MKVToolNix v24.0.0 released

[sneaker_ger]

@Mosu
I see, thx.

Originally Posted by Thunderbolt8

arent such specifications always agreed upon by a large group of people and such? can individuals actually define a standard on their own?

I believe for the longest time only Steve Lhomme and Mosu decided things. And if Mosu implemented something in mkvtoolnix others just followed because mkvtoolnix is the de-facto standard implementation. So if you have a good idea on how to implement Dolby Vision and come up with a patch for mkvtoolnix it's likely others will simply follow. (Nowadays there are companies like Google weighing in and a standardization progress but they still come to Lhomme/Mosu to discuss.)

[nevcairiel]

One should however note that software playback of DoVi is not available anywhere (yet anyway), and TVs/STBs are not likely to adopt such an MKV standard for DoVi unless its officially endorsed by Dolby. So even if such a thing were to be defined and added to the MKV spec, that wouldn't really get you much.

[SeeMoreDigital]

Until 'backing-up' UHD discs becomes as easy as backing-up DVD and Blu-ray discs, how likely is it going to be that we will need a method of muxing DoVi content into the .MKV container anytime soon?

And it's not like there are hundreds of DoVi UHD movie discs available now or planned for future release!

[VAMET]

Dear Friends

mkvmerge shows:

Track ID 0: video (MPEG-H/HEVC/h.265)
Track ID 1: audio (TrueHD Atmos)
Track ID 2: audio (AC-3)
Track ID 3: subtitles (HDMV PGS)
Track ID 4: subtitles (HDMV PGS)
Track ID 5: subtitles (HDMV PGS)
Track ID 6: subtitles (HDMV PGS)
Track ID 7: subtitles (HDMV PGS)
Track ID 8: subtitles (HDMV PGS)
Track ID 9: subtitles (HDMV PGS)
Track ID 10: subtitles (HDMV PGS)
Track ID 11: subtitles (HDMV PGS)
Track ID 12: subtitles (HDMV PGS)
Track ID 13: subtitles (HDMV PGS)
Track ID 14: subtitles (HDMV PGS)

eac3to shows:

1: h265/HEVC, 2160p24 /1.001 (16:9), 10 bits
2: TrueHD (Atmos), English, 7.1 channels, 48kHz
3: AC3 EX, English, 5.1 channels, 640kbps, 48kHz
4: Subtitle (PGS), English, "English"
5: Subtitle (PGS), English, "English (SDH)"
6: Subtitle (PGS), Danish, "Danish"
7: Subtitle (PGS), German, "German"
8: Subtitle (PGS), Spanish, "Spanish (Castilian)"
9: Subtitle (PGS), French, "French"
10: Subtitle (PGS), Italian, "Italian"
11: Subtitle (PGS), Japanese, "Japanese"
12: Subtitle (PGS), Dutch, "Dutch"
13: Subtitle (PGS), Norwegian, "Norwegian"
14: Subtitle (PGS), Finnish, "Finnish"
15: Subtitle (PGS), Swedish, "Swedish"

Are there any chances to implement to mkvmerge identify of tracks languages in such estetic way like eac3to?

Sincerely

[Mosu]

Use "mkvmerge --identification-format json --identify yourfile" or the shortcut "mkvmerge -J yourfile" if you want more details.

And no, mkvmerge's default identification output will never match eac3to's.

[VAMET]

Dear Mosu

Originally Posted by Mosu

Use "mkvmerge --identification-format json --identify yourfile" or the shortcut "mkvmerge -J yourfile" if you want more details.

And no, mkvmerge's default identification output will never match eac3to's.

Thank you very much, but I know that command. I mean, one track one row with language in this row.

Sincerely

[Mosu]

No, there isn't, no, there won't be. You can easily write your own wrapper script that executes mkvmerge's JSON identification, reads that JSON data and outputs your own custom output format.

[DMD]

Good morning
I could also check with MKVToolNix GUI you can create mkv files from Blu-ray 4k UHD already decrypted on HDD.
Just drag the index.bdmv file in the source file section.

[Megalith]

Creating UHD files is proving to be a huge nightmare for me because nobody has updated their tools. BDInfo, for instance, errors out on .MPLS files, so I have no idea what the correct playlist is.

Is there a way to update MKVToolNix so Input > Source files can be sorted via the column headers? File size would be particularly helpful for rooting out relevant playlists.

[Mosu]

Originally Posted by Megalith

Is there a way to update MKVToolNix so Input > Source files can be sorted via the column headers? File size would be particularly helpful for rooting out relevant playlists.

No, and there won't be as the order of files is relevant to mkvmerge's processing. Therefore sorting would change the outcome in hard to understand ways.

What you can do, though, is use the "scan for playlists" dialog because in it you can sort by each column, including total length and total size.

[Mosu]

Welcome to release v18.0.0 of MKVToolNix. This is just a smallish bug fix release which also contains a couple of performance improvements.

There were no changes for package maintainers.

Here are the usual links: the MKVToolNix home page, the Windows installer/portable version & macOS DMG and the source code.

