EBML

EBML (Extensible Binary Meta Language) is a binary metaformat, similar in scope to BMFF or RIFF. It was designed as part of the Matroska multimedia container format.

Related formats

 * Matroska
 * WebM
 * EBML Schema

Identification
An EBML file begins with bytes, representing the encoded ID number of the "EBML" element.

Specifications

 * RFC 8794
 * Matroska Specifications
 * EBML spec
 * Proposed Internet draft, 2016-07-06
 * Proposed Internet draft, 2018-08-28
 * Proposed Internet draft, 2019-10-22

Links

 * EBML Github
 * libEBML