We sometimes get our hands on files on formats not supported by our own devices. It's annoying that we can't watch the TV series or anime that you've just downloaded just because they're on the wrong ...

MKV and MP4 both have a place in the current media industry. MKV is used often to archive movies because it contains tracks of audio and subtitles in multiple languages and metadata. But it also takes ...

MOV is not one file format but rather a format envelope that can be made up of any of dozens of codecs, resolutions, and frame rates from basic DV through H.264, HEVC to ProRes, and other pro formats.

We outline three simple methods for converting MKVs into the easier-to-play MP4 format, and help you decide which is best for you. MKV is an open-source container format that’s useful for storing ...

Video podcasts are distributed in a variety of digital video formats, including WMV, MOV, M4V and MP4. MP4 is a file format that stores video tracks encoded with MPEG-4 compression. Due to its compact ...

DVDs, no matter how carefully they’re stored, are deteriorating. Very quickly. Even the optical drive needed to watch DVDs is now obsolete on Macs. But once the DVDs are converted into digital files ...

FFmpeg is way cooler than it sounds.