something that she likes. if should accidentally stumble upon a 'cheap' RM200 'on sale' pair of shoes and home does seem like a more enticing place to be in. hehe

only if you're running a network media tank. them NMT have lots of problem supporting lossless mkv.

Biasa la, suami mithali bro. Hehehe

This post has been edited by minimize: Aug 9 2010, 08:21 PM

nope...
buy from amazon just few click and wait at house...
will arrive in time..
save money,time and eco-friendly also...

I prefer download MKV movies than buying BD's ...BD's totally out of my budget...just get a rapidshare and hotfile account (will cost you about rm65 per month) and can download as much as you want ... also there is torrent where u can download for free but will take days to finish download big files.... Just get a Media Player to play your MKV files...if you want better sound quality there are lots of surround sound setings in AVR's ...just choose the 1 u like ...may be its not 100% good as DTS HD or D.D True HD....but still can get better surround sound if u have onkyo or denon avr with quality speakers and woofers..

Or you can go for a DVD's (dont buy dvd's fr the guys selling at the mamak stalls or pasar malam) ...... i have about 300 movies in dvds and almost all of them are very good quality and can decode 5.1 DTS and 5.1 D.Digital...and it cost me about rm8-6 per DVD. Now days there are double layer dvd's too, which is compress version of BD's and the quality and price is also not that bad.

2 tera HDD? Not enough la bro.

that's what we call aspect ratio (AR)..
different movie, different AR..

16:9 is the standard for HDTV (without black bar)

and yet most of the bluray and mkv (which is also compressed from bluray) are in 1.85:1 and 2.39:1 format which will have the black bar on the top and bottom because the video is wider than 16:9

so a larger screen is better at displaying it because you don't have to zoom.

that's normal dude..nothing you can do..

if you don't want black bar, home theater projector is the way to go..
the black bar on the top and bottom is less noticeable

There's that TV with insane wideness if you're serious
Philips I think.

Funny, it never did pickup.....

right, 21:9 aspect ratio TV

for one, it's rm20K
secondly, most of the material you have will be 1.85:1 or narrower which means 90% of the time you'll have pillar boxes.

I don't think Philips expected to sell a lot of these; it was just a matter of saying "there, we can do it"

MKV is the best. There are alot of sites. Just try googling it.

well we can zoom it. that will remove the black bar at the expense of cropping the left and right picture.
think i'll go with a larger screen rather than projector at the living room.

cropping is a BIG no no to me..

btw, it's your choice to crop..

me also regret put only 1tb hdisk in my pohd...not enough space

If 2TB not enough, then you should consider to get NAS with 8-10TB.
Save space and power plug point.

still not enough for me

Build a NAS runs on the Unraid Server then, if you're interested, we can buy the 2 pack license for a cheaper price :-)

no thanks.
my htpc can plug in 13 HDD. still have slot for 3 more hdd. beats the speed of any NAS anyday and i don't have to worry about bottleneck from the network.

13 HDD? So your HTPC casing is very very big.

not really. just as big as my avr

13tb...so many movies

Mind to share what casing is that :-)

there's not a single 1tb hdd in my htpc. believe me i have more than 13tb

Silverstone LC17

How can your fit 13 HDD in there. From image i got below, it space just same like others normal PC.
Quiet curious how do your do it.

paskal, any chance you want to start a VOD service?

the case have slots for 6 hdd. simple mod and you could fit 8 hdd in there.


i don't use the 2X5.25" drive bay and that could fit another 5 hdd.


i've posted in the HTPC thread before. it is somewhat an old pic.

haven't thought of anything like that. it's a personal collection. doubt anyone would be interested in it.
but i'm not the only one. have another friend that has as large collection as i am.

nice rig..13tb...is it hot

not hot. not noisy. no fan noise could be heard 3 feet away from the casing.
and of course no noise could be heard when the a movie is playing at 85dB.

the htpc with all hdd running is quieter than my aircond running above my head.

wah...so good ur htpc....you using what fan

How did you manage to powerup 13hdd with a single power supply for your HTPC? Or did you do up a simple circuit to distribute the power?

the stock fan that comes with the casing. 2 silverstone fans. i believe any 80mm fan should be as silent.

a truepower PSU rated at around 500W should be able to power all the hdd. i'm using mostly samsung 5400rpm drives and those only require about 10W per drive.
i'm running 10 drives with a trupower 450W PSU and the voltage rails are still stable.


