- Extension
- .mkv
- .pcd
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Matroska
- Kodak
- Description
- An MKV file is a video container format similar to the .AVI, .ASF, and .MOV formats. It supports several types of audio and video codecs and may include .SRT, .SSA, or .USF (Universal Subtitle Format) subtitles. MKV files also support VobSub subtitles from DVDs.
- This format was developed by Kodak in order to store images on optical or other media. It is used as a format for archiving scanned documents on Kodak devices. It encodes images in 24-bit color and supports resolutions of up to 6144x4096 pixels.
- MIME Type
- video/x-matroska
- image/x-photo-cd
