Questions tagged [matroska]
Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free container format, that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture, or subtitle tracks in one file. It is intended to serve as a universal format for storing multimedia content.
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DVD to MKV conversion remains incomplete
I have a DVD with a menu, multiple VOB files, one audio and one subtitle track. It is a DVD of a TV show, so has about 9 separate episodes accessible from a menu, and is about 3 hours 20 mins long.
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How to define right-to-left subtitles in SSA/ASS format
I am editing an SSA/ASS file with the following options:
[V4+ Styles]
Format: Name, Fontname, Fontsize, PrimaryColour, Bold, Italic, Underline, StrikeOut, ScaleX, ScaleY, Spacing, Angle, ...
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Batch script for MKVExtract?
I was wondering if anyone can help me writing a simple batch script that runs this command:
mkvextract *.mkv 2:
For all mkv files inside a folder.
mkvextract doesn't seem to work with folders or *....
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Merge MKV video and MKA audio tracks while keeping subtitles
I have this situation:
file1.mkv (video with two 5.1 tracks and several subtitles)
file1.mka (two stereo audio tracks)
I want to merge the files to a single output that has:
4 audio tracks (the 5....
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Convert 5.1 tracks but leaving the originals in MKV
I'd like to convert all audio tracks in MKVs from 5.1 to stereo, leaving the the converted ones in MKV amongside the new ones.
I'm trying to make this an automated process via BAT file. Currently I ...
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Using FFMPEG to rename MKV audio tracks for a more detailed description
I'd like to uniform the way audio tracks in MKV are named, with the number of channels, the codec and (if specified) the language of the audio track, something like:
5.1 AC3 Eng
5.1 DTS Eng
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Dvd upscaling with out quality loss to MKV
I have a DVD containing a VOB of resolution 720×640, with DTS audio.
I would like to upscale a the video to 1920×816 while retaining DTS audio without lose of video quality, and save it as an MKV ...
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Is there a way to add album art to mka files with encoded chapters?
I typically use MP3Tag to add album art to any music file. However, I have noticed that .mka files with chapters cannot have an album art attached to them. MP3Tag registers each individual chapter in ...
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Batch mux cover.jpg as attachment into a mkv
i have a few folders here having thousands of sub folders. each of those sub folders have a .mp4 and a .jpg.
i have A, B, C folders.
D:\A\sub folderq\
D:\A\sub folderr\
D:\A\sub folderw\
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H.265 to H.264 batch file command
What can be added to this batch file command line that will enable it to change H.265 to H.264?
if not exist newfiles md newfiles
for %%a in ("*.mkv") do ffmpeg -i "%%a" -vcodec copy -acodec
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Convert .MKV to video-dvd.ISO
I'm trying to convert an MKV (matroska) file to an ISO file for a video-DVD.
I looked up a lot of information about DVD and how to get a .vob working but I failed every time.
I tied to extract all ...
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How to make video and audio timecodes start from zero?
This question will probably require the knowledge of the matroska format. When I mux video and audio together, audio packets start with timecode 0, and video starts with timecode 7. Should a 30fps ...
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What does Matroska have which WebM doesn't, that made the differentiation necessary?
I've read that WebM is essentially a subset of the Matroska format. What does Matroska support that WebM doesn't, which necessitated "christening" a new format rather than just saying "...
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About adding Windows file properties from CLI (esp. for .mkv files)
[Context] I have a large collection of movies that have been grouped by their Genre. But now, I have all the files from all years of release in the same folder (I don't want to sub-divide by folders ...
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How to concatenate MKVs with different tracks
I have an mkv film and a separate mkv with an introduction by the director. I'm trying to use mkvmerge to concatenate them. However, the film has subtitles and the intro has no subtitles, and this ...
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How to get VLC to display both subtitles embedded in mkv video?
I have a mkv video which embeds English and German subtitles. I watch the mkv video on VLC player. At any one time, I can only select one of the subtitles. I would like to learn German. Watching video ...
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MKVMerge add .srt subtitle in batch
I'm looking for some command / script to
scan my designated folder, merge the srt files (same name as video) with avi/mp4/mkv files to get mkv files, and then delete the original files (video AND ...
