How to 'strip-out' a foreign language from MKV files?

[tkmops]

Does anyone know how to 'strip-out' a foreign language from a MKV file(720p), so that the resulting file
would be smaller? I don't mind the resulting file being MKV, AVI, or another format. I have and am
familiar with Virtual Dub, MKV2VOB, Video Cleaner(River Past), and AutoGK, but none of them seem to
have the ability to do what I want. Is it possible? Anyone know? If so, what (free/shareware)program? Thanks! :)

[rack04]

Does anyone know how to 'strip-out' a foreign language from a MKV file(720p), so that the resulting file
would be smaller? I don't mind the resulting file being MKV, AVI, or another format. I have and am
familiar with Virtual Dub, MKV2VOB, Video Cleaner(River Past), and AutoGK, but none of them seem to
have the ability to do what I want. Is it possible? Anyone know? If so, what (free/shareware)program? Thanks! :)

Use MKVextract to extract the streams you want and remux those streams using MKVmerge.

[tkmops]

Hi,
Thanks for the quick reply. I downloaded 'MKVExtractGUI-1.6.4.1.zip', extracted the files and ran the
'MKVextractGUI.exe', it came back with 'missing mkvextract.exe and/or mkvmerge.exe', neither of which
were contained in the .zip file. I've tried renaming ' MKVextractGUI.exe' to 'MKVextract.exe, still got the same error msgs. Anyone out there familiar with this program and how to install it?

[tkmops]

Ooops, responded too fast. I've downloaded the 'mkvtoolnix-unicode-2.2.0-setup.exe' for Win Vista, and it
seems to be working. Ok, it seems all I need is the toolkit...just tried this and it worked great...remuxed a
1.5GB in 2 mins! But it only shrank it by 50MB, just barely enough for my needs(trying to fit 3 1.5GB files on one DVD).

[dat720]

To fit 3 x 1.5gb on a DVDr is simple maths, you are gunna have to reencode to a lower bitrate.

Or a better idea... put 2 1.5gb files on a disc!

[jeffy]

Simple maths? dat720 & tkmops:
DVD-R: 4 706 074 624 B = 4.3828 GiB / 3 files = 1.46096 GiB / a single file
so 50 MiB down should be enough...

[dat720]

Obviously if he could have fit the 3 files on the disc he wouldn't have commented in such a way that he couldn't do it..... at least i would have gone that way!

[setarip_old]

@dat720

Hi!it only shrank it by 50MB, just barely enough for my needs(trying to fit 3 1.5GB files on one DVD).I would interpret this to mean that the 50MB reduction led to a successful DVD5 fit for "tkmops"...

[Comatose]

Just use mkvmerge GUI to load each MKV, then remove the tick from each of the foreign audio tracks under Tracks, then press Start muxing to create a new MKV without these tracks.