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| programming language = [[C++]] (GUI: originally in [[wxWidgets]], but ported to [[Qt5]] due to the wxWidgets problems.<ref>{{cite web |title=MKVToolNix GUI · Wiki · Moritz Bunkus _ MKVToolNix · GitLab |url=https://gitlab.com/mbunkus/mkvtoolnix/wikis/MKVToolNix-GUI |accessdate=14 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Debian -- Details of package mkvtoolnix-gui in jessie |url=https://packages.debian.org/jessie/mkvtoolnix-gui |accessdate=14 May 2019}}</ref> |
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'''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 [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] distributions, [[macOS]] and [[Microsoft Windows]]. The tools can be also downloaded from video software distributors<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MKVtoolnix|title=MKVToolnix|publisher=videohelp.com|date=2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.matroska.org/downloads/windows.html|at=sec. Editors|date=2011|title=Downloads for Windows|publisher=[[Matroska|matroska.org]]|accessdate=2015-02-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.divx-digest.com/software/mkvtoolnix.html|title=MKVToolnix|publisher=digital digest|date=2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.free-codecs.com/download/MKVToolnix.htm|title=MKVToolnix|publisher=free-codecs.com|date=2015}}</ref> and [[FOSS]] repositories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fosshub.com/MKVToolNix.html|title=MKVToolNix|author=FOSShub|date=2015-01-05|accessdate=2015-02-08|quote=This is a must-have software if you work with MKV files.}}</ref> |
'''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 [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] distributions, [[macOS]] and [[Microsoft Windows]]. The tools can be also downloaded from video software distributors<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MKVtoolnix|title=MKVToolnix|publisher=videohelp.com|date=2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.matroska.org/downloads/windows.html|at=sec. Editors|date=2011|title=Downloads for Windows|publisher=[[Matroska|matroska.org]]|accessdate=2015-02-06|archive-date=2015-02-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206042910/http://matroska.org/downloads/windows.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.divx-digest.com/software/mkvtoolnix.html|title=MKVToolnix|publisher=digital digest|date=2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.free-codecs.com/download/MKVToolnix.htm|title=MKVToolnix|publisher=free-codecs.com|date=2015}}</ref> and [[FOSS]] repositories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fosshub.com/MKVToolNix.html|title=MKVToolNix|author=FOSShub|date=2015-01-05|accessdate=2015-02-08|quote=This is a must-have software if you work with MKV files.|archive-date=2020-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229175931/https://www.fosshub.com/MKVToolNix.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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MKVToolNix was reviewed by the [[Linux Journal]], [[Linux Format]], the <abbr title="International Journal of Information and Communication Technologies in Education">ICTE</abbr> Journal, and [[Softpedia]] among others.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Nick Veitch|title=Video tools. MKVToolNix|journal=[[Linux Format]]|date=February 2011|issue=141|page=77|publisher=[[Future plc]]|issn=1470-4234|url=http://www.linuxformat.com/includes/downloads.php?PDF=LXF141.hot.pdf|url-access=subscription|access-date=2015-02-08|archive-date=2020-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229175935/https://www.linuxformat.com//includes/downloads.php?PDF=LXF141.hot.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Mike Saunders (Christmas 2012)|title=Video file creator. MKVToolNix|journal=[[Linux Format]]|issue=165|page=68|publisher=[[Future plc]]|issn=1470-4234|url=http://www.linuxformat.com/includes/downloads.php?PDF=LXF165.hot.pdf|url-access=subscription|access-date=2015-02-08|archive-date=2020-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229175935/https://www.linuxformat.com//includes/downloads.php?PDF=LXF165.hot.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Richard Smedley|title=Video and audio file utilities. MKVToolNix|journal=[[Linux Format]]|date=April 2014|issue=182|page=67|publisher=[[Future plc]]|issn=1470-4234|url=http://www.linuxformat.com/includes/downloads.php?PDF=LXF182.hot.pdf|url-access=subscription|quote="they're pretty robust, but continue to get incremental improvement and feature updates with fairly regular point releases."|access-date=2015-02-08|archive-date=2020-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229175946/https://www.linuxformat.com//includes/downloads.php?PDF=LXF182.hot.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |
