diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "lib/libebml"]
+	path = lib/libebml
+	url = https://github.com/mbunkus/libebml.git
+[submodule "lib/libmatroska"]
+	path = lib/libmatroska
+	url = https://github.com/mbunkus/libmatroska.git
diff --git a/lib/libebml b/lib/libebml
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+Subproject commit 74e442719b2f1fe90f931150d09897ee99a6ea95
diff --git a/lib/libmatroska b/lib/libmatroska
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+Subproject commit a2469e5a6bc411a636b7c2cbf3a093d64394d895