Video File Formats - MP4, MOV, MKV

[@magnetarfire9983]

James is an underrated host, I like him the best for tech quickie, hopefully he'll do more episodes.

[@Lothairecliquennois]

He seems to be a nice guy.

[@RamkrishanYT]

WE NEED MORE DENIS VIDEOS

[@LloydLynx]

Ram Krishan We need a Denis Techquickie!

[@jaykstah]

@@LloydLynx there has been one before

[@Zark-Muckerberg]

@Jesus Himself what movie? (You didn't specify one...)

[@KazoWAR]

No mention of MKV's ability to embed multiple audio and subtitle tracts

[@BothHands1]

hell yeah :D

[@-SUM1-]

Tracts?

[@takehirolol5962]

Yeah, important for anime too, the Funimation approved. Movies too.

[@KazoWAR]

SUM1 uh oh. i made a boom boom

[@MaddTheSane]

Many containers can do that…

[@Leroyteam]

My favourite video file format is .exe

[@ClellBiggs]

lol, Yeah, video files with the .exe extension make PCs do all sorts of interesting things.

[@feynstein1004]

Lmao I love this comment thread

[@flameshana9]

I download those all the time!

[@Ex0ticbr4d.KR7]

I can relate

[@zz12345aaa12345zz]

"Lmao I love this comment thread" - thread has 2 comments LMAO

[@Bluestar12]

What about the .Linus extension? Although it does drop data often..

[@styromaniac6967]

The Elite file format .eli is worse. If you piss off the elite, the video is disappeared and you get an error: This file shot itself twice in the back of the header.

[@inactiveytchannel]

Linus

[@Apersonfarfaraway]

lol

[@UnChiller]

lol

[@aubymori1333]

Linus

[@sturm3n]

Great explanation! Would have loved a mention of the other things on the rise: WebM container (An Matroska derivative that Google is pushing along with VP8/VP9), as well as the AV1 video codec, which is the biggest new thing in video compression imo

[@edwinaustine1]

Yeah that would have been awesome. AV1 royalty free while 30 % more efficient than latest H.265 and was developed by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Firefox, Netflix, Apple, Nvidia, Arm, Cisco, IBM, Facebook, Intel as founding members. It is reported that Netflix has started encoding in AV1 for beta testing. AV1 is expected to hit market by 2020. aomedia.org/

[@jokinglimitreached1503]

AV1 is the future of HDR 4K videos and got neglected in the video so much, like come on.. do you even follow tech news Techquickie?

[@Bazsy92]

KZbin is already testing AV1 for low resolutions: kzbin.info/aero/PLyqf6gJt7KuHBmeVzZteZUlNUQAVLwrZS

[@starrmayhem]

the words neglect & negate can be confusing, are you sure you are properly using it ?

[@jokinglimitreached1503]

@@starrmayhem neglect = ignore, so yes, I believe I'm properly using it

[@GeoffShouldWin]

MP4 is just Mario Party 4

[@poggy205]

And MP3 is Mario Party 3.

[@froge8121]

MKV is Mario Kart 5😂

[@undergalaxy775]

@@froge8121 Mario Kart DS has a video file named after it and that's just dope

[@rainbowskeppy5292]

**laughs**

[@JuliTheFurry]

Yea 🤣😂🤣

[@rick2517]

How about .webm?

[@ErtugrulOzdemir-mf1gl]

yes

[@wompastompa3692]

My sides!!!

[@ggandalff]

For what I've read, it's just mkv with a reduced set of possible formats

[@PoisonedAl]

It's just a container for mostly VP8 or VP9 videos.

[@timramich]

Who uses that for files on a drive?

[@papaiurso5860]

MKV also supports subtitles, it's one of the key elements that make it the go to container for a lot of content.

[@Dac_DT_MKD]

That's why I prefer my Anime to be .mkv

[@DavidJonRandom]

3:40 avi is a container format, not a codec

[@zeGolem83]

Is it? Isn't it kinda both at the same time ?

[@joschaugustenborgnielsen2366]

So i was not the only one then.

[@MrFahrenheit2k]

zeGolem No, it isn't. It's just an older type of container made by Microsoft for Windows in the 90's. Pretty much irrelevant now because of mp4 and mkv.

