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 MKVToolNix 0.6.9
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-These tools allow information about (mkvinfo) or extraction from
-(mkvextract) or creation of (mkvmerge) Matroska files. Matroska is a
-new multimedia file format aiming to become THE new container format
-for the future. You can find more information about it and its
-underlying technology, the Extensible Binary Meta Language (EBML), at
+With these tools one can get information about (mkvinfo) Matroska
+files, extract tracks/data from (mkvextract) Matroska files and create
+(mkvmerge) Matroska files from other media files. Matroska is a new
+multimedia file format aiming to become THE new container format for
+the future. You can find more information about it and its underlying
+technology, the Extensible Binary Meta Language (EBML), at
 
 http://www.matroska.org/