guys, i believe questions about my htpc should be inside the htpc thread. let's move discussions there shall we

Singapore Broadband Plan

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59.9 Sing = RM140...damn TM ...some more capping us at certain times
With the salary singapore is getting Rm140 means peanuts to them

I'm out of here....this MKV name makes me headache....support Originals

Goodluck beetle_larvae is finding that Otai

This post has been edited by azbro: Aug 12 2010, 08:40 PM

tm ooo tmmm

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Added on August 12, 2010, 5:14 pmtm ooo tm

This post has been edited by kapultek: Aug 12 2010, 05:14 PM

Am new to this forum.
Over the last few mths, I have copied around 4.5TB of movies from my friends, they are mainly 720p but with several 1080p ones. Size ranges from 4gb to 13gb. Currently, watching these movies using Dvico HD N1 (Cafe) connected to my Toshiba 42ZV600 FHD LCD tv.

I am trying to compare the PQ and AQ of these downloaded movies with:


1) non ori blue-ray movies which can be purchased in KL (not prepared to pay for the exorbitant price of originals).
2) rented ori blue-ray movies.


If the non ori movies or rented ori movies are much better then will consider purchasing a cheap BDP (eg. Philips BDP 3100)

Any comments from the sifus?

The days of needing 50 hdds is over. Now I just need shelf space for my BDs.

i also want to build Unraid Server soon
maybe after raya
already build the server
now to add more 2tb hdd
~ huhuhu

Unraid HDD is great on space availability. But when 1 or more HDD crash then your beloved data will be gone forever.

I believe nowaday there will be a group of peers sharing the same resources... if the case of HDD crashes, the group of peers will automatically be your backup

But it will take ages to get all 4TB data back from peers.

39.90 for 6mb unlimited
omg
no matter how u count..that price seriously is low
if u do it dollar to dollar (earnings).. its like peanuts..
i dont know why and how streamyx can keep providing such lausy internet with cut throat price
ridiculous.

That's why we need more ISPs to be in the market...

2TB price getting cheaper now.. and use 667 plate x3.

Our government just like to compare to others country when our product is cheap then neighbours.
I pissed off when see they promote broadband ads on TV.

Unifi 5Mbps = RM150 WTF!

I have play MKV 720P files thats connected directly from my 3.5" Ext HDD to SAMSUMG Bluray player. Everything run perfectly. However its not work well with 1080P format. The movie is lagging. Is there any better way of playing MKV 1080P file?

Seems you player don't support 1080p.

I was thinking if the USB cable is insufficient power to carry such larger data.. How fast data transfer rate does it require? How much its capable of? The player can play BD 1080p well.. How to solve this problem as I am trying to cut cost buying the BD... I am now practicing a share policies where my colleagues and I exchange the mkv..

Should not be problem of using USB2 as it is capable of maximum 480MBit/s and majority of the media players are using it for common connectivity if not all....

This post has been edited by geforce1999: Aug 25 2010, 08:55 AM

any tv lcd that can play direct this codec...i wonder?

Seems like Samsung TV can play MKV, last time it was for Dolby only, now i heard even DTS is supported

But not all Samsung models can do it

Last time I tried with the 7000 series, it plays MKV perfectly including 1080p version of Iron Man.

But it can't decode DTS tracks and sadly the Asia version doesn't have optical audio out so you can't even bitstream it to your AVR.

Not sure about the newer models, I know overseas some can handle DTS directly and the rest have optical out.

MKVs with TrueHD/DTS-HD are very limited nowadays

because IMHO it's not worth go that route. MKV with TrueHD/DTSHDMA are already 20GB+
an uncompressed bluray files (m2ts or bdmv) with removed bonus tracks, commentary tracks, extra audio leaving only the movie itself (uncompressed) and TruHD/DTSHDMA (uncompressed) is only 25-30GB a movie. a difference of only a few gigs.

better to go uncompressed everything.

TrueHD audio file only is just 4GB. If combine with 8GB 1080p AVC, I think it MKV file is should not more than 15GB.

This post has been edited by minimize: Aug 28 2010, 12:52 AM

try and look for MKV with lossless track and see for yourself. lots that i find are more than 20GB.
lots of high bitrate MKV with an average bitrate of more than 10Mbps with DTS track is already more than 10GB.

try reformat ur harddisk with NTFS and largest cluster size....

I think it already NTFS format, because one 720p MKV file is already more than 4GB