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plugh · 3rd April 2008, 00:27

mkv noob here...

I was experimenting with mkvmerge and mkvextract gui's and have a couple questions.

1) When I mux Xvid (from avi file) into mkv, I can optionally choose a "FourCC". It seems as though whether I leave the option alone (blank) or explicitly choose 'XVID', mkvextractgui reports the resulting stream in the mkv file as "(V_MS/VFW/FOURCC,XVID)".

The little bit of reading I've done about mkv 'codec ids' would lead me to believe that this is what is referred to as 'avi compatibility mode'. I am ALSO under the impression that there is a NON-'avi compatible' way / format / id / ??? to include 'MPEG4-ASP' video (such as, for example, Xvid) into the file.

How?

2) When I originally muxed my audio and video into the mkv, I specified the audio delay. When I extract the streams back out to files, I can't seem to find the original delay value anywhere (which I would need for a later re-mux).

Is it lost in the process?

Thanks!

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plugh A hollow voice says Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 269	mkv noob here... I was experimenting with mkvmerge and mkvextract gui's and have a couple questions. 1) When I mux Xvid (from avi file) into mkv, I can optionally choose a "FourCC". It seems as though whether I leave the option alone (blank) or explicitly choose 'XVID', mkvextractgui reports the resulting stream in the mkv file as "(V_MS/VFW/FOURCC,XVID)". The little bit of reading I've done about mkv 'codec ids' would lead me to believe that this is what is referred to as 'avi compatibility mode'. I am ALSO under the impression that there is a NON-'avi compatible' way / format / id / ??? to include 'MPEG4-ASP' video (such as, for example, Xvid) into the file. How? 2) When I originally muxed my audio and video into the mkv, I specified the audio delay. When I extract the streams back out to files, I can't seem to find the original delay value anywhere (which I would need for a later re-mux). Is it lost in the process? Thanks!