Are you planning to set up a DIY local media server where you rip your SD, HD, 4K discs? Are you unsure about whether to rip and store them as ISO or MKV format? I break down these two popular file formats for local media and give guidance for why to choose to which and why I chose one for myself.

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0:00 Choosing ISO vs. MKV for Rips
0:49 General Differences
2:18 File Sizes
3:38 Playback Logistics
4:40 Keeping Content Pieces
5:24 Playback Devices
7:48 Single File Storage
8:48 Bit-For-Bit Quality
10:16 MKV Is Popular
11:32 MKV Takes Work
13:35 My Pick & Reasons
14:49 #1 My Stuff Works Better With MKV
15:20 #2 I Know How To Manage MKV
15:56 #3 I'm At My Computer Often
17:07 #4 Why Waste Storage
18:01 Which Do You Choose?

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