From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] media-video/gpac and media-video/mplayer fails to build.
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK2H+eetgbjYOmYhr1by4zpV+m85w2YV6kjBuM7=u1UMOD0XcQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <68a2aa70-82cb-e615-b74e-b2c2f339a080@gmail.com>
On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Mark Knecht wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Howdy,
> >>
> >> I downloaded some really new videos the other day, .mkv ones. Nothing I
> >> had would play them, mplayer or mpv based players.
> > Convert them using handbrake. Probably saves you a bunch of disk space also
> >
> >
>
>
> I thought about that. Thing is, if the people creating these videos is
> using this new method, I'll have to convert those newer ones in the
> future as well. At some point, I'll be having to convert a lot of them
> which is time consuming and somewhat annoying. I don't mind the file
> size to much, just want to be able to watch them, even newer ones.
>
> I might add, eventually I'll need to upgrade to these versions anyway.
> I could end up with the same problem if it is something I did wrong, bad
> USE flag or something. Best way, fix it so it works. Then maybe not
> have problems for a long while. :-D
>
I suppose, but 7GB files ripped from DVDs vs 400MB m4v for me
is a no brainer. Matroska is mostly to get multiple video, audio
and subtitle files into a single container. If you care about keeping
Serbian audio and Turkish subtitles, then by all means keep the
mkv and find a player that gives you all that control.
Best wishes,
Mark
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-02-20 18:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-02-20 18:00 [gentoo-user] media-video/gpac and media-video/mplayer fails to build Dale
2025-02-20 18:14 ` Mark Knecht
2025-02-20 18:23 ` Dale
2025-02-20 18:35 ` Mark Knecht [this message]
2025-02-20 18:38 ` Mark Knecht
2025-02-20 19:06 ` Dale
2025-02-20 21:35 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2025-02-20 18:59 ` Grant Edwards
2025-02-20 23:15 ` [gentoo-user] " Frank Steinmetzger
2025-02-20 21:42 ` Michael Cook
2025-02-20 22:03 ` Dale
2025-02-20 23:36 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2025-02-21 0:05 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2025-02-21 8:06 ` Dale
2025-02-21 14:54 ` Grant Edwards
2025-02-21 15:38 ` Dale
2025-02-21 23:59 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2025-02-22 13:35 ` Dale
2025-02-22 22:42 ` Dale
2025-02-23 1:34 ` David M. Fellows
2025-02-23 7:53 ` Dale
2025-02-23 8:23 ` Michael
2025-02-23 10:21 ` Dale
2025-02-23 12:54 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2025-02-23 18:46 ` Michael
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