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Summary
Name	Matroska
Version	1-4
Other names
Identifiers	PUID: fmt/569
Family	EBML
Classification	Video
Disclosure
Description	The Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free container format, based on the Extensible Binary Meta Language (EBML). Matroska file extensions are .MKV for video (with subtitles and audio), .MK3D for stereoscopic video, .MKA for audio-only files, and .MKS for subtitles only. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Working Group: Codec Encoding for LossLess Archiving and Realtime transmission (cellar) is tasked with the standardisation of Matroska. The EBML specifications are work-in-progress, and can be found here: https://github.com/Matroska-Org/ebml-specification/blob/master/specification.markdown
Orientation
Byte order
Related file formats	Has priority over MPEG 1/2 Audio Layer 3
Technical Environment
Released	06 Dec 2002
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Axiell / Axiell
Source date	19 Jul 2013
Source description
Last updated	03 Feb 2022
Note	Format specification: https://matroska.org/technical/specs/index.html