MkvТоMp4 v0.224 - rapid tool for repack Mkv to Mp4

[oreons]

Download - http://www.mediafire.com/?1a0oc04u539b5eg

Features:
- Change the container to Mp4 without transcoding video (If the original video in h264 format)
- Support for multiple internal and external audio tracks
- Support subtitle formats: srt, ass, ssa, ttxt. Changing colors for subtitles.
- Add and edit tags for Mp4 files (m4v, m4a, m4b)
- Artworks and chapters for Mp4 files.
- Encode video for non-h264
- Correction of the atoms in Mp4 files to be able to change the audio and subtitle on Apple devices.
- Searching tags on TheTvDB, TheMovieDB and iTunes web sites
- English and Russian interface.



Requirements:
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29) for WinXP only
QuickTime codec (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL837) (recommended)

Screenshots:
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[b66pak]

thanks a lot...
_

[Vize99]

Nice one !
So far all remuxed files I tried stream nicely to the iPhone 4 using the "Air Video"-App. :cool:
10x faster then using conversion (or re-encoding) and no strain on CPU (greetings from my Laptop).

Only thing missing would be a remote control app for the Iphone...
Using Remote Desktop Apps to initiate the re-muxing is quite a challenge for people with full sized hands&fingers like me :rolleyes:
:thanks:

[Hobbe]

Thanks! Great program! Any plans to support downmix of multichannel audio.. 7.1,6.1 -> 5.1 ?

I think I also have found a bug.. dts-es 6.1 audio encoding dosent seams to work.. you just get one channel aac in the resulting file.

[oreons]

Any plans to support downmix of multichannel audio.. 7.1,6.1 -> 5.1 ?

You need AAC 5.1 or AC3 5.1 from DTS 6.1?

I think I also have found a bug.. dts-es 6.1 audio encoding dosent seams to work.. you just get one channel aac in the resulting file.
Try to install Arcsoft dts decoder. Eac3To uses the default libav decoder that works incorrectly with DTS 6.1-7.1

[Hobbe]

aac 5.1.. ac3 always downmix to 5.1.

I'm using arcsoft dts decode v1.1.0.0..

[oreons]

I tested the file 7.1 DTS -> 2.0 AAC. The sound is normal.
When make DTS 7.1 -> AAC multichannel, the sound is wrong. In future versions I will add a decrease to 5.1. This is one option for Eac3To (-down6).
log:
Started processing file: D:/Video/dts71/file7_1.dts
Copy file D:/Video/dts71/file7_1.dts to Temp\file7_1_internal_audio_0.DTS
Starting Eac3To with the parameters:
Tools\eac3to\eac3to "D:/Download/MkvToMp4/0.217/Temp/file7_1_internal_audio_0.DTS" "Temp\file7_1_internal_audio_0.wav" -down2 -normalize -down16 -progressnumbers
DTS Master Audio, 7.1 channels, 16 bits, 48kHz
(core: DTS, 5.1 channels, 16 bits, 1509kbps, 48kHz)
Decoding with ArcSoft DTS Decoder...
Mixing surround channels...
Downmixing multi channel audio to stereo...
Reducing depth from 64 to 16 bits...
Writing WAV...
Creating file "Temp\file7_1_internal_audio_0.pass1.wav"...
Clipping detected, a 2nd pass will be necessary.
The original audio track has a constant bit depth of 16 bits.
Starting 2nd pass...
Reading WAV...
Reducing depth from 64 to 16 bits...
Writing WAV...
Applying -2,99dB gain...
Creating file "Temp\file7_1_internal_audio_0.wav"...
Done.
Starting Qaac with the parameters:
Tools\qaac\qaac --tvbr 95 "D:/Download/MkvToMp4/0.217/Temp/file7_1_internal_audio_0.wav" -o "Temp\file7_1_internal_audio_0.m4a"
initializing QTML...done
qaac 0.86, QuickTime 7.7.0
file7_1_internal_audio_0.wav

[Rat Killer]

Does this support placing ac3 5.1 audio in an mp4 file? IE recoding from AAC or DTS TO AC3?
:thanks:

[oreons]

Does this support placing ac3 5.1 audio in an mp4 file? IE recoding from AAC or DTS TO AC3?
:thanks:
You can put original AC3 to Mp4 file, select the checkbox in the settings of track.
http://i31.fastpic.ru/big/2011/1116/00/3a44eb8ccae34f191d3cf3608856e500.jpg

DTS can transcoded to AC3. AAC is not encoded.
http://i28.fastpic.ru/big/2011/1116/8b/2541ed5b7b2bbf94d542b24e112ec68b.jpg

[Hobbe]

Some requests if it's possible :)

Show fps and remaining time when encoding.
Allow encode from mov and mp4. You may want lower resolution/bitrate.
Make it possible to change number of channels when edit audio stream from wmv. I have set 5.1 in global aac options but if audio source is 2 channel I want 2 channels :)

Is it possible to use quicktime/itunes portable? And use qaac with just the required dll's?

[oreons]

Allow encode from mov and mp4. You may want lower resolution/bitrate.
From Mov and Mp4 you can encode for this turn to edit mode in the stream window (right mouse click).
http://i29.fastpic.ru/big/2011/1117/6f/987f28ff273f9b5026e3980ddb743e6f.jpg
Make it possible to change number of channels when edit audio stream from wmv. I have set 5.1 in global aac options but if audio source is 2 channel I want 2 channels
If source is 2-channel, the output will also be 2 channel.
Is it possible to use quicktime/itunes portable? And use qaac with just the required dll's?
What about portable I do not know, but it works with QT Lite (http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QT_Lite.htm)

[Hobbe]

From Mov and Mp4 you can encode for this turn to edit mode in the stream window (right mouse click).

If source is 2-channel, the output will also be 2 channel.



Ahh ok. Thanks. I missed edit mode :)

Ok. It said Output AAC 5.1 in the audio window..

[oreons]

Ok. It said Output AAC 5.1 in the audio window..
This is a display information bug :)

[yunapolaris]

Very helpful tool!! I use it to convert MKV movies to watch on PS3 with my family :D . Thank you so much for sharing this !

[DarkT]

I've read through it, I saw somebody write that he/she did dts --> something else, does this program allow one to change that? Right now I got WDTV, and it reads lots of things, but DTS... Ugh... So, would be nice if I could just auto-reencode the DTS with 1 program... Right now I extract, use behappy on the DTS, then I re-package... Also, does it have batching?

[oreons]

I've read through it, I saw somebody write that he/she did dts --> something else, does this program allow one to change that? Right now I got WDTV, and it reads lots of things, but DTS... Ugh... So, would be nice if I could just auto-reencode the DTS with 1 program... Right now I extract, use behappy on the DTS, then I re-package... Also, does it have batching?

You can convert DTS to AC3 or AAC.

http://i29.fastpic.ru/big/2011/1209/89/a06d3dc581827d3aa4df4078163bbb89.jpg

[Rat Killer]

It saves files with the extension .m4v

any way to have it output .mp4 files so I do not have to rename every file? I could not find an option for this but perhaps do not know where to look.

Thanks!

[oreons]

It saves files with the extension .m4v

any way to have it output .mp4 files so I do not have to rename every file? I could not find an option for this but perhaps do not know where to look.

Thanks!

The program is not possible to switch to mp4 extension. You can rename the files manually. M4v extension is chosen because that Apple only allows to switch tracks on m4v files.

[Rat Killer]

Any way to specify AC3 audio as the default output rather than aac?

Can the AC3 audio bitrate be set?

Can the files be output in IMSA standard streamable mp4 format (IE with the moov atom at the front of the file)?

Thanks for your help. The utility is very useful and fast. Appreciate your work on this.

[oreons]

Any way to specify AC3 audio as the default output rather than aac?

You can disable the encoding to AAC taking off checkbox in the settings. Change the number of tracks can not be.

Can the AC3 audio bitrate be set?
Yes, when encoding DTS.

