Matroska File Format with LPCM Audio Encoding

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Format Description Properties

Relationship to other formats
Full name	Matroska File Format with LPCM Audio Encoding
Description	Matroska file containing an audio essence encoded as Linear Pulse Code Modulated (LPCM).
Production phase	Middle state, used for storage or archiving
Has subtype	Matroska, Matroska Multimedia Container
Contains	LPCM, Linear Pulse Code Modulated Audio
May contain	Video essences and other elements in various encodings.

LC experience or existing holdings	None
LC preference

Disclosure	Both Matroska and LPCM are open standards. Matroska is an offshoot of the Multimedia Container Format project.
Documentation	The Matroska specification is published online at https://www.matroska.org/technical/elements.html. The history of PCM is varied and extends back to at least the 1930s. For a discussion of its history and documentation see LPCM.
Adoption	Modest adoption of the combination of Matroska and LPCM. One example can be found on the website of the open source Archivematica project; LPCM is the preservation encoding for audio and Matroska (MKV) the preservation wrapper format for video files.
Licensing and patents	See Matroska and LPCM
Transparency	See Matroska and LPCM
Self-documentation	See Matroska and LPCM
External dependencies	See Matroska and LPCM
Technical protection considerations	See Matroska and LPCM

Tag	Value	Note

General
History

Matroska Specification (https://matroska.org/technical/elements.html).
Menu page for Audio Engineering Society standards. (https://www.aes.org/publications/standards/). Includes AES3-2003 (AES standard for digital audio -- Digital input-output interfacing -- Serial transmission format for two-channel linearly represented digital audio data) and AES5-2003 (AES recommended practice for professional digital audio -- Preferred sampling frequencies for applications employing pulse-code modulation).
Site with access to Multimedia Programming Interface and Data Specifications 1.0. (https://www.tactilemedia.com/info/MCI_Control_Info.html). The document concerns the use of LPCM in WAVE files and was produced by the IBM Corporation and the Microsoft Corporation, August 1991.
Menu page for IEC standards. (https://webstore.iec.ch/webstore/webstore.nsf/artnum/023623). Includes IEC 60908 Ed. 2.0 Bilingual, Audio recording - Compact disc digital audio system.

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Last Updated: 08/10/2021

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