I use DVDFab HD Decrypter to copy my movie collection to .isos and then use handbrake to compress it down (.mkv) without losing much quality. I do this because I do not have a DVD player on my nicest tv (samsung LED HDTV), only in my bedroom, nor do I have a xbox360 or a nearby tv to stream the movies to, but my LED HDTV can play movie files off a thumb drive. I have a fast patriot 8GB flash drive that can xfer at 15-18 MB/s speeds so throwing a compressed movie on there to watch is easy as cake, but the tv only supports certain files (avi, mkv, asf, wmv, mp4).
I have been using handbrake to convert the .iso's into .mkv, but it also can convert to .m4v. Although .m4v isn't supported by my TV, I read I can just change the file extension from .m4v to .mp4 since they're both MPEG4 and it'll be the same, which would then be supported. Is this true?
What is the big difference between the two with compressibility and quality? Can I burn both of them to DVDs and play on a standard DVD player if I wanted?
I have been using handbrake to convert the .iso's into .mkv, but it also can convert to .m4v. Although .m4v isn't supported by my TV, I read I can just change the file extension from .m4v to .mp4 since they're both MPEG4 and it'll be the same, which would then be supported. Is this true?
What is the big difference between the two with compressibility and quality? Can I burn both of them to DVDs and play on a standard DVD player if I wanted?
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