Can the files be output in IMSA standard streamable mp4 format (IE with the moov atom at the front of the file)?
Yes, in the tags settings you can set the MP4 optimization checkbox.

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[oreons]

Version 0.218 - http://www.mediafire.com/?u08lyu6ogma1duq

New in version:

1. Added labels to the buttons
http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/2629/35482745.jpg

2. Separate settings for encoding music files. Ability encode to ALAC.
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/1551/74524851.jpg

3. The choice of variant for the encoder CoreAudioToolbox. It uses the QAAC version 1.0 and above.
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/8711/76650927.jpg

4. Settings for dynamic range compression (DRC) for AC3 and DTS tracks. Using Sox to DRC.
Ability to create a spectrogram for the audio tracks. They are placed to the directory Temp\Spectrograms
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5.The output of tags in text form, comfortable for copying.
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6. The "About" form.
7. Correction of the subtitle for the normal display in QuickTime Player.
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8. Logs are stored in a separate directory Temp\Logs and have a unique name for each run.
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9. Copy chapters from one film to another.

[Foofaraw]

So what do you do when there is no sound in the output?

It's odd though, because in the Temp directory there is a wav file with the sound track (downcoded from ac3)

[oreons]

Please write program log (at the directory Temp\log)

[Balthazar2k4]

Oreons, are you still looking into the TrueHD->AC3 issue? I know you have been busy and you mentioned you might take a look at it for the next version. The more I use your program the more I wish it worked with TrueHD. I have said several times already, but fantastic tool and that is really the only issue left for me.

[oreons]

Try this test version: http://www.mediafire.com/?f7lfejo1m4orpyc
(replace MkvToMp4.exe from the archive)

[Kalle333]

I only have stereo speaker equipment but after converting to AAC5.1
the centerspeaker track in ac3 is converted to left speaker in aac5.1
i other words: i can hear the center track of ac3 on left+right channel but
the center track of aac on left channel.

This is what MkvToMp4 v0.218 (and v0.219) do:

extract AC3
Azid -p 6ch -a -n true (ac3 to wav)
qaac --quality 2 --ignorelength --tvbr 107 (wav to aac)

the wav file and aac file sounds the same to me. (center on left channel only)
So azid conversion may be wrong. azid have an option to

to analyze this a bit I opened the wav file with reaper and I get this order:

front left
front right
rear left
rear right
center
LFE

which i figured out is wrong.
the right order should be:

front left
center
front right
LFE
rear left
rear right

which i get when i run azid with the following option:

azid -d 3/2 -o L,R,C,LFE,SL,SR "track.ac3" "track.wav"
(btw: this is the same result with LameXP)

please check this and maybe change it in the next version.

[oreons]

Kalle333
Thank you, I'll test this problem.

[Balthazar2k4]

Try this test version: http://www.mediafire.com/?f7lfejo1m4orpyc
(replace MkvToMp4.exe from the archive)

Thanks Oreons. I will give this a try tonight and let you know. Also, is the program supposed to keep the settings I save? I have to go into settings each time I open the program and change settings to what I want even after hitting "save".

[Balthazar2k4]

Try this test version: http://www.mediafire.com/?f7lfejo1m4orpyc
(replace MkvToMp4.exe from the archive)

TrueHD was a no-go in this version. Here's an excerpt from the log:

Starting FFmpeg with the parameters:
Tools\ffmpeg\ffmpeg -i "P:/Movies/abcd/abcd.Blu-ray.mkv" -map 0.1 -acodec copy -y "TEMP\abcd.Blu-ray_external_audio_0_track_1.TrueHD"
FFmpeg terminated with error: 1

[oreons]

Balthazar2k4
Yes, I'll fix it. I coded the external TrueHD track, not in a container.

[Foofaraw]

Please write program log (at the directory Temp\log)

Repack/encoder video to MP4 for Apple iPhone, iPad, ATV2. MkvToMp4 version 0.218
Build from: Jan 1 2012 22:57:24
Use log file: Temp\Logs\11_01_2012_16_29_57.txt
QuickTime version: 7.5.5
CoreAudioToolbox not installed.
Added on list: D:/File.mkv
Started processing file: D:/File.mkv
Starting MkvExtract with the parameters:
Tools\mkvextract\mkvextract tracks "D:/File.mkv" 1:"Temp\video.264" 2:"Temp\File_internal_audio_2.AC3"
Extracting track 1 with the CodecID 'V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC' to the file 'Temp\video.264'. Container format: AVC/h.264 elementary stream
Extracting track 2 with the CodecID 'A_AC3' to the file 'Temp\File_internal_audio_2.AC3'. Container format: Dolby Digital (AC3)
Starting DelayCut with the parameters:
Tools\DelayCut\delaycut.exe -start 24 "D:/MkvToMp4_0.218/Temp/File_internal_audio_2.AC3"
Starting Azid with the parameters:
Tools\Azid\Azid -a -n true -c heavy "D:/MkvToMp4_0.218/Temp/File_internal_audio_2.AC3" "Temp\File_internal_audio_2.wav"
Azid AC3 Decoder 1.9 (build 922) -- for Intel Pentium 4
Copyright (C) 1997-2003 By Midas <midas@egon.gyaloglo.hu>
Starting Qaac with the parameters:
Tools\qaac\qaac --quality 2 --ignorelength --tvbr 95 "D:/MkvToMp4_0.218/Temp/File_internal_audio_2.wav" -o "Temp\File_internal_audio_2.m4a"
initializing QTML...done
qaac 0.86, QuickTime 7.5.5
File_internal_audio_2.wav
Error: -206: setProperty: scda/osbd
Qaac terminated with error: 2
Starting Mp4Box with the parameters:
Tools\MP4Box\MP4Box.exe -new -delay 1=1 -add "Temp\video.264":fps=25.000:lang=eng:name="" -itags tool="MkvToMp4 [www.mkvtomp4.ru] version 0.218" "D:\File.m4v"
AVC-H264 import - frame size 1280 x 720 at 25.000 FPS
Import results: 926 samples - Slices: 18 I 283 P 625 B - 0 SEI - 13 IDR
Stream uses B-slice references - max frame delay 2
Setting up iTunes/iPod file...
Forcing AVC/H264 SAR to 1:1...
Saving D:\File.m4v: 0.500 secs Interleaving
Correction mp4 file.
TKHD atom correction for video. TRAK 1
The file <b>D:/File.mkv</b> is processed successfully
File processing time: 4 sec.
Total time: 4 sec.

[oreons]

Foofaraw
An error occurred while encoding the sound, try changing the codec to Nero (Setup-tab Audio), or reinstall QuickTime.
http://i31.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0116/a2/6411efc390a8098e83c8eb6ee79d27a2.jpg

[Foofaraw]

Ah, so quicktime has to be installed. Oh well.

[Hobbe]

Is it ok to update programs in the tools folder?.. Some are very old.. like ffmpeg, mkvtoolnix, x264, qaac...

[oreons]

Hobbe
Complete set of programs been tested, the new version may be unstable.

[Balthazar2k4]

Not to be pushy, but any updates on the TrueHD issue?

[oreons]

Not yet.

[Foofaraw]

Are there plans to one day make this repack work without quicktime being installed?

[oreons]

Foofaraw
You can use Nero or CoreAudioToolbox codec, see Setup-Audio-AAC codec.

[Foofaraw]

Foofaraw
You can use Nero or CoreAudioToolbox codec, see Setup-Audio-AAC codec.

Let me rephrase: Will it ever be possible to remux without having to install codec on the computer.

[oreons]

For remux no need to install any codecs. QuickTime is recommended for higher quality audio processing.
For WinXP only: Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package.

[Foofaraw]

For remux no need to install any codecs. QuickTime is recommended for higher quality audio processing.


Except as I said, it didn't add the sound to the output file...

[Balthazar2k4]

Any news on the TrueHD front? I also notice that multichannel FLAC has the same problem.