[@BaconTopHat45]

zeGolem Not at all. It's just a container. Dvix or Xvid are common codecs found in a avi file.

[@BothHands1]

oh damn, DivX brings me back. Watching old limewire downloads in the early 2000's. Took a while to get a good DivX player back in the day. Thank god we have CCCP these days. Never have to search for a codec again.

[@MaheshSharma-kb3rm]

Finally, a video on video file formats. It's not complete but, just enough to understand the codecs and containers everyone uses today. Thanks. Keep up the good work.

[@stephensnell5707]

Of course this Video IS complete

[@MSPaintDaily]

The MSPaint file is superior in my opinion

[@hachikiina]

bmp

[@MSPaintDaily]

@@hachikiina thancc

[@Ali107]

the new Justin Y.

[@MSPaintDaily]

@@Ali107 yes

[@hachikiina]

na not yet, but if it were to it would only be on maymay channels like maymaytastic

[@dwighthouse]

AV1 - Upcoming, patent-free replacement for VP9 that is higher quality and lower bandwidth than HEVC. Apple ProRes - (codec, .mov container) Allows near-uncompressed quality video, that is easily editable and compatible with lots of editors. A good option as an editing format and for source material backup.

[@Apollyion]

ProRes lacks support on Windows platform, and is usually bound to Mac. An equal replacement is DNxHD and DNxHR

[@dwighthouse]

One Man Army I don't know what you're talking about. I encode ProRes on Windows all the time using FFMpeg. I can watch it with Quicktime. Premiere supports ProRes too.

[@flameshana9]

But .mov files are notorious for being ignored on PCs. I bet ya any money the same will happen again.

[@Apollyion]

@@dwighthouse If you're editing in After Effects, or Premiere pro, on Windows at least, you can't encode to ProRes, you can only watch or edit it. But DNxHD is a better replacement for Windows.

[@KayleLang]

Matroska master race! But seriously, the tools available for MKV is quite amazing.

[@Major_Mason]

In terms of networking and streaming videos, there are Intra-Frames, Prediction-Frames, and Bi-Directional Prediction Frames. I-Frames simply use information based off of what is in front of it in the sequence and can either fill in missing sections of the frame OR build itself up from scratch, P-Frames can look backwards in the sequence to help predict what the current frame should look like, finally there are B-Frames which can look forwards and backwards in the sequnce and can build itself up or fill in certain parts. Keep in mind Bframes use the most overhead during transmission.

[@stevejordan7275]

Thank you! Is there a tool that applies this to 18FPS video to make it run more smoothly? I assume it's interpolating frames. I know somebody's got something like that with the footage from the 19th century that still looks remarkable after post-processing.

[@Bluestar12]

Next video.. How to download extra ram (GONE WRONG)

[@zubaerhossain9832]

LMAO

[@kinocchio]

A quick game for quick RAM

[@zeGolem83]

Fun With Us امرح معنا did someone actually think people would be trying to crack WinRAR

[@KingofHearts67]

(GONE SEXUAL)

[@kysputnikable]

Worse case scenario ended up downloading a RTX 3080 Ti because theres no compatible driver now

[@struckdk]

I think its funny, that you tell us that you are out of time... On a platform without such limitations... I want more depth from TQ and LTT, thank you!

[@eustacequinlank7418]

He probably needed to go poopy.

[@BurgerKingHarkinian]

Yea, I'm disappointed as well..

[@rishitsaxena1208]

The channel IS named tech"quickie". Also linus explained in recent video that this channel is supposed to have evergreen videos, a one of a kind tech encyclopaedia

[@melbournetransport8987]

Better than running out of time at 10:00 I guess

[@joebob2311productions]

Its tech QUICKIE which means theyre trying to do this as quickly as possible because of our decreasing attention span. I would love longer videos too but I understand their reasoning.

[@MrDJ_Game]

I can't imagine my life without MKV. The best of the best

[@EmilBozhilov]

what about av1? the newest one.... it replaces vp8/9

[@nerrufam7105]

does it tho?

[@theredtechengineer1480]

Nerrufam yes...

[@jokinglimitreached1503]

@@nerrufam7105 AV1 is 30% smaller file size than H.265 (HEVC) for same quality. It's the future of 4K HDR.

