MKVToolNix

MKVToolNix is a collection of tools for the Matroska media container format by Moritz Bunkus including mkvmerge. The free and open source Matroska libraries and tools are available for various platforms including Linux and BSD distributions, macOS and Microsoft Windows. The tools can be also downloaded from video software distributors and FOSS repositories.

Applications

MKVToolNix was reviewed by the Linux Journal, Linux Format, the ICTE Journal, and Softpedia among others. The tools are cited in patents for a "Universal container for audio data". A "portable" Windows edition exists, but is not yet available in the PortableApps format.

Components

MKVToolNix GUI

is a Qt GUI for mkvmerge and a successor of mmg.

mkvmerge

merges multimedia streams into a Matroska file.

mkvinfo

lists all elements contained in a Matroska file.

mkvextract

extracts specific parts from a Matroska file to other formats.

mkvpropedit

allows to analyze and modify some Matroska file properties.

See also

• Converting video on Wikimedia Commons
• List of open-source codecs

References

External links

• Official website
• mkvtoolnix project on GitLab
• MKVToolNix at Open Hub

1. Matroska
2. WebM
3. Comparison of video container formats
4. High Efficiency Video Coding
5. AV1
6. Opus (audio format)
7. DivX Plus HD