[oreons]

Balthazar2k4
Test version with TrueHD - http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?g67kmx08tjwjd7w

[Balthazar2k4]

Balthazar2k4
Test version with TrueHD - http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?g67kmx08tjwjd7w

Thank you Oreons. I am testing now.

Update: Brilliant! TrueHD is now working. Great work Oreons. Any chance we could see 5.1 FLAC->5.1 AC3?

[oreons]

Any chance we could see 5.1 FLAC->5.1 AC3?
Soon...

[Balthazar2k4]

Soon...

Great news! That is pretty much the last piece of the puzzle for me.

[Balthazar2k4]

As I am in the process of converting over all of my MakeMKV Bluray backups of my collection to m4v for iTunes, I am amassing a large quantity of files with FLAC audio to be processed. Yeah, I could do it all manually (either rerip or command line eac3to), but it sure would be nice if MKVtoMP4 could do it. :)

[ashneel83]

Hi there

I'm trying to convert AVI file to MP4 and embed external subtitles SRT file into the MP4 file but I get an "Invalid format" error

Please advice what I'm doing wrong and what format my external subtitles should be in to work with MkvTpMp4

[oreons]

ashneel83
Write a program log (directory Temp\Logs) and place the external srt to mediafire.com for check.

[ashneel83]

Repack/encoder video to MP4 for Apple iPhone, iPad, ATV2. MkvToMp4 version 0.219 Test1
Build from: Jan 10 2012 11:54:52
Use log file: Temp\Logs\04_02_2012_18_16_26.txt
QuickTime not installed.
CoreAudioToolbox not installed.
Added on list: C:/Users/NEEL/Desktop/The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1/The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1.avi
Started processing file: C:/Users/NEEL/Desktop/The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1/The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1.avi
Starting FFmpeg with the parameters:
Tools\ffmpeg\ffmpeg -i "C:/Users/NEEL/Desktop/The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1/The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1.avi" -map 0.1 -acodec copy -y "Temp\The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1_internal_audio_1.AC3"
Starting x264 with the parameters:
Tools\x264\x264 --preset superfast --tune film --no-interlaced --profile high --level 4.1 --crf 20.000 -o "Temp\video.h264" "C:/Users/NEEL/Desktop/The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1/The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1.avi"
ffms [info]: 720x304p 76:75 @ 24000/1001 fps (vfr)
x264 [info]: using SAR=76/75
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 Cache64
x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.1
x264 [info]: frame I:2318 Avg QP:14.23 size: 30338
x264 [info]: frame P:52398 Avg QP:15.77 size: 10192
x264 [info]: frame B:113787 Avg QP:17.88 size: 2757
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 6.4% 8.8% 5.8% 79.0%
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 12.0% 29.4% 58.7%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 6.6% 5.6% 3.9% P16..4: 75.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip: 8.5%
x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 1.0% 0.5% 0.1% B16..8: 29.1% 0.0% 0.0% direct:21.6% skip:47.6% L0:30.8% L1:40.8% BI:28.4%
x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:33.0% inter:57.0%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 68.6% 55.8% 32.4% inter: 27.0% 21.4% 1.1%
x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 44% 14% 37% 5%
x264 [info]: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 21% 16% 33% 4% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7%
x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 24% 20% 22% 4% 7% 5% 5% 5% 8%
x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 48% 20% 23% 9%
x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:8.2% UV:3.7%
x264 [info]: kb/s:1045.11
encoded 168503 frames, 78.50 fps, 1045.11 kb/s
Starting Azid with the parameters:
Tools\Azid\Azid -s dplii -L -4.5db -f true -a -n true -c heavy "C:/Program Files/MkvToMp4_0.217/Temp/The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1_internal_audio_1.AC3" "Temp\The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1_internal_audio_1.wav"
Azid AC3 Decoder 1.9 (build 922) -- for Intel Pentium 4
Copyright (C) 1997-2003 By Midas <midas@egon.gyaloglo.hu>
Starting NeroAacEnc with the parameters:
Tools\eac3to\neroaacenc -q 1.00 -lc -if "C:/Program Files/MkvToMp4_0.217/Temp/The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1_internal_audio_1.wav" -of "Temp\The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1_internal_audio_1.m4a"
*************************************************************
* *
* Nero AAC Encoder *
* Copyright 2009 Nero AG *
* All Rights Reserved Worldwide *
* *
* Package build date: Feb 18 2010 *
* Package version: 1.5.4.0 *
* *
* See -help for a complete list of available parameters. *
* *
*************************************************************
Starting Mp4Box with the parameters:
Tools\MP4Box\MP4Box.exe -new -delay 1=1 -par 1=1012:1000 -add "Temp\video.h264":fps=23.976:lang=eng:name="" -add "C:/Program Files/MkvToMp4_0.217/Temp/The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1_internal_audio_1.m4a"#1:fps=23.976:lang=eng:name="" -itags tool="MkvToMp4 [www.mkvtomp4.ru] version 0.219 Test1" "C:\Users\NEEL\Desktop\The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1.m4v"
AVC-H264 import - frame size 720 x 304 at 23.976 FPS
Import results: 168501 samples - Slices: 2318 I 52398 P 113787 B - 1 SEI - 2159 IDR
Stream uses B-slice references - max frame delay 2
IsoMedia import - track ID 1 - Audio (SR 48000 - 2 channels)
Setting up iTunes/iPod file...
Forcing AVC/H264 SAR to 1:1...
Saving C:\Users\NEEL\Desktop\The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1.m4v: 0.500 secs Interleaving
Error: I/O Error
Mp4Box terminated with error: 1
Total time: 56 min. 2 sec.

SRT was downloaded from:

http://subscene.com/english/The-Twilight-Saga-4-Breaking-Dawn-Part-1/subtitle-532523.aspx

[oreons]

ashneel83
Subtitle normal, you need to add it to the film. To do this in the tracks window right mouse click and choose to "Add stream".

http://i28.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0205/ce/af28f5cde12387a84615863ce821c6ce.jpg
http://i28.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0205/25/dc376ea90a9a50f4787dfd1c5e11a625.jpg

If you want to have an external subtitle is added automatically, you need to name the movie and the subtitle the same.
Also recommend repack h264 video movies (mkv), the process is much faster than for avi files.

Error: I/O Error - It is not enough disk space.

[Balthazar2k4]

Any update on FLAC->AC3 conversion progress?

[oreons]

Balthazar2k4
Test version - http://www.mediafire.com/?v1sqxlzpman55ul

[Balthazar2k4]

Thanks Oreons. I will give it a try soon.

Update: Works like a charm. Great work Oreons and thank you.

[oreons]

Version 0.219 - http://www.mediafire.com/?3c7fawp7autqd0n

New in version:

1. Added h264 encoding presets.
http://i27.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0221/d0/5edf11d636d1ec360bcb78c2fbda92d0.jpg
http://i27.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0221/c6/bb1240c29d4d8f9a00e91d1ba1467bc6.jpghttp://i27.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0221/65/a2ec9bee8acf521be6f85b2a48b11165.jpg

2. Ability encode different formats to AC3
http://i27.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0221/9d/a7229bcb0758c9ffe5d5d83d2f9aae9d.jpg

3. In settings can disable AAC encoding
http://i27.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0221/d5/1015bd0c11d852ba82bb3d94abc021d5.jpg

4. Changed DTS encoding, and now it is not extracted from the container and encoded at once.

5. TrueHD and multichannel FLAC support.
http://i27.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0221/71/2bec35e8d6b0008c2233f0ed6363f571.jpg
http://i27.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0221/61/c440d0a5497605c038af252b73c50661.jpg

6. In settings can be set the maximum Level Profile for repacking
http://i27.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0221/da/d6ab20d4e8c146be61441f8209c1c3da.jpg

7. In settings can set the priority of running processes.
http://i27.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0221/84/6ffd39fe734052d0127bc7882496ff84.jpg

8. Ability to repacking video codec MPEG-4 Visual without encoding.
http://i27.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0221/ef/34f4cfe670568a7a7700f63bd722bcef.jpg

9. Ability to load all the internal subtitles by default.
http://i27.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0221/7e/ae37fdc38bad6ba76050e8c3f25a2c7e.jpg

[whiskey]

Is there somewhere option to set custom bitrate for audio tracks. Like 192kbps instead lets say default 0.75 setting, just wondering ?

