2015-02-08 05:50 GMT

Developer(s)Moritz Bunkus
Initial release1 May 2003; 21 years ago (2003-05-01)
Stable release
7.5.0 / 24 January 2015; 9 years ago (2015-01-24)
Written inC++, build system: Ruby
Operating systemBSD, Linux, Mac OS, Microsoft Windows and OpenIndiana
Sizeabout 20MB
Standard(s).mkv
Available in19 languages: list
TypeVideo editing software
LicenseGPLv2
Websitebunkus.org/videotools/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 since 2003-05-01 for various platforms including Linux and BSD distributions, Mac OS and Windows. The tools can be also downloaded from video software distributors[1][2][3][4] and FOSS repositories.[5] Version 7.5.0 was released on 2015-01-24.[6]

Applications edit

MKVToolNix was reviewed by the Linux Journal, Linux Format, the ICTE Journal, and Softpedia among others.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] The tools are cited in patents for a "Universal container for audio data".[15][16] A "portable" Windows edition exists, but is not yet available in the PortableApps format.[17][18]

Components edit

mmg
is a simple wxWidgets GUI for mkvmerge.
mkvmerge
merges multimedia streams into a Matroska file.[19]
mkvinfo
lists all elements contained in a .mkv file.
mkvextract
extracts specific parts from a .mkv file to other formats.
mkvpropedit
allows to analyse and modify some .mkv file properties.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "MKVToolnix". videohelp.com. 2015.
  2. ^ "Downloads for Windows". matroska.org. 2011. sec. Editors. Retrieved 2015-02-06.
  3. ^ "MKVToolnix". digital digest. 2015.
  4. ^ "MKVToolnix". free-codecs.com. 2015.
  5. ^ FOSShub (2015-01-05). "MKVToolNix". Retrieved 2015-02-08. This is a must-have software if you work with MKV files.
  6. ^ Moritz Bunkus (2015-01-24). "ChangeLog". mkvtoolnix. Retrieved 2015-02-06.
  7. ^ Nick Veitch (February 2011). "Video tools. MKVToolNix" (PDF). Linux Format (141). Future plc: 77. ISSN 1470-4234. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Mike Saunders (Christmas 2012). "Video file creator. MKVToolNix" (PDF). Linux Format (165). Future plc: 68. ISSN 1470-4234. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Richard Smedley (April 2014). "Video and audio file utilities. MKVToolNix" (PDF). Linux Format (182). Future plc: 67. ISSN 1470-4234. they're pretty robust, but continue to get incremental improvement and feature updates with fairly regular point releases. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ D. Bartholomew (2008). "Reviews: The popcorn hour a-100". Linux Journal. Retrieved 2015-02-07. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ A. Oujezdský (2014). "Creation of educational video tutorials and their use in education" (PDF). ICTE Journal. p. 28.
  12. ^ Silviu Stahie (2015-01-05). "Merge, Split, and Convert MKV Files with MKVToolNix". Softpedia Linux blog. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  13. ^ Elena Opris (2015-01-05). "MKVToolnix 7.5.0: Create, alter and inspect Matroska files". Softpedia. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  14. ^ Cory Altheide, Harlan Carvey (2011-03-29). Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools. Elsevier. ch. 8 "File Analysis". ISBN 1597495875.
  15. ^ US patent 7979269, William G. Stewart; James E. McCartney & Douglas S. Wyatt, "Universal container for audio data", published 2011-07-12, assigned to Apple Inc. 
  16. ^ US patent 8494866, William G. Stewart; James E. McCartney & Douglas S. Wyatt, "Universal container for audio data", published 2013-07-23, assigned to Apple Inc. 
  17. ^ Madalina Boboc (2015-01-07). "What's new in Portable MKVToolnix 7.5.0". Softpedia. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  18. ^ darksabre76 (2013-01-21). "MKVToolNix Portable 7.1.0 Dev Test 1". PortableApps.com. Retrieved 2015-02-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ Moritz Bunkus (2015). "mkvmerge -- Merge multimedia streams into a Matroska™ file". mkvtoolnix. Retrieved 2015-02-06.

External links edit

Category:Free video conversion software Category:Video editing software