[@nerrufam7105]

Joking Limit Reached technologically yes, but its politics (about the ones who own it), idk man

[@jokinglimitreached1503]

@@nerrufam7105 AV1 is completely free. So, no politics involved? It's H.265 that has pattents and not free. Of course anything is free to use by consumers like us, but Netflix, KZbin, ... have to pay. AV1 is free for them. So it should be used everywhere in 2 years.

[@aubinmoraes3887]

All hail MKV!!!!

[@erejnion]

Anything but MKV just sucks. Also I'm kind of sad that ordered chapters are no longer a thing people bother to do.

[@munjee2]

Especially h.265 and 4

[@cmcbunch]

#truth

[@ALegitimateYoutuber]

MKV i feel is the best simply because it seems to be the one used heavily by internet pirates. And if history is anything to go by, pirates typically seem to always be the first to adapt things in mass that later become the norm.

Thank anime fansubbers for MKV and the ASS subtitle format.

[@KylesDigitalLab]

MKV is the best one.

[@AniketBhatP]

3GP or GTFO..

[@BothHands1]

agreed, I like MKV the most, by far. You can even play the files if they haven't finished downloading, and just lose a few frames here or there if it's mostly complete. My preference is MKV in MPC w/ CCCP

[@CaveyMoth]

Oh, 3GP..I love your potato quality.

[@Tienisto]

@@BothHands1 u can do it on mp4 also (using vlc player)

[@BothHands1]

Tienisto i tried getting into VLC, but i didn't like it. MPC is just so intuitive, and feels less cluttered at the same time. If subtitles don't match the speaking timings, i can shift them and everything, couldn't honestly ask for more from a media player :P

[@kwerboom]

More Techquickies on video file formats, formatting, and transcoding. Please and thank you.

[@Tibasu]

These are some of my favourite Techquickie videos because I like regurgitating this information to others so I can sound intelligent

[@feynstein1004]

I hated when avi files kept saying they had to rebuild the index and I had to wait a few minutes before being able to watch the video. I'm so glad those days are behind me.

[@Lardzor]

@3:40 The video states that AVI is a codec rather than a container format.

[@Reptilligator]

DO I LOOK LIKE I KNOW WHAT A JPEG IS

[@Naitrio]

honestly kinda

[@CaveyMoth]

@@naufalap Most animated furry porn comes in .WEBM format these days, for mobile users.

[@Reptilligator]

@@naufalap Let's be honest though: Furry porn can actually be pretty good in quality.

[@rednexthefox]

Reptilligator I agree

[@dumbestname]

What is DAT?

[@Bcarr122391]

Can definitely tell he is new to this, as he stutters a little while reading the prompt, and isn’t 100% confident. That being said, I REALLY like him, and think he should do more videos. It will also help him seem more “natural” like Linus.

[@Telodor]

I always wanted you to make this video, thank you so much for finally making it! I always use mp4, it's the best video file format for most cases imo.

[@jrhumphrey89]

I've watched LTT since it was NCIX. This is the best James has done in my opinion. He should present like this more. Informative James works well

[@ascendria]

I love that SpaceX shirt.

[@sammymorini9748]

5:24 i was honestly expecting that laugh from your last TechLinked video

[@dogishappy0]

you had MKV in the title, but didn't explain it at all T.T

[@CTimmerman]

MOV = 1991 Apple standard, currently MPEG-4 Part 12. MP4 = 2001 Microsoft standard based on Apple, currently MPEG-4 Part 14. MKV = 2002 Open source standard, currently supporting everything?

[@DuckReconMajor]

not sure if a joke im missing but 4:17

[@aidos9753]

MKV = Mario Kart 5

[@Jamie-tx7pn]

Or Mortal Kombat 5

[@conchezness3744]

You should always do Techquickie. Well done.

[@sloo6425]

Matroska also has decent corruption support and ability to fix minor corrupted segments.

[@AjayKumarTB]

That was probably the best video i've watched in techquickie recently

[@xCrossBite]

It might have been good to mention how much more processing power H.265 needs over other formats.... Because it's a noticeable increase.

[@derippu_desu]

No one is better than Linus. Noone except Linus is suited for these type of videos.