[oreons]

Set the quality 1.0 (maximum)

[whiskey]

Set the quality 1.0 (maximum)

Thanks !

[meshaun]

Can it auto crop? and encode audio at 320Kbps AAC?
Couldn't find it there.

[oreons]

Program can't make autocrop.
For audio tracks, can select only the quality (0.05 - 1.0)
for nero 1.0 = 400kbps
for qaac 1.0 = True VBR mode 127 (see http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=154233)

[Balthazar2k4]

Ran into another problem converting a DTS-HD track that is 24-bit/96khz to AC3. Eac3To keeps terminating prematurely. MKVToMP4 does convert to AAC correctly though.

Edit: Need to add -resampleTo48000 for DTS/TrueHD tracks that exceed 48khz.

[oreons]

Balthazar2k4,
Thanks, I'll test that.

[Mike_111]

Yes, in the tags settings you can set the MP4 optimization checkbox.

http://i29.fastpic.ru/big/2011/1209/66/aeacb446505d1296b7c4c56b3fe61866.jpg
Feature requests:

It would be great if you could

1) save the "MP4 optimization" setting as a default.

2) jump to the next file from within the "edit tags" window (previous/next).

3) reorder the file list

4) pause the queue in some way (at least after the current file is done)

5) enable tags by default

6) export all your settings/parameters/tags for one or more file

7) expand the "Tags" info (at the bottom) to show all checked tags

8) jump from "TV Season" tag to "TV Episode" via TAB

9) save the "TV Season" tag in the xml

Keep up the good work!

[Cephas]

Tool is very handy. Thanks.

I want to make an m4v version of my mkv files that has the original AC3 audio as the 1st track, and the new AAC audio as the 2nd track.
This is to get a version that will play the 5.1 by default under XBMC, but can be transferred to my iPad and still work.

Is there a script I can edit to change the default behaviour?

Thanks

[oreons]

Mike_111,
1) save the "MP4 optimization" setting as a default.
Need for some mp4 files. For repacked mkv optimization is not needed. Maybe I will make in the settings.
2) jump to the next file from within the "edit tags" window (previous/next).
It is useful, but difficult to implement now.
3) reorder the file list
Probably will be in future versions.
4) pause the queue in some way (at least after the current file is done)
Difficult to implement now.
5) enable tags by default
For mkv tag empty when loading files. If you load tags from xml, they be switched on.
6) export all your settings/parameters/tags for one or more file
Save and load tags is already in the program :)
Parameters are also preserved.
7) expand the "Tags" info (at the bottom) to show all checked tags
To display the tags is a button Text
8) jump from "TV Season" tag to "TV Episode" via TAB
ok
9) save the "TV Season" tag in the xml
see item 6

Cephas
If the first track AC3, then iTunes will not load the film to the iPad.

[Mike_111]

Thanks for your response! MkvToMp4 is a fantastic tool! Makes it so much easier for me to convert my mkvs for my iOS devices!

5) enable tags by default
For mkv tag empty when loading files. If you load tags from xml, they be switched on.
Yes, but I'm often fine with just the automatically checked HD tag and the name tag. In this case I still have to manually switch them on for every file instead of just hitting start.

6) export all your settings/parameters/tags for one or more file
Save and load tags is already in the program :)
Parameters are also preserved.
"Save" tags doesn't seem to work for me. Or at least not everything is saved. E.g. "Mp4 Optimization", "Name", "TV Season" and "TV Episode" are missing or won't get restored. And this "save" only saves the tag information for one file, not the files I have added, their order etc. Ideally I want to be able to highlight some files and export all their information via a context menu entry so that at a later point in time I can only import this one exported file and hit start.

7) expand the "Tags" info (at the bottom) to show all checked tags
To display the tags is a button Text
I meant so that I can see all the tags without needing to open another window and easily switch between files to compare/double check them.

9) save the "TV Season" tag in the xml
see item 6
See item 6

[oreons]

Mike_111,
Yes, but I'm often fine with just the automatically checked HD tag and the name tag. In this case I still have to manually switch them on for every file instead of just hitting start.
Maybe will add an option on the settings.

"Save" tags doesn't seem to work for me. Or at least not everything is saved. E.g. "Mp4 Optimization", "Name", "TV Season" and "TV Episode" are missing or won't get restored.
"Mp4 Optimization" is not a tag.
These tags are not specifically saved for the TV Show, to be able to load them and do not mess up the numbering and the name of the episode.
You can give the name episode sXXeYY for automatic substitution of these values to tags.
For example Fringe.S01E02.mkv - Season 1, Episode 2

I meant so that I can see all the tags without needing to open another window and easily switch between files to compare/double check them.
I'll think about it.

[Mr. Monte]

oreons,

I have to say I love this for repacking my MKV's to iOS devices.

Thanks !

[BuddyRich]

Is there a way to both convert a DTS track to dd5.1!AC3 and keep a copy of the original dts in the same MP4 as a 2nd audio track?

Otherwise I love this program. Are there any plans to implement automated metadata lookup against tvdb, imdb or moviedb?

This is lacking for MP4s on the windows side (only metax) whereas osx has a few options (iVI, Subler, iflicks, metax/metaz)

[oreons]

BuddyRich,
Is there a way to both convert a DTS track to dd5.1!AC3 and keep a copy of the original dts in the same MP4 as a 2nd audio track?
Saving DTS in MP4 not supported by Mp4Box. DTS can be converted to DD5.1.

Are there any plans to implement automated metadata lookup against tvdb, imdb or moviedb?
Yes, support tvdb and moviedb will be in future versions. IMDB does not have an API for integration and will not be supported.

[Mr. Monte]

I'm getting this error during eac3to demuxing
The ArcSoft and Sonic decoders don't seem to work, will use libav instead

How do I fix this please. Do I install Arcsoft, or is there a directory I can put the files into?

TIA

[oreons]

Mr. Monte,
To install Arcsoft dts decoder:
1. Put arcsoft files into dir windows\system32
2. Run from command prompt: regsvr32 ASAudioHD.ax

I can tell you more in private messages.

[planter88]

Can somebody provide an alternate Download Link?

MediaFire is down for me :(

[oreons]

planter88,
https://rapidshare.com/files/858494924/MkvToMp4_0.219.zip

[cabala420]

I recently muxed together some ripped tv show DVDs into mp4 format for use on the new iPad and I have some questions concerning the subtitles and chapter files. I muxed everything together using MEgui as I didn't know about this program at the time.

Subtitles are in .srt format and chapter files are in .ogg directly from DVD decrypter. The iPad doesn't recognize either. Once I use mkvtomp4 and use the optimize button the subtitles work at least. Still no luck on chapters. Any suggestions? Maybe a different format? I cant seem to determine what formats for chapters apple uses or what atom information is.

What is mkvtomp4 doing to the .srt subtitle file for it to work?

Thanks for any help.

[oreons]

MkvToMp4 can load the chapters only from mp4 or mkv file. Then you can copy them to another file.
http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0409/55/2a2940fe55ed6970d48a3a8de7c3a555.jpg http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0409/78/18da3b2aae14f5605e4d132583429d78.jpg

For correct playback subs on Apple devices, the program makes a correction to mp4 atoms. You can load your mp4 file to MkvToMp4 and press start. This program will make the correction of the atoms.

