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+[submodule "lib/libebml"]
+	path = lib/libebml
+	url = https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml.git
+[submodule "lib/libmatroska"]
+	path = lib/libmatroska
+	url = https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libmatroska.git
diff --git a/lib/libebml b/lib/libebml
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+Subproject commit 8e41fbbfceef5e9aea771f2fad4ee63a8c726947
diff --git a/lib/libmatroska b/lib/libmatroska
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+Subproject commit 08eb86ee0a2d09528d63183c53060ba53a03e197