[@CalizpzZ0]

No Way! He looks like that guy who works for Linus at Linustechtips lol they must be brothers or something haha

[@zeGolem83]

yeah ikr

[@nerrufam7105]

MrPib ATF r/woooosh

[@nerrufam7105]

MrPib ATF that moment when you try to climb out of woosh (just joking, i new what you meant too, but it had to be done :P )

[@CalizpzZ0]

@@nerrufam7105 don't give him any mercy

[@nerrufam7105]

CalizpzZ0 for i am a fierce alpha male, i still have empathy for thy lot alike this!

[@gcmprints2060]

I appreciate the minimal jump-cuts in this one! Great work, James!

[@rossharper1983]

MKV the fastest growing? It's been pretty much the standard for over 5 years

[@Tilt_TM]

You forgot about .MKV also allowing subtitle and font files to be included with the audio and video streams. It's been a very popular container in the subbed anime community for a long time.

[@tren]

Somethings wrong with your green screen setup/editors.

[@Joshua277456]

Yeah their video quality/editing has never been that good.

[@Quarker]

It's pretty hard to key out the green screen 100%, especially when there are fast movements involved (like in this video with the hand gestures), I'd say this is the best result you can achieve in something like the Adobe suite without getting Hollywood VFX editors involved.

[@furykillerBZ]

Your "no time to explain" joke at the end was brilliant

[@22steny]

0:26 old man watching tv with no power cords or cabling of any sort feeling the struggles

[@Kolevah]

LAZER JAMES!! I really like that we're getting more of James in videos!!

[@CasperA]

.Flv? Oh wait, you covered it. Is it really a flash video format. Glad i know that now :P.

[@Sadiquecat]

4:36 happy someone said it and put it out there

[@FilFee]

Another cool feature of MKV: It supports transparency, just like PNG images. :) Easier for editing. Transparent instead of green.

[@nawarelsabaa]

James is having a host-heavy week, and I'm loving it!

[@_PsychoFish_]

Even though h.264/265 are patent protected they are free to use for non-commercial use! (source Wikipedia)

[@krane15]

So that you'll be hooked when it eventually comes time to pay the Man. Mama didn't raise no fool.

[@billyhatcher643]

this is so much better than reading an article on my screen so i learn better with hearing it than reading it

[@TiesSepGames]

0:26 nothing is connected lol

[@RealDarkBlade]

Everything is wireless...wireless power, video, data...that is a snapshot of the future

[@andreylucass]

Kkkk

[@j.m7713]

Just let us know if we should save in mp4 mov for KZbin & if in 4K or 1080p?

[@RailfanSrikrishna]

The big problem of HEVC codec is it requires latest computer and smart tv for playback

[@s0nnyburnett]

Tell me about it. :(

[@esentries]

No shit? I mean obviously new shit mostly can be supported by older stuff since it's new.

[@-argih]

3 letters MPV

[@krane15]

That's not a problem. Its a momentary limitation.

[@SixHandWorld]

So what format is the best in exporting videos for youtube?

[@turgsh01]

Remember back when .avi was the most popular? Now, it doesn't even get so much as a mention anymore. I still have hundreds of .avi files on my computer.

[@flameshana9]

Thank goodness it's dying out.

[@turgsh01]

You clearly don't know anything about avi if you don't miss it. There was never anything wrong with avi, it can do HD content, 7.1 surround audio, h.264, etc... file size was never really bigger in my experience, there's literally nothing at all wrong with it. MKV on the other hand, pisses me off... not supported when directly connected to tv, requires special codec on PC to play the file, and the only advantage mkv has over mp4 is the ability to have chapters in the video. I'm ok with mp4 taking over avi, but if it was mkv taking over avi, then I'd be upset.

[@CTimmerman]

Free standards don't rake in the money, so big companies prefer licensing their own codecs.

[@turgsh01]

How does codec make any money at all? It's all free to us.

[@CTimmerman]

Commercial use costs money. For example the lowered H.265 costs: "The first 100,000 units a year are free of royalty. After that it is a simple 20 US cents per unit, which is the same basic payment unit that was eventually settled on for H.264." - www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/03/hevc_patent_terms_thrashed_out_but_look_whos_not_at_the_codec_party_microsoft_and_google/

[@D.man140]

James can make good Kermit impressions if he tried

[@firemarshaldil]

What no divx?