[roidy]

This is a great program that has saved me loads of time, however I'm having volume problems when converting AC3 to AAC if I use the default Quicktime 7.7.0 codec option the resulting AAC audio volume is far to low and if I use Nero or CoreAudio codecs then the volume is far to loud:(

[oreons]

QuickTime and CoreAudio uses a different version of Qaac, possibly because of the difference in volume.
Try Sox for dynamic compression of sound.

http://i33.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0412/75/c87a3ed645747472aff979eff14a0775.jpg

[roidy]

I've fixed it, my fault, I had Normalize turned off for some reason, turned it back on and everythings good. Thanks.

[Paddy97]

If the source is interlaced how do I add deinterlacing to the video encode?

[millercentral]

I noticed that file paths are using forward-slashes ("/") instead of ("\"). While this works okay for local files, it fails for networking paths. Can you change it so directories are separated by backward-slashes ("\") instead of forward-slashes?

[oreons]

Paddy97,
For converting interlace-progressive need to run encoding, repacking will not work.

http://i35.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0415/22/6533b25e3cef4f07c86c5a2c59792422.jpg


millercentral,
Network paths are supported, see the picture.

http://i35.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0415/4e/5efbc5425aed688e2765cf1c2bba594e.jpg

[Paddy97]

Paddy97,
For converting interlace-progressive need to run encoding, repacking will not work.

http://i35.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0415/22/6533b25e3cef4f07c86c5a2c59792422.jpg


The source I was trying with is MPEG2 so it will be recoded. Use the standards, the output is still interlaced.

http://www.fenrisulven.se/mkv2mp4.jpg

[oreons]

Paddy97,
The output is interlace? Do you have a sample for testing?

[Paddy97]

Paddy97,
The output is interlace? Do you have a sample for testing?

Sure, here you have a clip.

http://www.mediafire.com/?598883j3rfbkc8c

[oreons]

At the output progressive video.

Complete name : D:\Trollkarlens Hemligheter.s01e07 (03).m4v
Format : MPEG-4
Codec ID : M4V
File size : 131 MiB
Duration : 6mn 23s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 2 866 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2012-04-14 15:07:41
Tagged date : UTC 2012-04-14 15:07:41
Writing application : MkvToMp4 [www.mkvtomp4.ru] version 0.219

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 6mn 23s
Bit rate : 2 693 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 7 616 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Original display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.260
Stream size : 123 MiB (94%)
Writing library : x264 core 116 r2057 0ba8a9c
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=1 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x3 / me=dia / subme=1 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc=crf / mbtree=0 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2012-04-14 15:07:41
Tagged date : UTC 2012-04-14 15:07:44

[Paddy97]

Ok, I see that. But if you look at the output it still looks interlaced. How do I remove that effect from the output?

There where some intersting parts in this thread since the source id DVB-T

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=164682

[Atak_Snajpera]

in command line you forgot --tff

[Paddy97]

in command line you forgot --tff

Thanks for the tip! Just tried that. With this source it did not do anything.

[Atak_Snajpera]

did you removed --no-interlaced command first?

[Faleny]

hello! I'm from Brazil, I can not speak English, so I'm using a translator, so please have patience with me

I loved this topic, and this program, but I'm having the following problem:
"FFmpeg terminated with error: 1"
if I put several files to be converted in a row, several of them give an error in converting the audio, leaving the final file without sound, but if I put one at a time, there occurs less frequently, in this case was vorbis, but I think also happened to acc,, will have to correct this error?

thank you for your attention

[Paddy97]

did you removed --no-interlaced command first?

Did that but on this source its of no effect.

http://www.fenrisulven.se/mkv22.jpg

If I select deinterlace in ripbot it works great btw and the size of the file is reduced in half due to the corrected picture.

[oreons]

Faleny,
Do you have a sample file, which is encoded with an error?

Paddy97,
For high-quality deinterlacing should be used AviSynch filters, my program does not support it.

[oreons]

Version 0.220 - http://www.mediafire.com/?kxfjeg3qeknqakn

New in version:

1. Searching tags on sites TheTvDB and TheMovieDB.
http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/e1/0bdb6a863deb3e115348dbdcc476bbe1.jpg

http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/e2/f869fadc348f05dca01224344ba6e6e2.jpg

http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/b3/1c73bb6ae590c77cfeb05852889960b3.jpg

http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/ab/840530408d89063b52d6289f5054b2ab.jpg

To use searching must be fill the correct fields in the proxy settings, if it is used.
http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/fe/d2c8935cadce0a457f3a904b54a737fe.jpg

2. Select searching language in the program settings.
http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/a1/bdc5e772a5117b42a607e403b8f386a1.jpg

3. Loading artworks when searching tags and choose to use them.
http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/7c/7ff923e5b1c9d4007b507edd1133e57c.jpg
This creates a cache of downloaded artworks in a temporary directory and re-search, artwork will be loaded from the cache.

4. Ability to search tags for a few episodes of a TV series in a single operation.
http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/60/c3eae51690d2a18bd90f52a60021f960.jpg

It is necessary select all of the series and click search, then the information on the series will be written into each file.
http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/8d/69cc3ef775bdcd832e1336bb577a6c8d.jpg

5. Jump to the IMDb site to search for information.
http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/67/314747c323670f8db8b8929fcd048a67.jpg

6. Ability to shutdown Windows after the end of the encoding.
First you need to put a flag in the settings "Enable windows shutdown button"
http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/d7/d0a49ef8ef1895fe113707fcebe1edd7.jpg

After that when you start encoding "Shutdown" button will be displayed.
http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/7a/f17a4acb095fbaa0ba12113d80594b7a.jpg

If you click it, then the computer will be turned off after the end of the process.
http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/9c/905644520639653f539fad984b54239c.jpg

7. Moving for files from the window tag editing. When you move the current tags are saved and is moved to the next or previous file.
http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/2c/ad8e1e93cc06dfe3bb6abb9a00ae7c2c.jpg

http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/3c/6c59ba9de5cb5a2c72e928ed5b7d3b3c.jpg

8. Identify and record a new tag HD 1080p
http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/a0/6ecbccf9bdd075a21a71c8f27ed905a0.jpg

http://i36.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/f3/7167467036ac92c6f6fa62bd09e864f3.jpg

9. Setting up the possibility of enable tags, and the enable optimization when loading a file.
http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/7d/56bfc943fcc924f91708dc9b9b9feb7d.jpg

10. If you move the mouse over the tag, it displays its contents in a window.
http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/a3/a858c03e1d45dab689545dae97b1aaa3.jpg

11. Ability to make Paypal donations to the program development.
http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/c0/2ab15dc24b766e406d8f39485b1bddc0.jpg

12. Using a newer version of FFMpeg and Mp4Box

[eckyecky]

You need to change the command for setting the level. There shouldnt be a decimal point in it. Using "...:level=4.1:..." sets it to High@L0.4 use "...:level=41:..."

But otherwise cheers for an awesome program

[oreons]

This is equivalent, see the log:
1. Tools\x264\x264 --crf 20.000 --preset superfast --no-interlaced --profile high --level 4.1 -o "Temp\video.h264" "D:/Video/76889.mov"
ffms [info]: 480x360p 0:1 @ 24004/1001 fps (vfr)
resize [warning]: converting from yuvj420p to yuv420p
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.1 Cache64
x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.1

2. Tools\x264\x264 --crf 20.000 --preset superfast --no-interlaced --profile high --level 41 -o "Temp\video.h264" "D:/Video/76889.mov"
ffms [info]: 480x360p 0:1 @ 24004/1001 fps (vfr)
resize [warning]: converting from yuvj420p to yuv420p
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.1 Cache64
x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.1

[Mr. Monte]

Question....I see the default AAC encoder is now Quicktime (might have been in past..not sure). Some time back...peeps advised that the Nero AAC encoder did a better job. Is Nero still the preferred?...or has Apple gotten better?

