They’re both container formats and designed for versatile web video distribution (for both VOD & Live-Stream). So you may ask yourself – what’s the actual difference between MP4 and MKV? Given its origin as an open standard, Matroska was built in a manner that could be adapted to support virtually any codec, however, one of the main goals was to support Google’s (also free and open) codecs like VP8 & VP9 or Opus & Vorbis.Īlthough Matroska is highly adaptable, many video distributors avoid implementation due to device incompatibility. MKV, an Extensible Binary Meta Language, was developed as a means to provide a free and open alternative to MP4. ![]() WebM files are a major subset of Matroska. MKV – Otherwise known as Matroska, was created in 2002 by independent (but soon-to-be Google) developer, Steve Lhomme, as a binary, free, and open-standard container format. Due to its versatility in application, MP4 is one of the most used video containers as it capable of delivering the top two streaming protocols, HLS and MPEG-DASH.
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