Command-line tool

MKVToolNix

cask/mkvtoolnix-app

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

GUI including a set of tools to create, alter and inspect Matroska files (MKV)

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install --cask mkvtoolnix-app

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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