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| '''Matroska/матрёшка''' is an extensible open standard audio/video container format for various video and audio codecs. Matroska is based on [[EBML]], a binary variation of XML. It's aim is to replace the ageing [[AVI]] format and be a powerful alternative to other container formats like [[ASF]], [[MP4]], [[MOV]], RM, MPX and [[Ogg|Ogg/OGM]]. It can store Audio Only, Video Only, or both, and is free for personal use. | | '''Matroska/матрёшка''' is an extensible open standard audio/video container format for various video and audio codecs. Matroska is based on [[EBML]], a binary variation of XML. It's aim is to replace the ageing [[AVI]] format and be a powerful alternative to other container formats like [[ASF]], [[MP4]], [[MOV]], RM, MPX and [[Ogg|Ogg/OGM]]. It can store Audio Only, Video Only, or both, and is free for personal use. |
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| =Features=
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| Matroska has all the features you would expect of a modern A/V Container including:
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| * Streamable over internet (HTTP and RTP)
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| * Fast seeking in the file
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| * High error recovery
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| * Menus (like DVD's have)
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| * Chapter entries
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| * Selectable subtitle streams
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| * Selectable audio streams
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| * Modularly Extendable
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| * Sophisticated Tagging
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| The current official tool for creating a Matroska file (available from Matroska's [http://matroska.org/index.html Home Page]) supports the following audio and video codecs:
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| ==Audio==
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| * [[MPEG]] Audio 1, 2, 2.5 Layer III
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| * [[MPEG]] Audio 1, 2 Layer II
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| * [[MPEG]] Audio 1, 2 Layer I
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| * [[PCM]] Integer Big Endian
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| * [[PCM]] Integer Little Endian
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| * Floating Point, IEEE compatible
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| * Dolby [[AC3]]
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| * [[DTS|Digital Theater Systems]]
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| * OggVorbis
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| * [[WavPack]]
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| * [[FLAC]] (Free Lossless Audio Compresion)
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| * Realmedia Audio Codecs (including Real Audio 1, Real Audio 2, Real Audio Cook, Sipro Voice Codec, Real Audio LossLess Format, and the Sony [[ATRAC]]3 Codec)
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| * [[AAC]] Audio (including both LC AAC and HE AAC)
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| * QuickTime Audio Codecs
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| ==Video==
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| * MPEG4 ISO Profile Video, i.e DivX 4/5, XviD, FFMPEG (including Simple Profile, Advanced Simple Profile, and Advanced Profile)
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| * Microsoft MPEG4 V3 (and derivatives, including DivX 3, Angelpotion, SMR, etc. V1/v2 covered in VfW compatibility mode)
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| * MPEG1
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| * MPEG2
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| * Real Video (Real Video 1.0, Real Video G2/G2+SVT, Real Video 8, and Real Video 9)
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| * Video from QuickTime files (including the Sorenson and Cinepack codecs)
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| ==Extensions==
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| * MKV - File containing at least one video stream and possibly audio and/or subtitle stream(s).
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| * MKA - File containing at least one audio stream and possible subtitle stream(s).
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| * MKS - File containing at least one subtitle stream.
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| =Tools=
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| * [http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/ MKVtoolnix]
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| =Additional reading=
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| * [http://matroska.org/index.html Home Page]
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Introduction
Matroska/матрёшка is an extensible open standard audio/video container format for various video and audio codecs. Matroska is based on EBML, a binary variation of XML. It's aim is to replace the ageing AVI format and be a powerful alternative to other container formats like ASF, MP4, MOV, RM, MPX and Ogg/OGM. It can store Audio Only, Video Only, or both, and is free for personal use.
