What is the difference between .mkv and .sixel?
- Extension
- .mkv
- .sixel
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Matroska
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- Description
- An MKV file is a video container format similar to the .AVI, .ASF, and .MOV formats. It supports several types of audio and video codecs and may include .SRT, .SSA, or .USF (Universal Subtitle Format) subtitles. MKV files also support VobSub subtitles from DVDs.
- Created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), SIXEL is a bitmap image format in an escaped sequence (seen as six pixels high and one pixel wide). You have to convert it into a more accessible format if you don’t have a DEC terminal to view it.
- MIME Type
- video/x-matroska
- image/vnd.dwg
- Sample
- sample.mkv
- Wikipedia
- .mkv on Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia