libmatroska ☆

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Description:
Extensible, open standard container format for audio/video

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: multimedia video library container c++

Install: brew install libmatroska

About:
Libmatroska is a C++ library that parses and creates Matroska and WebM files. It provides a robust, extensible API for handling the EBML-based container format, allowing developers to manipulate video, audio, and subtitle tracks. Its main value is enabling high-performance, low-level access to metadata and media streams for multimedia applications.

Key Features:

C++ library for parsing and creating MKV/WebM files
Extensible Binary Meta-Language (EBML) based format
Supports seeking, streaming, and frame-wise access
Separate from the libebml dependency for modularity

Use Cases:

Building custom video players or media servers
Developing video transcoding and editing tools
Implementing WebM support in applications

Alternatives:

FFmpeg – FFmpeg is a complete multimedia framework that includes matroska demuxing/muxing, whereas libmatroska is a dedicated library focused solely on the container format.
GStreamer – GStreamer provides a plugin-based multimedia framework with matroska support, while libmatroska offers a lower-level, direct API for container manipulation.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 11, 2025 4:25am		0	VERSION_BUMP	74c49d5d
Sep 10, 2025 8:35pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	dbf6dcc3