Command-line tool

mkvtoolnix

brew/mkvtoolnix

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Matroska media files manipulation tools mkv mkvextract mkvinfo mkvmerge mkvpropedit

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id MoritzBunkus.MKVToolNix -e
scoop bucket add extras; scoop install extras/mkvtoolnix

macOS

brew install mkvtoolnix

Linux

brew install mkvtoolnix

Display information about a Matroska file

mkvmerge --identify path/to/file.mkv

Extract the audio from track 1 of a specific file

mkvextract tracks path/to/file.mkv 1:path/to/output.webm

Extract the subtitle from track 3 of a specific file

mkvextract tracks path/to/file.mkv 3:path/to/subs.srt

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