[eckyecky]

This is equivalent, see the log:
1. Tools\x264\x264 --crf 20.000 --preset superfast --no-interlaced --profile high --level 4.1 -o "Temp\video.h264" "D:/Video/76889.mov"
ffms [info]: 480x360p 0:1 @ 24004/1001 fps (vfr)
resize [warning]: converting from yuvj420p to yuv420p
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.1 Cache64
x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.1

2. Tools\x264\x264 --crf 20.000 --preset superfast --no-interlaced --profile high --level 41 -o "Temp\video.h264" "D:/Video/76889.mov"
ffms [info]: 480x360p 0:1 @ 24004/1001 fps (vfr)
resize [warning]: converting from yuvj420p to yuv420p
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.1 Cache64
x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.1

The command in question is to MP4Box when it muxes extracted videos without conversion. It keeps exporting Level 0.4 instead of Level 4.1
Tools\MP4Box\MP4Box.exe -new -delay 1=1 -add "Temp\video.264":fps=25.000:lang=eng:level=4.1:name="" -add "D:/mkvtomp4/MkvToMp4_0.220/Temp/test.AC3"#1:fps=25.000:lang=eng:name="" -add "D:/mkvtomp4/MkvToMp4_0.220/Temp/test_internal_sub_2_change.ttxt":lang=eng:name="" -itags tool="MkvToMp4 [www.mkvtomp4.ru] version 0.220" "D:/mkvtomp4\test.m4v"
Highlighted bit should be 41 not 4.1

[oreons]

eckyecky,
Thanks, I will correct in next version.

Mr. Monte,
QT more quality at the same bitrate.
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=161957

[laz305]

can this split files larger than 4GB to fit on a PS3? If so how?

[oreons]

Splitting and merging not support.

[oreons]

Version 0.220a http://www.mediafire.com/?4dced3ws4pdgv4s
Some bugs fixed:
1. Level writing.
2. Pictures in artworks search.
3. Fixed display languages in the Apple devices.

[eckyecky]

Thanks oreons.

Love this little program. Love the update, it now sets the correct level on a straight remux.

[JDLov]

Thanks oreons for creating such a useful utility. I have a feature request for a future version: Some batch jobs take a long time to complete, and it would be great if MkvToMp4 had a mechanism to keep Windows awake until the job is done. Some people like to allow their computers to sleep when not doing something useful.

[bigzaj]

How do you use the utility to add artwork? When I run the search for the tag data I select the applicable data, then I click the Artwork tab and click the image I want, hit select, then hit save. When the process runs it only encodes the tag data, not the image. How do you actually make your selected artwork be written to the file?

[oreons]

JDLov,
In the version 0.220 is possible to shutdown Windows after work.
First you need to put a flag in the settings "Enable windows shutdown button"
http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/d7/d0a49ef8ef1895fe113707fcebe1edd7.jpg

After that when you start encoding "Shutdown" button will be displayed.
http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/7a/f17a4acb095fbaa0ba12113d80594b7a.jpg

If you click it, then the computer will be turned off after the end of the process.
http://i34.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0428/9c/905644520639653f539fad984b54239c.jpg


bigzaj,
On the artworks page need to select picture before clicking save.

[john blox]

Hi, I have read through this thread and want to know if it can atomatically do the following, only converting if needed, otherwise just remxing. Ideally with no user intervention (so could bulk auto-convert). It it could work with mp4's & avi's as well as mkv's then that'd be the dogs:-

a) avc+aac6 -> avc+aac2+ac3_6 (downmix+convert audio)
b) avc+ac3 -> avc+aac2+ac3 (downmix audio + remix original)
c) avc+aac2-> avc+aac2 (remux only)
d) avc+dts -> avc+aac2+ac3_6 (downmix to aac2+convert to ac3_6)
e) non_avc+mp3 -> avc+aac2 (convert video&audio)
f) auto-grab meta-data inc cover artwork from themoviedb+thetvdb(using same naming criteria as xbmc)
g)and various permutations of the above

cheers

[oreons]

john blox,

a) avc+aac6 -> avc+aac2+ac3_6 (downmix+convert audio)
no, ac3 from aac not support
b) avc+ac3 -> avc+aac2+ac3 (downmix audio + remix original)
yes
c) avc+aac2-> avc+aac2 (remux only)
yes
d) avc+dts -> avc+aac2+ac3_6 (downmix to aac2+convert to ac3_6)
yes
e) non_avc+mp3 -> avc+aac2 (convert video&audio)
yes
f) auto-grab meta-data inc cover artwork from themoviedb+thetvdb(using same naming criteria as xbmc)
yes

[john blox]

Thanks, I have tried every video app I could find to try and achieve a 'proper' avc+aac_2+ac3_6+subs mp4 that plays on apple tv3 and YOUR program is the ONLY one that 'almost' works (and no need to manually change text to sbtl). It plays fine on apple-tv-3 but stutters on an ipad-1 (whereas xmedia-recode file plays fine but has no subs)

I will experiment more now with your app, to see why - I posted originally re this here aac+ac3+subs thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=164969) as after 12 hours I couldn't make it work, this has mediainfo results which may shed light on stutter?

[JDLov]

Like bigzaj, I too have noticed that (usually in large batch jobs) sometimes images don't get saved, although everything else does, including tag data. If I run the resulting files back through MkvToMp4 a second time (again selecting the artwork image and hitting save) the art will be present.

[oreons]

john blox,
Maybe too high bitrate for iPad1. It stutter in native iPad player or other?

JDLov,
Maybe errors in mp4v2 library, it used to save the artwork.

[john blox]

OK, I did some more testing:-

1) kahaani2 (avc+aac2+ac3_6+subs) MkvToMp4 encode = works on ATV3, IPad-Native, Ipad+ITunes+HomeShare=Big stutters(unplayable)

--So does IPad+ITunes play OK if no subs?

2) kahaani3 (avc+aac2+ac3_6) MkvToMp4 encode = works on Ipad+ITunesStream

--Yes it does?, So is it the subs then, try dropping the ac3 and putting the subs back

3) kahaani4 (avc+aac2+subs) MkvToMp4 encode = stutters on Ipad+ITunesStream

So it seems that streaming of MkvToMp4 encodes via itunes to ipad1 with subs doesn't work properly? So I need to now try 3) done on MeGui

4) kahaani5 (avc+aac2+subs) MeGui encode = also stutters on Ipad+ITunesStream

So either itunes streaming with subs to ipad doesn't work or ? I'll have to try a friends ipad2 (ipad3 test would be better though) and see if the faster cpu helps. The subs isn't too much of an issue as I don't have loads of foreign films anyway, just needed to locate best app for the job before expending lots of time converting and yours is streets ahead. Now need to work out how best to batch convert.

Excellent app BTW though, the tagging is awesome. Only issues I have left are:-
a)Have to use xmedia-recode for aac6 (or aac8)->aac2+ac3_6 (this is main missing item)
b)Have to add subs to a mkv file to get mkv2mp4 to pick them up - no way to add them as seperate file?
c)auto-tag info+artwork using 1st found item from themoviedb or thetvdb without having to manually select it. (I know mine are all correct as they were renamed to work with xbmc & media browser)

[Corbinjurgens]

This is a great tool. Thanks! Its also the only utility that has managed to get srt subs appearing on my iPad. What exactly does it do to achieve this? I have tried many other ways to get subtitles to appear on my iPad. Couldn't you make it so the tool can input files that are already MP4 and do the same thing as with MKV files where the audio is normalized and subtitles made to work for iDevices? I don't know any other way to do these things.

[oreons]

john blox,
ITunes + HomeShare badly work in windows, I could not use it properly. It is better to use program AirVideo, it can play ready mp4 files (used hardware iPad codec) from your computer.
>a)Have to use xmedia-recode for aac6 (or aac8)->aac2+ac3_6 (this is main missing item)
iPad knows aac6, why to make conversion to aac2?
b)Have to add subs to a mkv file to get mkv2mp4 to pick them up - no way to add them as seperate file?
MkvToMp4 can make the internal from mkv and external (srt, ass) subtitles.
c)auto-tag info+artwork using 1st found item from themoviedb or thetvdb without having to manually select it. (I know mine are all correct as they were renamed to work with xbmc & media browser)
I did not understand what you need. Thetvdb and themoviedb supported in the program.


