MKV

File Format
Name	MKV
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Video MKV
Extension(s)	.mkv
MIME Type(s)	video/x-matroska
LoCFDD	fdd000343, fdd000344, fdd000345, fdd000374, fdd000375, fdd000376

MKV refers to the Matroska multimedia container format, when used for video. It can use a variety of compressed video formats.

Software

• VLC

Sample files

• http://www.matroska.org/downloads/test_w1.html
• http://www.auby.no/files/video_tests/