Download Latest Version Advertisement MKVToolNix is a set of tools that include mkvmerge, mkvinfo, mkvextract, mkvpropedit and mmg, which allow you to to create, manipulate and inspect Matroska (.MKV) files in several ways. MKS Extractor GUI. Extract Matroska subtitle files (MKS) from MKV files with a GUI. Wrapper for MKVToolNix. This tool is intended to use with Windows. Windows 7 (or newer) Visual C 2019 Redistributable; MKVToolNix; Instructions. Select your MKVToolNix directory. Drag&Drop your MKV files into the 'MKV Files' box.
mkvmerge GUI v5.7.0, a component of MKVToolNix, showing its 'Global' tab | |
Original author(s) | Moritz Bunkus |
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Developer(s) | Moritz Bunkus |
Initial release | April 30, 2003; 17 years ago |
Stable release | |
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.download |
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[edit]
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[edit]
- MKVToolNix GUI
- is a QtGUI 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[edit]
- Converting video on Wikimedia Commons
References[edit]
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on April 5, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^'MKVToolNix GUI · Wiki · Moritz Bunkus _ MKVToolNix · GitLab'. Archived from the original on December 29, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Debian -- Details of package mkvtoolnix-gui in jessie'. Archived from the original on December 29, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'MKVToolnix'. videohelp.com. 2015.
- ^'Downloads for Windows'. matroska.org. 2011. sec. Editors. Archived from the original on February 6, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'MKVToolnix'. digital digest. 2015.
- ^'MKVToolnix'. free-codecs.com. 2015.
- ^FOSShub (January 5, 2015). 'MKVToolNix'. Archived from the original on December 29, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
This is a must-have software if you work with MKV files.
CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) - ^Nick Veitch (February 2011). 'Video tools. MKVToolNix'(PDF). Linux Format. Future plc (141): 77. ISSN1470-4234. Archived(PDF) from the original on December 29, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
- ^Mike Saunders (Christmas 2012). 'Video file creator. MKVToolNix'(PDF). Linux Format. Future plc (165): 68. ISSN1470-4234. Archived(PDF) from the original on December 29, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
- ^Richard Smedley (April 2014). 'Video and audio file utilities. MKVToolNix'(PDF). Linux Format. Future plc (182): 67. ISSN1470-4234. Archived(PDF) from the original on December 29, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
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 December 29, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^A. Oujezdský (2014). 'Creation of educational video tutorials and their use in education'(PDF). ICTE Journal. p. 28. Archived(PDF) from the original on December 29, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
- ^Silviu Stahie (January 5, 2015). 'Merge, Split, and Convert MKV Files with MKVToolNix'. SoftpediaLinux blog. Archived from the original on December 29, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Cory Altheide, Harlan Carvey (March 29, 2011). Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools. Elsevier. ch. 8 'File Analysis'. ISBN978-1597495875.
- ^US patent 8494866, William G. Stewart; James E. McCartney & Douglas S. Wyatt, 'Universal container for audio data', published July 23, 2013, assigned to Apple Inc.Google Patent entryArchived December 29, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
- ^darksabre76 (January 21, 2013). 'MKVToolNix Portable 7.1.0 Dev Test 1'. PortableApps.com. Archived from the original on December 29, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Moritz Bunkus (2015). 'mkvmerge -- Merge multimedia streams into a Matroska™ file'. mkvtoolnix. Retrieved February 6, 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
External links[edit]
- Official website
- mkvtoolnix project on GitLab
- MKVToolNix at Open Hub