MKVToolnix

MKVToolnix is a set of tools to create, alter and inspect Matroska files under Linux, other Unices and Windows. They do for Matroska what the OGMtools do for the OGM format and then some.

With these tools one can get information about (mkvinfo) Matroska files, extract tracks/data from (mkvextract) Matroska files and create (mkvmerge) Matroska files from other media files. Matroska is a new multimedia file format aiming to become THE new container format for the future.

• Release Date: Jun 29, 2020
• Download(s):
  mkvtoolnix-32-bit-48.0.0-setup.exe
  mkvtoolnix-32-bit-48.0.0.7z
  mkvtoolnix-64-bit-48.0.0-setup.exe
  mkvtoolnix-64-bit-48.0.0.7z
  MKVToolNix-48.0.0.dmg
  MKVToolNix_GUI-48.0.0-x86_64.AppImage
• # Version 48.0.0 "Sick Of Losing Soulmates" 2020-06-27
  
  
  ## New features and enhancements
  
  
  * mkvmerge: AC-3: file identification will report AC-3 tracks encoded in Dolby
    Surround EX as codec "AC-3 Dolby Surround EX". Implements #2740.
  * MKVToolNix GUI: multiplexer: on new installations the GUI will now recognize
    all known ISO 639-2 language codes in file names by default instead of only
    the top 100 of languages by native speakers.
  * MKVToolNix GUI: multiplexer: on new installations the list of "often used
    languages" will by default only contain certain agnostic ones ("multiple
    languages", "no linguistic content", "reserved for local use", "uncoded
    languages"), "English" and the default user interface language. The "list of
    spoken languages by native speaks" isn't used anymore. Also implements #2716.
  * MKVToolNix GUI: header editor: added an option to remove all attachments to
    the tree context menu. Implements #2835.
  * MKVToolNix GUI: while the GUI is running it will remember the last page that
    was selected when the preferences dialog is closed. Upon re-opening the
    preferences that page will be selected by default. Implements #2852.
  
  
  ## Bug fixes
  
  
  * mkvmerge: fixed a segmentation fault when exiting prematurely due to write
    errors such as the destination having run out of space. Fixes #2843.
  * mkvmerge: DTS: fixed wrong channel count for DTS tracks with XCh
    extensions. Fixes #2715.
  * mkvmerge: MPEG TS reader: fixed detecting h.264/AVC and h.265/HEVC tracks
    that consist of only a single frame. Part of the fix of #2849.
  * mkvmerge: MPEG TS reader: fixed handling of unbounded PES sizes for tracks
    that consist of only a single PES packet. Part of the fix of #2849.
  * mkvmerge: MPEG TS reader: PGS subtitle tracks are now exempt from the
    "detect bogus subtitle timestamps" heuristic which could lead to some PGS
    subtitles not being timestamped correctly. Symptoms were that they were
    shown at the wrong time or that they were shown indefinitely. Fixes #2736
    and partially fixes #2824.
  * mkvmerge: MPEG TS reader: when reading MPLS playlists the start timestamps
    of a play items were handled wrong: all the timestamps of packets read were
    compared to that start timestamp, dropping those packets whose timestamps
    were smaller than the play item's start timestamp. The correct behavior is
    to accept all packets as soon as the first one with a timestamp equal to or
    larger than the play item's start timestamp is encountered. This could
    result in PGS subtitle entries located right at the start of the play item
    being garbled/lost as they consist of multiple PES packets for which some
    timestamps are often slightly smaller. Part of the fix of #2824.
  * mkvmerge: MPEG TS reader: when reading MPLS playlists mkvmerge will no
    longer read the whole M2TS files they reference, processing only the packets
    lying inside the timestamp range given by the playlists's play item's start
    & end timestamps. Instead mkvmerge will use the index information present in
    corresponding clip information (CLPI) files in order to seek to the nearest
    file position of the play item's start timestamp. Additionally mkvmerge will
    simply stop processing a file once the end timestamp is seen. This change
    greatly speeds up processing files from which only small portions must be
    read. Part of the fix of #2824.
  * mkvmerge: WavPack: fixed support for files created by v5 of the
    program. Checksums, DSD audio data and non-standard sampling rates are
    handled correctly. Patch by David Bryant.
  * MKVToolNix GUI: multiplexer: fixed the cursor being positioned wrong after
    entering or pasting characters that aren't allowed in file names into the
    "destination file" control. Fixes #2855.
  
  
  ## Build system changes
  
  
  * libEBML v1.4.0 and libMatroska v1.6.0 are now required.
  
  
  ## Other changes
  
  
  * The source code repository's main development branch was renamed to `main`.