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Matroska
Filename extension
.mkv .mk3d .mka .mks
Internet media type
video/x-matroska audio/x-matroska
Initial release
6 December 2002; 21 years ago (2002-12-06)
Latest release
1.7.1[1] 8 October 2022; 18 months ago (2022-10-08)
Type of format
Container format
Container for
Multimedia
Extended from
MCF, EBML
Open format?
Yes
Free format?
Yes[2]
Website
matroska.org
Matroska is a project to create a container format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture, or subtitle tracks in one file.[3] The Matroska Multimedia Container is similar in concept to other containers like AVI, MP4, or Advanced Systems Format (ASF), but is an open standard.
Matroska file extensions are .mkv for video (which may include subtitles or audio), .mk3d for stereoscopic video, .mka for audio-only files (which may include subtitles), and .mks for subtitles only.[4]
^"Release release-1.7.1 · Matroska-Org/Libmatroska". github.com. October 8, 2022.
^Matroska Multimedia Container (Partial draft). Sustainability of Digital Formats. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^Matroska v4 element specification, Matroska.org. "TrackNumber: The track number as used in the Block Header (using more than 127 tracks is not encouraged, though the design allows an unlimited number)."
^"Matroska FAQ - Q3: What file extensions does Matroska use?". www.matroska.org. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
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