[@-argih]

maybe if it was 2006

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

Kazaa lite and Limewire days, lol

[@therealshafto]

Sick shirt! Does James also own the model X?

[@hylax]

Hi, maybe you've missed the once infamous Xvid/Divx codec..

[@CTimmerman]

Xvid being the rewritten open source version of Microsoft's MP4 code hacked and rewritten by DivX.

[@accordingone3598]

Non-Linus host, finally!! Don't get me wrong, i don't mean to offend Linus, but i like all LMG staff too and i think showing all of them, each with their unique character, contributed to this channel formula a lot! So please, get back Taran, Jon, Luke and so on. :)

[@a.wosaibi]

"When it comes to videophiles..."

[@paulsmith7567]

I use Aix Video Player it support all formats files very easily plus it has advanced features which make my video much better

[@Tragedyflow]

The only problem about .mkv is alot of editing softwares don't like it or support it.

[@-argih]

you can simply remux it to an mts container and it will fix it the most of the times or just demux it and import the raw files instead

[@arthurkallinen]

Full length video of this on LTT please!?

[@jackbishop7693]

James is awesome at this. Have him do more Techquickie videos!

[@ap-kl8lq]

missed chance to mention the drawbacks of HEVC [not being playable on every device] and why MPEG is still a thing

[@cjxgraphics]

MPEG is still a thing because it's kind of a legacy standard. DVD's use it, and there's no way to even update most DVD players. TV stations use it, because it works, and they're really slow to adopt new standards. I work for a small TV station. Everything has to be converted to and uploaded as .mpg files.

[@KnightSlasher]

Which one do you use to upload

[@MSPaintDaily]

Hey there lmao

[@MSPaintDaily]

@Fun With Us امرح معنا stfu

[@KnightSlasher]

@@MSPaintDaily hello

[@BothHands1]

I've never needed a license for WinRAR. I just close the window that asks me to register, and it works fine. always has

[@dylanharding5720]

Danielle Spargo the team designed it like that on purpose.

[@rudresh10000]

Keep your hands to yourself James. I'm afraid he's gonna grab me through the screen with his extensive hand gestures.

[@flameshana9]

Some people would be okay with that.

[@siecislaw_fpv]

The file format is not important when you found your favorite porn movie in good image quality.

[@bobum150]

Yeah, I like Techquickie videos too!

[@alexdonaldson51]

:)

[@phazonlord0098]

That's impossible, I'm pretty sure that the porn industry still releases higly compressed 480p videos to this day. HD Porn is a conspirancy :v

[@CTimmerman]

I don't remember exactly, but i think the source files I've seen for porn were at least 4 GB a piece.

[@rahulgill4847]

@Souv9k where can i find piemonster videos?

[@bobfj8095]

Terrific job James!

[@sizzlinsj8135]

You can bring mp3 mp4 but not mp5 in school.

[@black_platypus]

Which is strange, since MP4s have a variety of rates and usually fire in excess of 23 times per second, sometimes even like 60 times a second :O Full auto, too, of course. You don't have to keep hitting "play" either. MP4s can also be _completely_ silenced without affecting performance _at all_ ! Most MP4s have little to no recoil, and children have no trouble operating them. Ban MP4 NOW!

[@justagenosfan]

@@black_platypus Lmao

[@styromaniac6967]

Benjamin Philipp, MP4 can do 120fps.

[@EritoKaio]

I've been personally loving WebM, allows me to have transparency in video which is amazing to do live transitions in OBS for streamers. Something I do for a tournament organization. And its SUPER well compressed.

[@ittech7368]

Linus's face @ 1:27 lol

[@unocualqu1era]

He injected 1 marijuana. That's the "after" picture. Not. Even. Once.

[@ittech7368]

unocualqu1era Pre/post RTX hit? ^_^

[@rythmsbymvstudios85]

You saved me on my presentation about video formats

[@bebekdragon7604]

This video is more like "what is codecs" video

[@RC-nq7mg]

AVI (Audion Video Interleave) is a container not a codec.... very common to contain xvid/divx (mpeg4) encoded video, and mp3, ac3 or aac encoded audio.

