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2013-02-13 22:09 Post: #11
(2013-02-13 17:59)Riggy Wrote:  Can you play MKV container's via XBMC? or have you then got change that into something that XBMC can play?

Sorry, these file types are new to me Smile
Most definitely yes.

Having said that you need hardware capable of playing the contents of the file.

Any nvidia graphics card that supports vdpau will do it.

EDIT: ooops scratch that last line, i see your post is tagged "windows" - vdpau is the linux technology. I am sure similar considerations apply in windows, but I can't give you any specific hardware guidance on that.
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2013-02-14 00:47 Post: #12
XBMC plays MKV files. That is how I have backed up my DVDs. I use MakeMKV.
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2013-02-14 01:36 Post: #13
It is what is inside the mkv that matters more. mkv is a container, it can have many and varied codecs in the streams that it contains.

If you back up a dvd with makemkv the video inside the mkv will be mpeg2. If you back up a bluray with makemkv the video will be whatever is on the bluray disk, most likely h264.
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