My perspective. Checksumming is more useful on large binary data, whereas tools to check metadata/container corruption already exist[1]. This allows you to cha

My perspective. Checksumming is more useful on large binary data, whereas tools to check metadata/container corruption already exist[1]. This allows you to change metadata or the container entirely, while still being able to check if e.g. the H.264 video stream is okay. [1]: https://www.matroska.org/downloads/mkvalidator.html https://www.matroska.org/downloads/mkvalidator.html