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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Handbrake settings to convert MKV to MP4 while retaining the original quality
I have a ton of MKV files I need to convert to MP4 and my chosen software is Handbrake.
I'm stuck on which settings would be best for the conversion. I want to retain full quality. Do I just convert ...
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How to soft code an MKV with subtitles?
I have an avi and corresponding .srt file for subtitles. I hate having two files for this movie, so what I want to do is convert this file to mkv as I heard it can hold subtitles. I have handbrake ...
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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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How to extract subtitles from MP4 and MKV movies
I'm trying to extract subtitles from MP4 and MKV movies. I'm using mp4box (on OS X) but cannot figure out how it works.
Any hints?
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Remove embedded subtitles from an .mkv file?
Is there a way I can remove subtitle data from an .mkv?
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How to convert an MKV to AVI with minimal loss
To convert an MKV to AVI, I do two things. The first thing I do is this:
ffmpeg -i filename.mkv -vcodec copy -acodec copy output.avi
or this:
ffmpeg -i filename.mkv -sameq -acodec copy output.avi
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How to convert MKV videos to lossless MP4 videos that are compatible with iOS devices on Windows?
I’m new to FFmpeg (Windows), and need some help.
I want to convert my MKVs to MP4 with as little loss in quality as possible. The MKVs are made with MakeMKV and contain among others DTS soundtrack. ...
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How do I tell ffmpeg to transcode to a video codec supported by Windows Media player?
The command below executed without error.
ffmpeg -i thevideo.mkv outvideo.avi
Subsequent attempts to play outvideo.avi in Windows Media player threw this error
You may need an additional video ...
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Find all MKV files and remove all subtitles
I'm currently looking at a Windows program called mkvmerge. I would like to create a batch file to find all MKV files recursively from a specified path, and remove all subtitles from the MKV files ...
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How can I change a video container without re-encoding or compressing the file?
When I ripped my Kill Bill DVD I used handbrake and put it into a single avi. I realize that I didn't get the subtitles, so what I want to do is convert the AVI to MKV and put the subtitles in the ...
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Copy audio stream, while also re-encoding with filters?
I'm using this command to copy the video & audio streams while also encoding the first audio stream to a stereo AAC track as well:
ffmpeg -y -i in.mkv -map 0:v -c:v copy -map 0:a:0? -c:a:0 copy -...
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How to add and remove subtitles in an MKV file?
I have a good quality MKV file that has several subtitle options. I want to add an additional subtitle file to the list. I'm using OSX.
Some search online led me to use video converters, and ...
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How can I watch a side-by-side 3D video in 2D?
I have a 3D movie (.MKV), with side-by-side 3D, and it works just fine at home. Now I want to see it at my friend's house, and they don't have a 3D system.
Is there any way to crop one of the sides ...
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Convert MKV with DTS sound to MP4 video with AAC or AC3 audio
I've got a 4.3 GB 720p movie and want to convert this MKV with DTS sound to MP4 video with AAC or AC3 audio.
I sometimes get:
ffmpeg: unrecognized option '-c:v'
…and:
aac unrecognized
¬and other ...
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How can I make Windows 7 show thumbnails for MKV files?
I'm using Windows 7 64-bit and have installed the latest Haali Media Splitter.
How can I make Windows Explorer show thumbnails for MKV files?
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Batch Convert .mkv to .mp4
I want to batch convert all .mkv files in a folder into .mp4 with VLC.
It should use the original video-/audio stream and if possible the .ass subtitle of the .mkv. It's not really a conversion, it's ...
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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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How to play an MKV 3D side-by-side video?
I have a video in Matroska format (MKV, file extension .mkv), 3D half-SBS, where the 1280x720 frame shows the left-eye frame on the left and the right-eye frame on the right.
I don't have a 3DTV, but ...
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Seek Issues in WebM (VP8 IVF/OGG) File
I have a file downloaded from the web this is the media below.
General
Format : WebM
Format version : Version 2
File size ...
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.MKV to .MP4 with 2 soundtrack (audio)
I found this thread:
Handbrake settings to convert MKV to MP4 while retaining the original quality
And I can "convert" .MKV to .MP4 with the following code:
for %%a in ("*.mkv") do D:\Programme\...
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DVD to MKV with multiple audio tracks and subtitles
I wish to back up DVDs to MKV files, keeping the video in its original MPEG-2 format so as not to lose any quality, often with multiple audio tracks (the original and any commentaries) and all ...
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VLC playing mkv file without sound
When I play mkv file in VLC, it produces this error
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "undf". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
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How to mkvmerge all videos and subtitles with the same file name
I have a folder containing different video and subtitle types, with each set of videos and subtitles having the same file name, and some videos with no subtitles. For example,
video01.mp4
video01....
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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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streaming MKV files from windows home server
I recently installed WHS 2011 and setup streaming and successfully have streamed movies and music but i noticed that i cannot find any of my MKV files. I realize that microsoft stated that MKV is not ...
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Change framerate on MKV container
I got a problem with playback of some MKV containers (89 items, totalling 196,3 GB).
The audio+video are encoded in 25 fps, but the subs are totally out of sync - these are encoded on 23.976 fps.
My ...
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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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