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Adoption of the file format is expected to further increase thanks to several outcomes of the&nbsp;<a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.preforma-project.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.preforma-project.eu\/\">PREFORMA project<\/a>, including the&nbsp;<a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mediaarea.net\/MediaConch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/mediaarea.net\/MediaConch\/\">Media Conch toolset<\/a>, an implementation checker for Matroska. Matroska file extensions are .mkv for video (with subtitles and audio), .mka for audio-only files, and .mks for subtitles only.<\/p>\n<p>Matroska is a DANS preferred container format for audio and video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Matroska Multimedia Container&nbsp;is an open source, open standard multimedia container, that can wrap an unlimited number of audio, video, metadata and\/or subtitle-files. 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