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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.
 
=Features=
 
 
Matroska has all the features you would expect of a modern A/V Container including:
 
 
* Streamable over internet (HTTP and RTP)
 
* Fast seeking in the file
 
* High error recovery
 
* Menus (like DVD's have)
 
* Chapter entries
 
* Selectable subtitle streams
 
* Selectable audio streams
 
* Modularly Extendable
 
* Sophisticated Tagging
 
 
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:
 
 
 
==Audio==
 
 
* [[MPEG]] Audio 1, 2, 2.5 Layer III
 
* [[MPEG]] Audio 1, 2 Layer II
 
* [[MPEG]] Audio 1, 2 Layer I
 
* [[PCM]] Integer Big Endian
 
* [[PCM]] Integer Little Endian
 
* Floating Point, IEEE compatible
 
* Dolby [[AC3]]
 
* [[DTS|Digital Theater Systems]]
 
* OggVorbis
 
* [[WavPack]]
 
* [[FLAC]] (Free Lossless Audio Compresion)
 
* 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)
 
* [[AAC]] Audio (including both LC AAC and HE AAC)
 
* QuickTime Audio Codecs
 
 
==Video==
 
 
* MPEG4 ISO Profile Video, i.e DivX 4/5, XviD, FFMPEG (including Simple Profile, Advanced Simple Profile, and Advanced Profile)
 
* Microsoft MPEG4 V3 (and derivatives, including DivX 3, Angelpotion, SMR, etc. V1/v2 covered in VfW compatibility mode)
 
* MPEG1
 
* MPEG2
 
* Real Video (Real Video 1.0, Real Video G2/G2+SVT, Real Video 8, and Real Video 9)
 
* Video from QuickTime files (including the Sorenson and Cinepack codecs)
 
 
 
==Extensions==
 
 
* MKV - File containing at least one video stream and possibly audio and/or subtitle stream(s).
 
* MKA - File containing at least one audio stream and possible subtitle stream(s).
 
* MKS - File containing at least one subtitle stream.
 
 
=Tools=
 
* [http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/ MKVtoolnix]
 
 
=Additional reading=
 
* [http://matroska.org/index.html Home Page]
 

Revision as of 03:28, 9 October 2005

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.