Matroska

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mkv	VLC can decode this container. The module name to use at the command line is mkv, but you can also use mka.

Matroska is a container format for storing or streaming video and audio files. The Matroska format has many features, such as a DVD-style menu system.

File-extensions: .mkv .mka .mks

Module options

• --mkv-use-ordered-chapters (boolean)

  Ordered chapters: Play ordered chapters as specified in the segment. Default true.

• --mkv-use-chapter-codec (boolean)

  Use chapter codecs found in the segment. Default true.

• --mkv-preload-local-dir (boolean)

  Preload matroska files from the same family in the same directory (not good for broken files). Default true.

• --mkv-seek-percent (boolean)

  Seek based on percent not time. Default false.

• --mkv-use-dummy (boolean)

  Read and discard unknown EBML elements (not good for broken files). Default false.

Compatibility

VideoLAN can only read matroska files. Also, some of the video codecs that can be used inside this type of file are not supported by VLC. Most notably, this includes the RealVideo 9 and 10 formats.

Accepted codecs

Below are the codecs supported by VLC. Unsupported codecs include WavPack.

Video codecs

• mpgv: MPEG video
• mp4v: MPEG-4 video
• div3: DivX
• avc1

Audio codecs

• mpga: MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3)
• mp4a: MPEG-4 audio (AAC)
• a52: A/52
• dts: DTS
• flac: Free lossless audio codec (lossless audio)
• vorb: Vorbis
• twos, araw: uncompressed audio
• tta: True Audio

Subtitle codecs

• subt
• ssa
• spu

Aide en Français

Site officiel: http://www.matroska.org/index.html.fr

Un article framasoft: http://www.framasoft.net/article2113.html

Source code

• modules/demux/mkv/mkv.cpp (input demuxer)