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Speed up video x1.5 but keep all frames
So I'm trying to speed up all my tv episodes (because some of them are really slow paced). The source is 30fps. And if already tried to do this with the following command:(I'm doing x1.6 because that'...
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VLC: avformat demux error: Unknown option "threads"
I transcoded a video with FFmpeg using
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -ss 18 \
-c:v libx265 -x265-params preset=slower:crf=25:keyint=240 \
-c:a libopus -b:a 192k -filter:a aformat=channel_layouts=7.1|5.1|...
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Bulk MKV Metadata Removal - Batch Scipt
I am trying to create a batch file that will use mkvpropedit and remove all tags from all mkv files within a directory, I have so far managed to get this:
@ECHO OFF
TITLE MKV Metadata Remover
ECHO.
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Extracting subtitles from a video file is not working
I'm trying to extract subtitles from an mkv file, but no success.
My command:
ffmpeg -i movie.mkv -map 0:s:0 subs.srt
I get:
Unable to find a suitable output format for 'subs.srt'
I use CentOS 6....
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VLC: Take Snapshot of multiple Video Streams in a single MKV
I have a single MKV File with multiple Video Streams included. While playing with VLC, all of the Video Streams are shown simultaneously, each in a different Window, as expected. Now i want to take a ...
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Extracting subtitles from MKV files with ffmpeg or mplayer
An MKV file containing multiple sets of subtitles refuses to play them on a SmartTV or similar devices, seeing no subtitles at all. mplayer manages the file without problems. Here's what is in the ...
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Issue trying to combine mkv with SRT subtitles
Am facing this issue when trying to embed subtitles into mkv format.
ffmpeg -i Silence2016.mkv English.srt -map 0 -map 1 -c copy output.mkv
ffmpeg version 3.2.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg ...
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x264 MKV frame-freeze in Panasonic TV
After playing an MKV video file on my Panasonic DX650 Series TV, the video starts freezing at about 10 minutes past the beginning, but there's no problem with the audio and subtitles. Everything is ...
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Make MKV file suitable for streaming with ffmpeg (or avconv) - how to move all metadata to beginning of file?
My question, I think, is pretty simple...
Sometimes I like to download large MKV files from a webserver of mine, and play them back while they are downloading. However, if I do this on MKV files I've ...
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ffmpeg cut, encode MKV to MP4, and burn subtitles
I want to cut a section of an MKV and encode it to MP4, while also burning the subtitles.
But I don't know how to do that all in 1 pass (related question), so I tried it step by step.
When I first ...
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Batchfile to convert AVI to MKV and tag first audio and first video file as English language
I have a bunch of *.avi videos in a folder on my Windows computer that I would like to convert (or remux) to *.mkv. Since I have a lot of files I would like to automate this process with a batch ...
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How to create chapters from HLS segments, when converting M3U8 into MKV?
I'm converting an existing M3U8 with dozens of segments into an MKV using ffmpeg:
ffmpeg -i http://example.com/foo.m3u8 -c copy foo.mkv
FFMpeg is gluing the segments listed in the M3U8 together and ...
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Smooth playback of .mkv files incorrectly rated at 29fps
I noticed for some mkv files, the frame reported in Explorer and VLC is 29, but this is incorrect as it's actually a 24fps source (i.e. Blu-Ray movie), and the file plays with judder in MPC-HC and VLC....
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Use mkvtoolnix / mkvmerge to merge audio track with title
I want to merge a .mkv video with a German audio track with an matching external English audio track.
When I use the basic commmand
mkvmerge -o output-with-two-tracks.mkv input-video-with-german-...
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Batch merge/mux MP4 and SRT files to MKV
So I've been searching around to an answer to this and have been able to find very many similar cases, but unable to actually find an answer to what I'm trying to do.
I took a look at these two ...
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How to combine MKV video and separate audio?
I have MKV video and separate audio in .ac3 format. MKV file has its own embedded audio records, but I don’t need them. I need to unify video from MKV file and my separate audio of .ac3 format.
How ...
