Which Matroska extensions would you prefer?

[Shootist]

this is a strange german for me

[sillKotscha]

Originally posted by Shootist
this is a strange german for me

it's bavarian - and everything beneath Berlin is strange :D

but aside from that... don't you know the expression

so ein Käse [bavarian = jo mei, saukas] = so ein Mist = so ein Schei* => "kas = shit"

cheers Sill

[Shootist]

I`m from Saxony and it`s still a little bit confusing

but ok, bavarian seems to be another "German"

:-)

[downloada]

hi,

what about .mxc/.mxv/.mxa?
it could mean Matroska eXtensible Container/Video/Audio...

only .mxc is already in use, but it shouldn't be a problem:
.MXC ArcView Geocoding Index For Read-Write Coverages (ODB format)

i also like .mno (MNO is Not Ogg), that's just great...

.mc2 would imho be great, too.

or even better: .mka (Matroska Kicks Ass :D)

cu

[stargazer]

I already suggested that .pms ( Project Matroska System) would be nice (.pms - The Ultimate Container For Those Days In The Month :)).

Now serius, .m4v/.m4a (Matroska 4 Video/Audio) looks good.

[Ookami]

I'd vote for:

WCNS (means Will Change the Name Soon anway)
AKS (everyone who's reading my posting in such "let's invent a name" threads knows that I like reading backwards; so Matroska = Aksortam = AKS)
YACF (means Yet Another Container Format)

Or, how about:

OUCH, MEOW? Or...

How about LOL? That would be cool, too. LOL :D

Seriously, I liked MOM most. So, my serious vote goes for MOM. Altough, I wouldn't mind to have a WCNS or even AKS extension.

Cheers,

Ookie.

[robUx4]

Originally posted by stargazer
Now serius, .m4v/.m4a (Matroska 4 Video/Audio) looks good.

This is indeed a very good idea !

[Liisachan]

m4v/m4a (matroska for video/audio) is a fine idea indeed :)

only, it is possible that ".m4v" sounds like "video only file" (as in .m2v),
which would generally go against the fact.

besides, since m1a/m1v, m2a/m2v are already in use for MPEG-1/2,
we should assume m4a/m4v would sound like MPEG-4 :(

[ChristianHJW]

Originally posted by Liisachan besides, since m1a/m1v, m2a/m2v are already in use for MPEG-1/2, we should assume m4a/m4v would sound like MPEG-4 :(

Yup, thats my main concern also. I guess we will stick with

.mka
.mkv
.mkm ( matroska Media, for movies with chapters, menues, etc. )

[bond]

what about

.maa
.mav
.mam

sounds a little bit sweeter than .mkm

[stargazer]

Originally posted by ChristianHJW
Yup, thats my main concern also. I guess we will stick with

.mka
.mkv
.mkm ( matroska Media, for movies with chapters, menues, etc. )
I agree that there is a problem with similarity with MPEG-4. .mk* combinations are fine, but they look (and sound) ugly (except .mkm).

So, I think some crazy combinations with numbers or x-letters would be a better (and more attractive) solution.

Or even more radical idea: :D
Have you ever thought about changing name "matroska" into something like "matroxka", so you could use .mx* combinations? :) ;)

[Rash]

I agree with our Federation pal up here! ;)

[stargazer]

Originally posted by Rash
I agree with our Federation pal up here! ;)
LOL ;)

Really, alltough you can expect different from serius Starfleet officer :D :D :D, I like even some sweet symetrical combinations like .mam/.mvm (matroska audio/video media).

[lamer_de]

I voted for xmv/xma, cause "the X makes it sound cool"

I dislike mkv, as it's the abbreviation of #musikvideos on efnet. Not a good idea to associate it with some ripping group ;-)

http://www.mkv.cc/

CU,
lamer_de

[acki]

What about .ska ? Sounds funny and intuitive at the
same time :)


acki

[Rash]

Well, mkv and mka is not so bad. But I still agree with Stargrazer that x make it special, hehe. ;) (That's why I voted for xma and xmv)

Anyway, ska is not so bad!! But is associated to a kind of punk rock. hehehe :)

[ak]

Originally posted by acki
What about .ska ?
Vote with both hands.
Associative row: madness, sublime, specials, mano negra, leningrad.
One of my favotite words along with dub, when it comes to music.
Now it could be the same for mm container, sweet.;)

[Atamido]

I don't remember it posted anywhere, but it looks like greater than 50% of the votes went to mka/mkv, so there is no need for another vote.

It looks like mkv/mka is being accepted as the official Matroska (http://www.matroska.org) extension.

[juicemansam]

How about '.mmm' which can contain video, audio, both, other, etc. If one wants to associate the file to video, audio, etc. one could use the following:

.mmm = Matroska Media, Multi
.mmv = Matroska Media, Video
.mma = Matroska Media, Audio

But they'd all be the same, since it would only be a difference of what is contained, not how it's played back, right?

I haven't read everything about Matroska to know the actual difference in a file containing just video, just audio, or both, that would cause an incompatability with a player, thus requiring an extension.

Well, that's my dos centavos.

[Atamido]

Basicaly the only difference would be the extension, so that you can visually see if it is an audio only file or not before you run it.

In Matroska you have however many tracks and they are marked as Audio, Video, Complex, etc. So, for it to be an audio only file, you just don't have any tracks marked as Video.