The Windows and macOS binaries are available already. The Linux binaries are stil being built and will be available of the course of the next couple of hours.

Here are the NEWS since the previous release:

# Version 18.0.0 "Apricity" 2017-11-18

## New features and enhancements

* build system: when building with clang v3.8.0 or newer, `configure` will no longer restrict optimization flags to `-O1` and use `-O3` again (older versions of clang suffered from excessive memory usage with higher optimization levels).
* build system: when building with mingw 7.2.0 or newer, `configure` will no longer restrict optimization flags to `-O2` and use `-O3` again (older versions of mingw suffered from bugs such as segmentation faults with higher optimization levels).
* build system: stack protection is enabled when building with clang 3.5.0 or newer on all platforms.
* mkvmerge: AVC & HEVC ES parsers: performance improvements by copying much less memory around.
* mkvmerge: tags: reintroduced a workaround for non-compliant files with tags that do not contain the mandatory `SimpleTag` element. This workaround was removed during code refactoring in release v15.0.0.
* GUI: multiplexer: the "AAC is SBR/HE-AAC/AAC+" checkbox in the "audio properties" section will be disabled if the functionality is not implemented for the selected track's codec & container.
* GUI: multiplexer: the "reduce to core" checkbox in the "audio properties" section will be disabled if the functionality is not implemented for the selected track's codec. See #2134.

## Bug fixes

* mkvmerge: AAC ADTS parser: fixed interpretation of the `channel_configuration` header element for ADTS files that do not contain a program configuration element: value 7 means 7.1 channels. Fixes #2151.
* mkvmerge: Matroska identification: the `date_local` and `date_utc` attributes will only be output if the identified Matroska file actually contains the "date" header field.
* mkvmerge: WebVTT: mkvmerge did not recognize timestamp lines if the hours components were absent. Fixes #2139.
* mkvpropedit, GUI's header editor: the `date` header field won't be added automatically anymore whenever the segment info section is edited and the `date` element is either deleted or not present in the first place. Fixes #2143.

Have fun

[raymondjpg]

Thank you for MKVToolNix. I have used it for many years.

Lately, muxing 25 fps AVC TS files into MKV containers I have observed strange frame rates reported by MediaInfo. Before muxing MediaInfo would be reporting one frame rate of 25 fps (PAL standard) for the TS files as follows:

Frame rate : 25.000 FPS

After muxing with MKVToolNix, MediaInfo reports video frame rates as follows:

Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 31.021 FPS
Original frame rate : 25.000 FPS

Even if I force 25 fps for the video stream in MKVToolNix I see the same result.

Can anyone explain to me why this is happening, and if there is some solution, can they point me to it?

TIA.

[Midzuki]

Somewhat off-topic but necessary, me thinks.

Internet Explorer 11 says about https://mkvtoolnix.download/windows/pre/ :

Originally Posted by IE11

This page can’t be displayed

Turn on SSL 3.0, TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 in Advanced settings and try connecting to https://mkvtoolnix.download again.

[Mosu]

Yes, I've deactivated inferior and partially-broken protocols such as anything below TLS 1.2. Do as it says and activate TLS 1.2. Or use a different browser.

[Midzuki]

Originally Posted by Mosu

Yes, I've deactivated inferior and partially-broken protocols such as anything below TLS 1.2. Do as it says and activate TLS 1.2. Or use a different browser.

The problem is, my IE11 IS configured to use TLS 1.2.
Also, other browsers, all up-to-date, return similar error messages.
Maybe your site has learned to ignore Windows 7 specifically?
Yes, I've already met certain sites which stopped working on all the browsers available on my machine. But this is the first time the problem has something to do with the use of the https protocol.

EDIT:

Seamonkey says: "The document contains no data".

Pale Moon says: "An error occurred during a connection to mkvtoolnix.download. Cannot communicate securely with peer: no common encryption algorithm(s). (Error code: ssl_error_no_cypher_overlap)"

K-Meleon says: "Connection Interrupted
The document contains no data.
The network link was interrupted while negotiating a connection. Please try again."

[sneaker_ger]

You can have TLS 1.2 and not brake too many browsers:
https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/anal...orum.doom9.org
https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/anal...&s=144.76.6.86

(Just saying ...)

[nevcairiel]

Thats probably because he also removed any AES 128 encrypted cipher suits (which for the record is not considered insecure)

[manolito]

It seems to follow the old pattern to shut out all users who do not use the latest and greatest (also very crappy) Win10 like it happened for XP users.

Thank God we have Baldrick and his invaluable VideoHelp site...
https://www.videohelp.com/software/MKVToolNix


Cheers
manolito

[Mosu]

Shutting out Windows 7 wasn't my intention, and judging from SSLLabs' report (which I did actually use) Windows 7 users should still be able to connect. As they aren't, I'll re-add the 128bit variants for AES.

I don't care about XP.

[Taurus]

Win7 64bit, Firefox 64bit latest, Internet Explorer 11 latest = no trouble reaching https://mkvtoolnix.download/windows/pre/
Standard Installations...