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FFMPEG Converting MKV to MP4 causes Frame Rate Mode to Change
When I convert a video from MKV to MP4 using this command:
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -vcodec copy -acodec copy output.mp4
the frame rate mode changes from Constant to Variable, creating a desync over time ...
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MKV to MP4 container solution
Right now I am using ffmpeg to convert from MKV to MP4 for my movies and tv shows. However This can only be done in one folder at a time or one move at a time as they are all in their own folder. I ...
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Merge MP4 Files and Add Chapters For Each One
On Windows, I'd like to merge a group of MP4 files and add a chapter marker for each file in the resulting MKV/MP4. Does anyone know how to do this? I've tried using mkvtoolnix but I'm not sure if it'...
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Batch remove title from .mkv files
Trying to remove the "title" attribute from a bunch of MKV files. Windows Explorer is being blocked by COM Surrogate which is keeping this (How to remove title and other metadata from video files?) ...
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Trouble playing 1080p HEVC format on VLC, MPC, Potplayer
I am having trouble playing HEVC 1080p file on my system. I don't have a really strong PC, but I will give the facts:
Ram: 2GB
OS: Win 7 ultimate
processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core T4500 @2.3Ghz
Graphic ...
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Modifying properties/metadata of .mkv files
I tried to modify the Tags property by right-clicking an .mkv file and then selecting Properties - Details, like I did for other filetypes (like .mp4), but I was not able to do the same in that case.
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How do you rip two or more specific titles with makemkvcon?
I've been starting to use the CLI to MakeMKV (makemkvcon) and I'm wondering if anyone knows if there is a way to rip more than one specific title from a DVD at a time without rescanning. Say I want to ...
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Batch convert flv to mkv with mkvmerge
I have a bunch of *.flv videos in a folder on my Windows computer that I would like to convert (or remux) to *.mkv. Since I have a lot of files I would like to automate this process with a batch ...
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How can I merge audio and video stream with delay
Let's say I have audio.m4a and video.m2v and the video stream starts approx. 13 sec with the expected sound output but my audio.m4a immediately.
So I have to merge it with a delay! I tried already ...
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Batch merge/mux .srt with .mkv files
I have a folder with:
TVShow - Episode 01.mkv
TVShow - Episode 01.srt
TVShow - Episode 02.mkv
TVShow - Episode 02.srt
TVShow - Episode 03.mkv
TVShow - Episode 03.srt
and so on...
I already know ...
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QuickTime can't play mp4 generated by ffmpeg without converting first
I've created a .mkv file from a DVD using MakeMKV that I've then converted to .mp4 using ffmpeg:
ffmpeg -i title00.mkv -c copy -c:s copy output.mp4
Now when I try opening the .mp4 file using ...
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Using ffmpeg to cut a portion of a mkv
So I'm trying to extract a portion of a video but for some reason the output file has a higher bitrate than the original!
The original has a 9 mbps bitrate and the resulting file has like 21.9 mbps!
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H.265 and Opus in Mp4 container - is it possible?
I have an MKV file with HEVC video and OPUS audio. It plays great in all players. The problem is that I need it to be streamable. When VLC plays an MKV from the web, it first downloads it and then ...
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FFMPEG: convert MP4 to same MP4 (in a different container) and add Subtitles
The main reason for this post is that I have movie.mp4 that I have downloaded an SRT for. When I manually add the SRT VLC uses its settings to change the font/size etc of the SRT. But if I Embed the ...
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Reading specific MKV metadata from avconv
I want to extract a specific piece of metadata from an MKV and use it as the filename of a converted file.
Example, if I run avconv -i MyFile.mkv
I get the following output
avconv version 9.18-6:9....
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How can I watch Half-OU or Half-SBS 3D movies on PC/laptop with SMPlayer?
How can I watch Half-OU or Half-SBS 3D movies on PC/laptop with SMPlayer?
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Handbrake doesn't keep Hi10p and HEVC after conversion
Handbrake is a great tool for me to convert media files. I noticed that my original video file (mkv, 1080p, Hi10p, HEVC) lose some quality after conversion (mp4, 1080p, 8-bit, AVC). What I've ...