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MKVToolnix is a set of tools to create, alter and inspect Matroska
-(and WebM) files. With these tools, you can
+(and WebM) files. With these tools one can:
-* Get information about Matroska files (mkvinfo)
-* Extract tracks/data from Matroska files (mkvextract)
-* Create Matroska files from other media files (mkvmerge)
-* Modify properties of existing Matroska files (mkvpropedit)
+* Get information about Matroska files (mkvinfo) * Extract tracks/data
+from Matroska files (mkvextract) * Create Matroska files from other
+media files (mkvmerge) * Modify properties of existing Matroska files
+(mkvpropedit)
MKVToolnix requires wxGTK/wxPython all of which are available on
Slackbuilds.org and it comes with internal versions of libembl and
libmatroska. Configure will use the internal versions if it fails
-to find system ones.
+to find systemwide
Interested parties can build QT version of GUI by passing QTGUI=yes
+
+Note: Mkvtoolnix build will try to use system libmatroska and libembl
+and if they don't exist or unusable, then it will build Mkvtoolnix
+linking with them.