Matroska AlternativesAudio Codecs and other similar apps like Matroska

Matroska is described as 'The Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture, or subtitle tracks in one file' and is a Audio Codec in the video & movies category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Matroska for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best Matroska alternative is FLAC, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Matroska are Vorbis, Opus, LAVfilters and CCCP: Combined Community Codec Pack.

Matroska alternatives are mainly Audio Codecs but may also be Codec Packs or File Compressors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Matroska.

Matroska

Free • Open Source
Audio Codec

The Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited...

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FLAC
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Free • Open Source
Audio Codec
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
BSD
9 FLAC alternatives
FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed...
- - FLAC is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to Matroska.
- - FLAC is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Matroska.
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1. Lossless AudioFLAC has lossless audio support, basically studio quality sound.
Lossless Compression
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Vorbis
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Free • Open Source
Audio Codec
Mac
Windows
Linux
8 Vorbis alternatives
Ogg Vorbis is a fully open, general-purpose compressed audio format for mid to high quality (8kHz-48.0kHz, 16+ bit, polyphonic) audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to 128 kbps/channel.
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Opus
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Free • Open Source
Audio Codec
Mac
Windows
Linux
7 Opus alternatives
Opus is a totally open, royalty-free, highly versatile audio codec. Opus is unmatched for interactive speech and music transmission over the Internet, but also intended for storage and streaming applications.
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Low Latency
FOSS
Royalty free
LAVfilters
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Free • Open Source
Codec Pack
Windows
9 LAVfilters alternatives
LAV Filters are a set of open-source DirectShow filters, aimed to eventually replace the better part of the playback chain required to play all and any modern media.
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Filters
CCCP: Combined Community Codec Pack
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Free • Proprietary
Codec Pack
Audio Codec
Windows
12 CCCP: Combined Community Codec Pack alternatives
The CCCP was created to replace the video playback packs provided in favor of a single reliable pack capable of decoding practically anything.
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Discontinued
The program is no longer updated. Last update, released in October 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website.
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Jan Klass
A codec pack contains codecs. It is not a container format for media.
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WavPack
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Free • Open Source
Audio Codec
Mac
Windows
Linux
7 WavPack alternatives
WavPack is a completely open audio compression format providing lossless, high-quality lossy, and a unique hybrid compression mode. Although the technology is loosely based on previous versions of WavPack, the new version 4 format has been designed from the ground up to offer...
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FLIF
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Free • Open Source
File Compressor
Image Optimizer
Linux
7 FLIF alternatives
FLIF is a novel lossless image format which outperforms PNG, lossless WebP, lossless BPG, lossless JPEG2000, and lossless JPEG XR in terms of compression ratio.
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Apple Lossless
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Free • Open Source
Audio Codec
Mac
Windows
7 Apple Lossless alternatives
Apple Lossless (also known as ALAC) is an audio codec developed by Apple Inc. for lossless data compression of digital music.
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Lossless Compression
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Xvid
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
11 Xvid alternatives
Xvid is an open-source research project focusing on video compression and is a collaborative development effort. All code is released under the terms of the GNU GPL license.
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Xvid is a video codec. It is not a media or even video container format.
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Nero AAC Codec
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Audio Codec
Windows
Linux
7 Nero AAC Codec alternatives
Nero AAC reference quality MPEG-4 and 3GPP audio codec
- Compression ratios ranging from Ultra High (58 CDs fit on one!) to High-End Audio (2.5:1), for absolutely perfect audiophile encodings
- Crystal-clear, award-winning sound quality at every compression ratio and bit.
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1. Command line interfaceNero AAC Codec either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
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TAK
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Free • Proprietary
Audio Codec
Windows
Winamp
foobar2000
10 TAK alternatives
»TAK – [T]om’s lossless [a]udio [k]ompressor / [T]oms verlustfreier [A]udio[k]ompressor – is, as the name already suggests, a lossless audio compressor, similar to FLAC, WavPack and Monkey’s Audio.
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1. Lossless AudioTAK has lossless audio support, basically studio quality sound.
Satsuki Decoder Pack
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Free • Proprietary
Audio Codec
Codec Pack
Windows
2 Satsuki Decoder Pack alternatives
Satsuki Decoder Pack is an audio/video auto-installable filters and decoder for windows 2k/XP/2k3/2k8/vista/seven/8 (French, English).
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Filters and decoders are not a media container format. Not even a format at all.
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