so the reason I want .MKV is because you can add unlimited amounts of audio and video n other data streams and wonβt lose ANY quality
Discussion
I use MKV on my Plex server because it almost never needs transcoding regardless of what I watch on. MP4 OTOH almost always needs transcoding when Iβm not using web.
.MP4 and .MKV are just containers, they can hold multiple media streams. You can convert with no quantity loss using ffmpeg.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/50433/how-to-convert-mkv-file-into-mp4-file-losslessly
but how many subtitles and dubs can I have in one single .mp4 ?
I didn't know if there are different limits in MKV and MP4 for number of streams. I've encountered both with multiple audio and sometimes video streams.
also Iβm on windows ππ
FFmpeg runs on everything.
Sounds good, doesnβt look retard frenly but Iβll try it!
https://www.ffmpeg.org <- this correct
Yes.
Let an LLM help you with the commands π
"Use this command to include all streams:
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -c copy -map 0 output.mp4
Explanation of the added parts:
* -map 0: This option tells ffmpeg to include all streams (video, audio, and subtitles) from the input file (indicated by '0') in the output.
Important Note about Subtitles:
* MP4 has limited support for subtitle formats compared to MKV.
* If your MKV has advanced subtitle formats (like PGS or ASS), they might not be displayed correctly in some MP4 players.
* You can convert subtitles to a more compatible format (like MOV_text) if needed, but that's a more complex command."