Corbinjurgens,
You can load ready mp4 file into the MkvToMp4 and it will make internal subtitles playable on Apple devices.

For audio normalization and drc:
1. Load mp4
2. Right click on stream window and select edit mode.
http://i38.fastpic.ru/thumb/2012/0518/ad/5def5d59800b08eca14f1d5d86d184ad.jpeg (http://fastpic.ru/view/38/2012/0518/5def5d59800b08eca14f1d5d86d184ad.jpg.html)
3. Select audio stream and make mouse double click.
4. On track properties select
- AAC encode
- Sox
http://i38.fastpic.ru/thumb/2012/0518/13/16f781da07cd554e705c925bce80ca13.jpeg (http://fastpic.ru/view/38/2012/0518/16f781da07cd554e705c925bce80ca13.jpg.html)

[Corbinjurgens]

Thank you! Thats very helpful. Its going great.

[john blox]

I moved from air-video to itunes-share as it also does music etc and air-video was unreliable. Most files work fine, I presume all decoding is done on ipad, same as if file were native?

Well I have been using xmedia-recode to convert aac6 to aac2+ac3_6. So the ac3 passes through to my amp. I don't really get aac6 as what supports it? ipad may play it but it's not got 6 speakers so may as well be aac2.

Re TheTvDB/moviedb I meant an option for AutoTheMovieDb or AutoTheTVDB so that if you add a new file by default it will go and fill in the tags without me having to click button to do it. Then I could drop a load of mp4's on and hit go to get them all tagged, so only one minute of my time.


Thanks

[oreons]

john blox,
I understood, until such things are not planned.

[bigzaj]

For the quality based VBR, the default is 20. Is higher or lower better? For handbrake I believe lower is better.

Does anyone have any good presets/configs for the new AppleTV with 1080p support. It says it supports Profile 4.0 and AAC 5.1, for now I've been using:

Profile: high
Level: 4.0
Quality-based VBR: 23.0
--preset slow --no-interlaced

to convert some existing MKV's. Anything else I should do?

[oreons]

bigzaj,
Lower is better.
For ATV3 you can repack 1080p mkv (high 4.1) without video convention.

[john blox]

It says it supports Profile 4.0 and AAC 5.1

Can someon explain to me what use AAC5.1 is? I don't get it? Are there any amps that support aac5.1 pass through. How do you get multichannel sound to your speakers, it if not converting it to ac3?

[john blox]

john blox,
I understood, until such things are not planned.

Ahhh OK. Does anyone know any progs that can batch tag mp4 files by using the first entry it finds in theTVMovieDB?

[bigzaj]

Can anyone help me with Subtitles? I made a MKV with Handbrake of Avatar with the forced Subtitles. When I load the MKV in the program it shows:

Subtitle 1: (English Forced) Language: English Encoding: UTF-8 Format: SRT

After output the subtitles are not in the video, additionally there are no SRT files anywhere to be found. My subtitle options are:

Language: English
Codepage for non-unicode subtitles: Apple Roman
Correct subtitles for QT Player - checked
Load all internal subtitles - checked

In the resulting M4V files using MPC-HC there is not option for Subtitles, the file will not play in QT (1080p).

[bigzaj]

Additionally I guess AppleTV does not support "Forced" subtitles, I'm trying to find something that will burn the subtitles in the video. Does anyone know what I can use for this?

[Balthazar2k4]

I just built a new computer and for the life of me I can't get the Arcsoft decoder to work. I can't figure out what the difference is between the new and old computer and the Arcsoft setup. I don't remember having to do anything special with my other machine. Can anyone give me some pointers?

[Atak_Snajpera]

just run ripbot on new pc once.

[Balthazar2k4]

just run ripbot on new pc once.

Thanks Atak. I had already run Ripbot, so I am not sure what the problem is. I am also discussing the issue with Oreons in private as well. Strange.

[oreons]

bigzaj,
Write mediainfo log of m4v result file. ATV can switch the subtitle, see more in iTunes.

[john blox]

Hi, I know I asked before but it's really bugging me and taking up an inordinate amount of time that could be cured with a simple option:-

Could you in the Program Setup page on the tags tab add a checkbox option that says "Load tags/art from TheMovieDb when loading file"

This would populate the tags with the first found item in TheMovieDb and first found art for that item when you add the file.

[oreons]

john blox
Difficult to implement now.

[Balthazar2k4]

Finally solved the Arcsoft problem. Turns out that msvcp71.dll was missing in the eac3to that was packaged with my MKVtoMP4, but present in the eac3to that was packaged with RipBot. I was doing all of my testing on the eac3to with RipBot and it was working without issue with Arcsoft. It never occurred to me that they might in fact be different. I also didn't realize that MKVtoMP4 was suppressing the missing DLL error message, but after running its supplied eac3to from the command line it all became clear. Anyways, problem solved!

Thanks Atak and Oreons for the assistance.

[oreons]

Balthazar2k4,
What operating system used?

[Balthazar2k4]

Balthazar2k4,
What operating system used?

Windows 7 x64

[Desmo]

This tool is awesome so huge thank to the developer :)

Is there any way to automate this at all? I want the same setting for each file and I'd like to pass them to be processed automatically.

[john blox]

I set this to work converting a lot of mkv's, with disk space gone I checked a few, seemed OK and so deleted the original mkv's to free up space only to discover some of them now have:-

1)NO audio in the file, only video! (sort by bitrate in itunes and any that say unknown are probably mute!) I stopped current batch and realised some of them have unchecked the audio check? but weren't originally set like that. I re-ticked the audio for all of them, restarted mkvtomp4 but AGAIN mkvtomp4 unticked them! so watch out!

2)Some of them are about 1k in size (when it runs out of disk space it keeps writing empty m4v files!), sort by file size afterwards and delete any 1k ones, note the last one before it runs out of disk space will also be broken, but appear OK until you play the end!

3) Some of them have an aac2 + an ac3_6 YET the apple TV only plays the aac2 and doesn't even see the second track, though it is embedded in the file!. You can again detect this in itune by looking at the name column for the HD icon at the end of it, you should check any that DON'T have this. You seem to be able to fix these by reloading the m4v into mkvtomp4 and re-running through, which doesn;t create a new file but ammends in-situ, but I've not checked thoroughly to see if 100% OK

4) The c:\program files\mkvtomp4\temp folder may fill up with old files as they're not always deleted, and fill your c drive up, so keep an eye on that as well! The program crashes in qtcore4.dll every so often which will leave behind files.

So I've lost about 20 movies permanantly now! So I would advise anyone hoping to batch convert their files using this tool to proceed with extreme caution. I'm going to return to using xmedia-recode and may just use this tool for movies with subtitles, once I see if that is more reliable. xmedia-recode also handles aac6->aac2+ac3 so you can send dd to your amp from atv. I don't know amps that handle aac6 so don't see the point of it.

[oreons]

Desmo
The default settings can be set in the setup.

john blox
1. Free space should be 3-4 times greater than the size of the film.
2. If an error occurred while converting the sound, the checkbox is removed from the track.

[Desmo]

Desmo
The default settings can be set in the setup.

Sorry, I didn't really give much information did I :o

What I'd like to be able to do is when adding the meta data to movies, I'd like to only download and insert certain fields like name, date, age rating, and long description. At the moment I have to untick things like actors, producers, short description, etc.

Also some kind of watch folder that would automatically keep an eye out for new video files and convert them without any interaction.

It's not a huge issue but it's something I would find handy :)
I'm certainly not being picky though, it's a fantastic app :D

[Shirtfull]

Thanks for your efforts. Just what I needed.

Used this to encode subs onto family vid to help younger generations identify older/deceased members of family, played on new iPad OK.

Can the subtitle size be altered from 18?

Shirtfull

[oreons]

Shirtfull
On the Apple devices can not change the size of the subtitle.

