Here's the thing. I don't want recompressed. I want bit perfect copy
of the film.. or in many cases, TV show. I often do NOT want menus.
Menus at times are slow and clunky to load, they feature trailers (which
while skippable can be damn annoying) and I don't really get benefit
from them. More then that, an ISO is full.. a full copy of the disc.
Remember, I want a full, high quality copy. With MKV, I can get the
entire movie in full quality, but drop off things I don't want (for
example, I never found the need to get say, the French and Spanish
tracks on say, Dexter). I also like to keep my folder structure in
order:
MOVIE->TYPE->Movie Name->Trailer
This allows me to quickly access the movie, get straight to it, or view
the trailer inside of MediaBrowser (http://www.mediabrowser.tv) should I
want.
But it gets even more important when it comes to series. For
example, this weekend I grabbed Walking Dead S1 Bluray. Great. I
could have ISOs of multiple discs... OR, in MKV, I can have the shows
go:
Walking.Dead.S01E01.MKV
Walking.Dead.S01E02.MKV
And put them all in a single folder.. and BAM! Software like Media
Browser will give me a full run down of air time, scenes of what was in
them, etc. it also means I'm not shuffling discs.
But what about extras? Well, this is where MakeMKV and others come in
real handy. Look at Serenity. LOVE the Bluray. But tons of extra
features that navigating to, especially easter eggs is annoying as piss.
Forget that, with MakeMKV, I can grab all the extras, throw them in a
folder and quickly get to them without weaving through menus.
By using MKV, I have quicker access, still retain PERFECT picture and
audio quality, and I save space by dropping stuff I don't give a rat's
ass about (I will NEVER listen to the Thai DD5.1 mix on Hancock...) So
I get exactly what I want, the title/movie starts instantly no delays,
no loading menus, and I can organize them as I see fit. Especially
good for TV series.. most of my Blu is series.. and yes, that means when
TNG comes out in Blu next year, I'll grab it.
On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:15:19 -0500, Bobby Heid wrote:
Why might I need MKV over an ISO file?
Bobby
