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An MKV index consists of several components:

Editors need sample-accurate seeking (each video frame). Use maximum cue density: mkv index

Some converters (especially command-line FFmpeg with default settings) omit the Cues entirely or place them at the . This is "streaming-friendly" but terrible for seeking. The player must download the entire file just to read the index at the end. An MKV index consists of several components: Editors

For web streaming, a traditional MKV is inefficient because the player must download the entire file (or wait for the end) to get the index. To solve this, tools like mkvmerge (part of MKVToolNix) can relocate the index to the of the file using the --clusters-in-meta-seek option. mkv index