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Matroska

Matroska (styled Matroška) is a project to create a container format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture, or subtitle tracks in one file. The Matroska Multimedia Container is similar in concept to other containers like AVI, MP4, or Advanced Systems Format (ASF), but is an open standard.

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Container for
Multimedia
Extended from
MCF, EBML
Free format?
Yes
Initial release
6 December 2002; 23 years ago (2002-12-06)
Internet media type
video/matroska video/matroska-3d audio/matroska application/octet-stream[a]
Latest release
1.7.2 19 July 2026; 36 days ago (2026-07-19)

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Overview

History

Name and logo

Design

Development

Support

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Matroska

Nodes56
Edges55
Triples74
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035714
Components1

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Matroska

Top relations

related to Support · 20
Matroska → Blender, Combined Community Codec Pack, DirectShow, Earlier, Foobar2000, Google Chrome, HandBrake, Home Cinema, K-Lite Codec Pack, Kdenlive, Media Player Classic, MKVToolNix, Mozilla Firefox, OBS Studio, Outside, Software, VLC, WebM, Windows, YouTube
related to history · 14
Matroska → December, EBML, Extensible Binary Meta Language, In, Lasse Kärkkäinen, MCF, MCF's, Multimedia Container Format, Steve Lhomme, The, This, Vorbis, VP8, WebM
related to Design · 13
Matroska → Creating, Developing, Doom9, DVDs, EBML, Hydrogenaudio, July, MKVToolNix, The, The Matroska, Thus, WebM, Working
related to External links · 7
Matroska → Congress Collections, Digital Formats, Library, Multimedia Container, Official, Planning, Sustainability
related to Development · 5
Matroska → BSD, France, It, LGPL, The Matroska
related to Name and logo · 4
Matroska → English, Matroška, Russian, The
Container for · 1
Matroska → Multimedia
Extended from · 1
Matroska → MCF, EBML
Filename extension · 1
Matroska → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .mkv .mk3d .mka .mks
Free format? · 1
Matroska → Yes

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Important terminology

format container video multimedia open audio ebml mkv support standard project include extension org file webm mkvtoolnix free mk3d mka

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MatroskaContainer forMultimedia1.00infobox
MatroskaExtended fromMCF, EBML1.00infobox
MatroskaFilename extension.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .mkv .mk3d .mka .mks1.00infobox
MatroskaFree format?Yes1.00infobox
MatroskaInitial release6 December 2002; 23 years ago (2002-12-06)1.00infobox
MatroskaInternet media typevideo/matroska video/matroska-3d audio/matroska application/octet-stream[a]1.00infobox
MatroskaLatest release1.7.2 19 July 2026; 36 days ago (2026-07-19)1.00infobox
MatroskaOpen format?Yes1.00infobox
MatroskaStandard.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
MatroskaType of formatContainer format1.00infobox
MatroskaWebsitematroska.org1.00infobox
Matroskarelated to DesignThe0.60section

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