MKVToolNix is a collection of tools for the

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media container format by Moritz Bunkus including mkvmerge. The free and open source Matroska libraries and tools are available for various platforms including

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and BSD distributions,

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and Microsoft Windows. The tools can be also downloaded from video software distributors and

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repositories.

Applications

MKVToolNix was reviewed by the Linux Journal,

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, the ICTE Journal, and

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among others. The tools are cited in patents for a "Universal container for audio data". A "portable"

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edition exists, but is not available in the

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format.

Components

;MKVToolNix GUI: is a Qt GUI for mkvmerge and a successor of mmg. ;mkvmerge: merges multimedia streams into a

file. ;mkvinfo: lists all elements contained in a

file. ;mkvextract: extracts specific parts from a

file to other formats. ;mkvpropedit: allows to analyze and modify some

file properties.

References

External links

*
mkvtoolnix project
on

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*{{Openhub, mkvtoolnix Free multimedia software Software that was ported from wxWidgets to Qt Video software that uses Qt Free software programmed in C++

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