[@railerswim]

MP4 can take a handful of audio track types including ac3 (Dolby Digital)

[@ngthayoungin]

Everybody gangsta until the MP4 pulls out the MP5

[@miasolum5612]

Why cant you upload MOV files to KZbin xD

[@weatheronthe8s895]

VatroxPlays I think it’s because they’re not streamable. I thought you could though. I am not sure. If you can’t though that’s probably why. I have noticed that it has to convert the video before it uploads from let’s say a iPhone. You can tell because if you plug in let’s say an iPhone which records in MOV, you will have to copy the video to your computer before you can play it. I think that’s the reason if it’s even like that but I’m not sure. If that’s not the reason it’s probably just because Google doesn’t want to support Apple's QuickTime codec since they are kinda rival companies.

[@cjxgraphics]

Even worse, since .mov is a container file, there are .mov files that can play only on a Mac, and .mov files that will not play on a Mac... I edit on a Mac and people send me all kinds of crazy file formats. This video was super informative.

[@Carrotdrink]

you actually can

[@weatheronthe8s895]

cjxgraphics well it just seems like MOV sucks then. I honestly wish Apple would just do away with it.

[@weatheronthe8s895]

Carrotdrink I thought you could too. I don’t remember having to convert anything the few times I’ve uploaded MOV files from a computer.

[@2EXTREME2008]

That "Real Player" gave me a very strange sense of nostalgia.

[@germanlime]

3:04 is literally germany in a nutshell

[@pavel831]

Great video, excellent presenter. Don't care about the next subject, as long as you keep James.

[@decoder55killer]

What about .exe? I always download free movies with that format...

[@flameshana9]

I know, it's great isn't it? All that extra software that comes with the movie, it's a surprise waiting in every file!

[@styromaniac6967]

DMG and SH too.

[@flexcrazyfun5109]

You don't have to encode the files, you get to! Put some Skittles next to the vent of your computer, because you're done working now brother, have yourself a warm gooey fruity treat!

[@itsdeonlol]

SPACE X!!!

[@Sal3600]

SPACE SEX!!!

[@carbon273]

That’s the first thing my eyes locked onto

[@patrickpelletier3855]

That "see you later" at the end was the funniest thing ever! :D

[@Fools_Requiem]

One day, all porn will stop being uploaded in FLV format. One day.

[@CTimmerman]

PornHub uses mp4.

[@kaihendry]

Should have mentioned the hardware component angle, I.e why VPx won’t fly

[@yakitatefreak]

No OGG or OGG media? What is this madness?

[@CTimmerman]

OGG has limited codec support and doesn't do 3D according to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_container_formats Matroska was explicitly designed to be a universal container and support content in any encoding.

[@dylan.dsouza]

I'll add this to my list of "Stuff we take for granted"

[@botanist3257]

How come AV1 wasn't mentioned? :/

[@DemonStink]

The Real Media format was utterly amazing for animation videos like south park, family guy, dragon ball z. I remember a 20-30mb RM was as clear and clean as a 350mb avi/mkv file. I was blown away back around 2010/11.

[@ChadDidNothingWrong]

Thats how they were able to get away with pushing that shit player for so many years lol

[@MelvinGundlach]

MP4 can obviously hold HEVC streams as well. And it is not limited to AAC or MP3. It can hold PCM, AC3 (Dolby Digital) or a number of other audio stream types. Also, if a M4V file is DRM protected, it doesn’t help to just change the file name ending. All in all, one of the worst researched videos on this channel.

[@Malchemy.]

Could we get a longform version of this via ltt w/ benchmarks and whatnot?

[@flameshana9]

The internet has a million graphs and charts already.

[@Malchemy.]

I'm aware, but it'd be fun to watch. Granted, quality differences may be hard to show since everything's just going to get reencoded into h264 when times.

[@yourdoseofsam4035]

#bringbackmorelinus

[@athamizhselvan6649]

I love you people just for making this video

[@laharl2k]

WMV, ASF and MOV are jokes. They dont really exist. Just use MKV or MP4 or AVI in care you need to play it back on a windows 95 machine.

[@pressfinchat]

Who needs 8K when I have my trust friend, 1080p.

[@Afief]

I think we need a separate Techquickie video about AV1 and Opus as they are rather interesting for the future of internet video.

[@VideoProcConverter]

Are you still interested in converting videos? If so, are you interested in knowing more about VideoProc MP4 converter?