Matroska
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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.[4] The Matroska Multimedia Container is similar in concept to other containers like AVI, MP4, or Advanced Systems Format (ASF), but is an open standard.
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Quick Facts Filename extension, Internet media type ...
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Filename extension |
.mkv .mk3d .mka .mks |
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Internet media type |
video/matroska video/matroska-3d audio/matroska[1] |
Initial release | 6 December 2002; 21 years ago (2002-12-06) |
Latest release | |
Type of format | Container format |
Container for | Multimedia |
Extended from | MCF, EBML |
Open format? | Yes |
Free format? | Yes[3] |
Website | matroska |
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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.[5]