10 MB MKV sample
An MKV file of exactly 10,485,760 bytes. It is a valid Matroska video file, generated by this site. Compare its checksum and test it with the parser used by your application. Use it wherever you need a 10 MB sample, test or dummy MKV file.
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sample-mkv-10mb.mkv
10 MB10,485,760 bytes
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- Type
- video/x-matroska
- SHA-256
8e51b3bb9c828d6a0cda30d0dc912c313f3c66cbb3dedd40bda471bfbea5eb42- Delivery
- Created in your browser from static generator assets (how it works).
What is in this file
5,579 frames (3 min 6 s) of a synthetic test pattern with a frame counter, looping every six seconds, in one H.264 (AVC) video track. The index of key frames comes before the picture data, so a player can seek without reading the whole file. 1,442 bytes of an EBML Void element bring the file to the exact size.
| Dimensions | 640 × 360 px |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3 min 6 s |
| Frame rate | 30 fps |
| Video codec | H.264 (AVC), Main profile |
| Audio | No audio track |
| Document type | matroska |
| Clusters | 186, one for each key frame |
| Seek index | Cues element before the first cluster |
First bytes of the file
The first 64 bytes of sample-mkv-10mb.mkv as a hex dump: offset, bytes, then the same bytes as text. The MKV signature is 1A 45 DF A3.
00000000 1a 45 df a3 a3 42 86 81 01 42 f7 81 01 42 f2 81 |.E...B...B...B..|
00000010 04 42 f3 81 08 42 82 88 6d 61 74 72 6f 73 6b 61 |.B...B..matroska|
00000020 42 87 81 04 42 85 81 02 18 53 80 67 01 00 00 00 |B...B....S.g....|
00000030 00 9f ff cc 11 4d 9b 74 b3 4d bb 8e 53 ab 84 15 |.....M.t.M..S...|Preview
MKV files cannot be shown in a browser. Download the file and open it in an application that reads MKV, such as VLC and mpv.
Where 10 MB matters
A 10,485,760-byte file: over the default limits of PHP, API Gateway and Spring Boot requests. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:
| System | Limit | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon API Gateway | 10 MB payload | A 10 MB file in a multipart or base64 body is over the limit. |
| Spring Boot multipart | 10 MB per request by default (max-request-size) | Exceeded once form overhead is added. |
| PHP | 8 MB POST body by default (post_max_size) | Rejected before the script runs. |
| Amazon S3 multipart upload | 5 MiB minimum part size | This file splits into exactly two minimum-sized parts. |
| Email attachments | Commonly 20 to 25 MB per message | 10 MB fits, at about 13.3 MB once encoded. |
Use this file for
- Testing image resizing and memory use
- Verifying type detection between MKV and WebM
- Testing media servers and players with a seekable file
Testing notes for MKV
- Safari and Firefox do not play MKV, and Chrome does so only for some codecs. Remux to MP4 or WebM before showing video in a page.
- A file with no Cues element still plays but cannot seek quickly. Recordings that were interrupted, and live captures, are often like this.
Technical details
| File name | sample-mkv-10mb.mkv |
|---|---|
| Format | MKV (Matroska video) |
| Extension | .mkv |
| MIME type | video/x-matroska |
| Size | 10,485,760 bytes (10 MB) |
| Kind | Binary |
| Signature | 1A 45 DF A3 |
| SHA-256 | 8e51b3bb9c828d6a0cda30d0dc912c313f3c66cbb3dedd40bda471bfbea5eb42 |
| Created | 2026-10-23 |
| Validation | See the listed size and SHA-256. Small downloads are checked in the browser; verify streamed downloads manually. A hash match does not prove parser compatibility. |
| Preview | Not available for this file; details only |
| Source | Generated in your browser by this site's generator; not copied from elsewhere |
| Licence | Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms) |
| Category | Video |
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Questions about this file
- Is this file exactly 10 MB?
- Yes. It is 10,485,760 bytes, which is 10 MB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
- What is inside the 10 MB MKV file?
- 5,579 frames (3 min 6 s) of a synthetic test pattern with a frame counter, looping every six seconds, in one H.264 (AVC) video track. The index of key frames comes before the picture data, so a player can seek without reading the whole file. 1,442 bytes of an EBML Void element bring the file to the exact size.
- Which codec do the MKV samples use?
- H.264 video at 640 × 360 and 30 frames per second, with no audio track. The index of key frames is at the front of the file.