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EntityQ3273046· pop 11· linked from 7 articles

Also known as mkvmerge, mkvinfo, mkvextract, mkvpropedit, mkvtoolnix, MKVToolNix GUI, MKVToolNix Portable

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.

Key facts

Software.name
MKVToolNix
Software.logo
mkvmerge256.png
Software.logo alt
mkvmerge logo
Software.screenshot
Mkvmerge cut video.png
Software.caption
mkvmerge GUI v5.7.0, a component of MKVToolNix, showing its "Global" tab
Software.author
Moritz Bunkus
Software.developer
Moritz Bunkus
Software.discontinued
no
Software.latest release version
97.0
Software.programming language
C++ (GUI: originally in wxWidgets, but ported to Qt5 due to the wxWidgets problems.
Software.operating system
Unix-like, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux
Software.size
~20 MB
Software.language count
27
Software.language footnote
list
Software.genre
Multimedia software (container format manipulation)
Software.license
GPLv2 or later

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Source code

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Applications
  • Components
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

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 available in the PortableApps format.

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