What is the difference between .mpeg-2 and .mkv?
- Extension
- .mpeg-2
- .mkv
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Video
- Developer
- Motion Pictures Expert Group
- Matroska
- Description
- Video file encoded with the MPEG-2 codec, which is mainly used for over-the-air, satellite, and cable digital TV signals and DVD video; uses lossy compression for audio and video to significantly reduce the size of the video data; not as efficient as the H.264 format.
- 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.
- MIME Type
- video/mpeg
- video/x-matroska
- Sample
- sample.mkv
- Wikipedia
- .mpeg-2 on Wikipedia
- .mkv on Wikipedia