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What's a good #format to serialize simple structured #data in an efficient way?

I'm thinking about some binary #XML encoding. Also, #ASN.1 because it natively uses integers, not just strings. Is the packed representation (PER) widely supported?

The data will be a bunch of interleaved time series streams, so variable field lengths could be a big win.

Is there a format for stuff like that?

#Matroska's EBML? Only I'd have to hack the schema in.

#mkv #serialization #formats

One of the things that is interesting doing mass encodes is verifying all of the little things that can just mess everything up. If you're pulling in stuff like 3rd-party subtitles, then you have to verify the timing of the subtitles and adjust as necessary. Even better, if those are SubStation Alpha subtitles, you have to verify if the style fonts get added as attachments to the MKV file.

And if it's across something like a TV show, you definitely need to do this for every episode. If there _is_ an issue, you get to fire up Aegisub and try to track down the exact offset you'll need and either correct that via Aegisub or when you inevitably have to remux via `mkvmerge`/MkvToolnix.

#encoding #matroska #subtitles

The smallest release of MKVToolNix ever is out, v97, with just one change. But still, have to keep up with the schedule, I guess 😁 Note to macOS users: I've decided to stop offering macOS binaries in the second half of 2026 due to Apple sunsetting support for the Rosetta x86-to-ARM translation technology and my build process only producing x86 binaries. https://www.bunkus.org/2026/01/2026-01-02-mkvtoolnix-v97-released/ #MKVToolNix #Matroska
MKVToolNix v97.0 released

I've just released Mp3tag for Mac v1.10 💫

• Download via https://mp3tag.app/get
• Release Notes at https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-1-10-released/70391?u=florian

Mp3tag is a powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata of audio files. Musicians, DJs, podcasters, and audio-enthusiasts use it for many different aspects of handling audio files.

Merry Christmas! Enjoy and take care 🎄

#audio #music #macos #mp3 #mp4 #mkv #flac #matroska

Mp3tag: the universal Tag Editor for Mac

Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor for Mac. It supports editing of metadata and cover art for many different audio and video formats (MP3, MP4, FLAC, WAV, ...), file renaming, metadata import and repeatable actions.

Mp3tag for Mac

Free Software that I rely on. One per day.

Day 18:

MKVToolNix

This is a tool kit of utilities, including a GUI front end, for manipulating Matroska streaming multimedia files (usually "MKV" or "MKA" files).

The Matroska container format allows for multiple audio, video, and text streams, which means you can encode a video with multiple options for audio and subtitles (as well as alternate video tracks).

It also supports setting up "Chapter" marks.

A must-have for authoring and checking complex videos for streaming and download use.

https://mkvtoolnix.download/

#FreeSoftwareAdvent #MKVToolNix #MKV #Multimedia #Matroska

Any matroska expert here? I notice while re-muxing an mp4 file with packet re-ordering to mkv that ffmpeg logs this when decoding the result mkv file:
[h264 @ 0x85d088380] Increasing reorder buffer to 2
This seems to be related to the "video_delay" in ffmpeg. The mov demuxer seems to derive the 2 from the ctts box. Bug in matroska demuxer? no element stores this? or would have to derive the same thing from reading all blocks for the video track which would be expensive?
#matroska #ffmpeg
Let's do another release of MKVToolNix today, v96.0. This is another of those small maintenance releases with a couple of enhancements & a couple of bug fixes. Have fun! 😁 https://www.bunkus.org/2025/11/2025-11-08-mkvtoolnix-v96-released/ #MKVToolNix #Matroska
MKVToolNix v96.0 released

@tauon Tenacity already supports #MIDI right now in a limited capacity. For the new project format, we would not include MIDI support as we would have to figure that out. We still haven't thought that through, but it could be possible. (Edit: so yeah, it'd be more so a 'yet' right now).

Unless #Matroska already supports MIDI. Then that's a different story...