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}} [https://patents.google.com/patent/US8494866B2 Google Patent entry]</ref> A "portable" [[Windows]] edition exists, but is not {{as of|2015|lc=yes|alt=yet}} available in the [[PortableApps.com|PortableApps]] format.<ref>{{cite web |
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== Components == |
== Components == |
Revision as of 18:00, 29 December 2020
Original author(s) | Moritz Bunkus |
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Developer(s) | Moritz Bunkus |
Initial release | 30 April 2003 |
Stable release | 51.0.0[1]
/ 4 October 2020 |
Repository | |
Written in | C++ (GUI: originally in wxWidgets, but ported to Qt5 due to the wxWidgets problems.[2][3] |
Operating system | Unix-like, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux |
Platform | Matroska |
Size | ~20 MB |
Available in | 25 languages: list |
Type | Multimedia software (container format manipulation) |
License | GPLv2 |
Website | 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[4][5][6][7] and FOSS repositories.[8]
Applications
MKVToolNix was reviewed by the Linux Journal, Linux Format, the ICTE Journal, and Softpedia among others.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15] The tools are cited in patents for a "Universal container for audio data".[16] A "portable" Windows edition exists, but is not yet available in the PortableApps format.[17]
Components
- MKVToolNix GUI
- is a Qt GUI for mkvmerge and a successor of mmg.
- mkvmerge
- merges multimedia streams into a Matroska file.[18]
- 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
- Open source codecs and containers
- DivX
- Ogg
- WebM uses the Matroska format
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "MKVToolNix GUI · Wiki · Moritz Bunkus _ MKVToolNix · GitLab". Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ "Debian -- Details of package mkvtoolnix-gui in jessie". Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ "MKVToolnix". videohelp.com. 2015.
- ^ "Downloads for Windows". matroska.org. 2011. sec. Editors. Archived from the original on 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2015-02-06.
- ^ "MKVToolnix". digital digest. 2015.
- ^ "MKVToolnix". free-codecs.com. 2015.
- ^ FOSShub (2015-01-05). "MKVToolNix". Archived from the original on 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
This is a must-have software if you work with MKV files.
- ^ Nick Veitch (February 2011). "Video tools. MKVToolNix" (PDF). Linux Format (141). Future plc: 77. ISSN 1470-4234. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
- ^ Mike Saunders (Christmas 2012). "Video file creator. MKVToolNix" (PDF). Linux Format (165). Future plc: 68. ISSN 1470-4234. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
{{cite journal}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Richard Smedley (April 2014). "Video and audio file utilities. MKVToolNix" (PDF). Linux Format (182). Future plc: 67. ISSN 1470-4234. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
they're pretty robust, but continue to get incremental improvement and feature updates with fairly regular point releases.
- ^ D. Bartholomew (2008). "Reviews: The popcorn hour a-100". Linux Journal. Archived from the original on 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
- ^ A. Oujezdský (2014). "Creation of educational video tutorials and their use in education" (PDF). ICTE Journal. p. 28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
- ^ Silviu Stahie (2015-01-05). "Merge, Split, and Convert MKV Files with MKVToolNix". Softpedia Linux blog. Archived from the original on 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
- ^ Cory Altheide, Harlan Carvey (2011-03-29). Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools. Elsevier. ch. 8 "File Analysis". ISBN 978-1597495875.
- ^ 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. Google Patent entry Archived 2020-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ darksabre76 (2013-01-21). "MKVToolNix Portable 7.1.0 Dev Test 1". PortableApps.com. Archived from the original on 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Moritz Bunkus (2015). "mkvmerge -- Merge multimedia streams into a Matroska™ file". mkvtoolnix. Retrieved 2015-02-06.