Released for Linux, Mac, and Windows OSes

Mar 29, 2015 12:47 GMT  ·  By

A new maintenance release of the powerful and popular MKVToolnix software that allows users to manipulate MKV (Matroska) files in Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows operating systems, has been updated today to version 7.8.0, a release that introduces numerous improvements and some new features.

According to the changelog, MKVToolnix 7.8.0 adds support for DTS Express and improves the file type identification function to display more details about the DTS type for FTS audio tracks like DTS-HD High Resolution, DTS Express, DTS, or DTS-HD Master Audio, in the mkvmerge component. It is now possible to open files via drag and drop in the MKVInfo tool.

Boost Math library is now required during the compilation, a couple of issues with HEVC tracks have been resolved in the mkvmerge component, the –engage no_delay_for_garbage_in_avi option has been added in the mkvmerge component in order to disable deriving of a delay from garbage in the audio channels of an AVI file, also in mkvmerge.

Numerous other bugs have been fixed in MKVToolnix 7.8.0

MKVToolnix 7.8.0 brings fixes for numerous other bugs that have been reported by users since version 7.7.0, including an issue with the number of channels in DTS tracks, which were incorrectly recognized if there were more than 6 channels available, an issue with the extraction and merging of HuffYUV codecs, and an issue with VobSub file naming.

Detection of audio and video tracks in Flash Video (FLV) files has been improved, an issue with unframed HEVC/h.265 tracks has been fixed, a bug in the FLV file format reader has been squashed, file type detection for MP3 audio files has been improved, and the formula that calculates the audio delay for garbage data in AVI files has been patched.

Lastly, it is now possible to add tags in WebM files, detection of audio and video tracks, including Cinepak and PCM, in QuickTime (MOV) files has been improved, and a Swedish translation have been added for all components. Download MKVToolnix 7.8.0 for Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows right now from Softpedia.

MKVToolnix 7.8.0 Changelog