can I use .mkv files for my tv series (2 Viewers)

[AIstudio]

As per the title really.
I have a lot of DVD's of various TV shows that I am going to rip to my hard drive. The best success that I have had with quality vs file size is with handbrake and encoding to .mkv file ( I know this is just a container)
When I open the TV series config. I selected the drive to search. It finds all my shows, but the ones that are mkv it displays in red and wont import them. Any ideas where I am going wrong??

Regards

Kev

Well i have just sorted my own issue. It was my file naming that the parser didn't like. I had them as Season 5 - Episode 2 - Mother Tucker etc

It should have been 502 - Mother Tucker etc.

They are all in now

Regards

Kev

 

[RMK]

I don't know what's wrong on your system, but in general mkvs just work fine. Ich have encoded all my recordings using the mkv container.

 

[AIstudio]

Hi RMK,
They play fine as videos etc.
Most of my films are Mkv files for all my Bluray stuff etc. The problem that I had was in TV series, it would see them but they were all red?
As my other TV series rips were Xvid etc they were ok, I just assumed it was the mkv that was causing it and not my naming convention.
As soon as I named them with the series and episode number first they came straight in??

Regards

Kev

 

[fndelta]

Yea mkv's work fine with me as well.
Though i prefer the naming style: for instance season 4 episode 3 of supernatural with the title sam and dean.
Supernatural.S04E03 - Sam and Dean.mkv it keeps the files nice and organized