[TomTarolo]

Dear Oreons,

I'm using your tool to convert mkvs to m4v withing having to reencode. I'm viewing the m4v on my Apple TV3.
I find it a very good tool knowing that you can add subtitles.

But when trying to add dutch srt subtitles don't show in Apple TV3. iTunes doesn't recognise the language of the subtitles.

Here is the issue. The language codes apple TV accept for dutch is nl.
This works fine:
mp4box -add Tron.Legacy.srt:hdlr=sbtl:lang=nl Tron.Legacy.2010.Br.720p.YIFY.mp4



Some more info:

-lang [trackID=]lang : sets the language of the given track or of all tracks if trackID is not specified.
The language can be either ISO 639-1 2-char code, ISO 639-2 3-char code, or the full language name.
To get the listing of supported languages, use MP4Box -languages

static lang_type lang_table[] =
{
{"--", "und" },
{"aa", "aar" },
{"ab", "abk" },
{"af", "afr" },
{"am", "amh" },
{"ar", "ara" },
{"as", "ast" },
{"ay", "aym" },
{"az", "aze" },
{"ba", "bak" },
{"be", "bel" },
{"bg", "bul" },
{"bh", "bih" },
{"bi", "bis" },
{"bn", "ben" },
{"bo", "bod" }, // was "tib" (Tibetan)
{"br", "bre" },
{"ca", "cat" },
{"cc", "und" },
{"co", "cos" },
{"cs", "ces" }, // was "cze" (Czech)
{"cy", "cym" }, // was "wel" (Welsh)
{"da", "dan" },
{"de", "deu" }, // was "ger" (German)
{"dz", "dzo" },
{"el", "ell" }, // was "gre" (Greek, Modern (1453-))
{"en", "eng" },
{"eo", "epo" },
{"es", "spa" },
{"et", "est" },
{"eu", "eus" }, // was "baq" (Basque)
{"fa", "fas" }, // was "per" (Persian)
{"fi", "fin" },
{"fj", "fij" },
{"fo", "fao" },
{"fr", "fra" }, // was "fre" (French)
{"fy", "fry" },
{"ga", "gle" },
{"gl", "glg" },
{"gn", "grn" },
{"gu", "guj" },
{"ha", "hau" },
{"he", "heb" },
{"hi", "hin" },
{"hr", "scr" },
{"hu", "hun" },
{"hy", "hye" }, // was "arm" (Armenian)
{"ia", "ina" },
{"id", "ind" },
{"ik", "ipk" },
{"is", "isl" }, // was "ice" (Icelandic)
{"it", "ita" },
{"iu", "iku" },
{"ja", "jpn" },
{"jv", "jav" },
{"ka", "kat" }, // was "geo" (Georgian)
{"kk", "kaz" },
{"kl", "kal" },
{"km", "khm" },
{"kn", "kan" },
{"ko", "kor" },
{"ks", "kas" },
{"ku", "kur" },
{"ky", "kir" },
{"la", "lat" },
{"ln", "lin" },
{"lo", "lao" },
{"lt", "lit" },
{"lv", "lav" },
{"mg", "mlg" },
{"mi", "mri" }, // was "mao" (Maori)
{"mk", "mkd" }, // was "mac" (Macedonian)
{"ml", "mlt" },
{"mn", "mon" },
{"mo", "mol" },
{"mr", "mar" },
{"ms", "msa" }, // was "may" (Malay)
{"my", "mya" }, // was "bur" (Burmese)
{"na", "nau" },
{"ne", "nep" },
{"nl", "nld" }, // was "dut" (Dutch; Flemish)
{"no", "nor" },
{"oc", "oci" },
{"om", "orm" },
{"or", "ori" },
{"pa", "pan" },
{"pl", "pol" },
{"ps", "pus" },
{"pt", "por" },
{"qu", "que" },
{"rm", "roh" },
{"rn", "run" },
{"ro", "ron" }, // was "rum" (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan)
{"ru", "rus" },
{"rw", "kin" },
{"sa", "san" },
{"sd", "snd" },
{"sg", "sag" },
{"sh", "scr" },
{"si", "sin" },
{"sk", "slk" }, // was "slo" (Slovak)
{"sl", "slv" },
{"sm", "smo" },
{"sn", "sna" },
{"so", "som" },
{"sq", "sqi" }, // was "alb" (Albanian)
{"sr", "srp" },
{"ss", "ssw" },
{"st", "sot" },
{"su", "sun" },
{"sv", "swe" },
{"sw", "swa" },
{"ta", "tam" },
{"te", "tel" },
{"tg", "tgk" },
{"th", "tha" },
{"ti", "tir" },
{"tk", "tuk" },
{"tl", "tgl" },
{"tn", "tsn" },
{"to", "tog" },
{"tr", "tur" },
{"ts", "tso" },
{"tt", "tat" },
{"tw", "twi" },
{"ug", "uig" },
{"uk", "ukr" },
{"ur", "urd" },
{"uz", "uzb" },
{"vi", "vie" },
{"vo", "vol" },
{"wo", "wol" },
{"xh", "xho" },
{"yi", "yid" },
{"yo", "yor" },
{"za", "zha" },
{"zh", "zho" }, // was "chi" (Chinese)
{"zu", "zul" }
};

Could you look into this it would be very helpfull.
Keep up the good work.

Thanks,
Tom

[oreons]

TomTarolo,
What version number are you using? 0.220 or 0.220a?

[banker_rishad]

when converted to mp4 sound conversion is below audible

[TomTarolo]

Oreons,
I used 0.220a (downloaded from the first post of this thread).

[oreons]

TomTarolo, Version 0.220a inserts dutch language correctly. See iTunes pic.
http://i39.fastpic.ru/thumb/2012/0618/f2/2ca8e57bcdb208810599b3931914ddf2.jpeg (http://fastpic.ru/view/39/2012/0618/2ca8e57bcdb208810599b3931914ddf2.png.html)

[Balthazar2k4]

Has anyone run into the peculiar problem of MKVtoMP4 not converting multichannel PCM to 2.0 AAC properly? I have a source MKV with 7.1 PCM audio that I am trying to transcode into another MKV with the standard 2.0 AAC and AC3 setting, but MKVtoMP4 is giving me multichannel AAC and AC3. Very strange indeed. Do I need to use a different AAC encoder?

[TomTarolo]

I think I made a mistake: i'm using version 0.220, this shows in my log:
Repack/encoder video to MP4 for Apple iPhone, iPad, ATV2. MkvToMp4 version 0.220
Build from: Apr 28 2012 10:57:26
Use log file: Temp\Logs\18_06_2012_21_07_10.txt
QuickTime version: 7.7.2
CoreAudioToolbox version: 7.9.7.3

Where can i download the 0.220a version?

[TomTarolo]

Oreons,
I'm confused now, in your post you say 0.220a, and when i download is see 0.220? Can you help me out?

[oreons]

TomTarolo,
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4dced3ws4pdgv4s (MkvToMp4_0.220a.zip 40.8MB)
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7183431/MkvToMp4_0.220a.zip

Balthazar2k4,
I'll check it.

[Mr. Monte]

If we have the Nero Enc file...where do we put it? In tools?..If so..do we need a certain naming convention?

[manolito]

It is already there. Have a look in the eac3to folder...:D


Cheers
manolito

[Balthazar2k4]

Balthazar2k4,
I'll check it.

Oreons, it appears that if I convert the 7.1 PCM to FLAC first, MKVtoMP4 correctly converts the 7.1 to 2.0 AAC. If I use MKVtoMP4 directly to convert the PCM to AAC, I get 7.1 AAC no matter what I try.

[Makaveli84]

Three questions:

1) How can i add an external SRT file?

2) Using FFmpeg and My MP4Box Gui (which uses mp4box) for muxing mp4 videos, i get from MediaInfo that Format Profile = Base Media and Codec ID = isom. When i use mkvtomp4, there is no "Format Profile" entry, and Codec ID is now m4v. All my conversions are from mkv (h264) to mp4 with no reencoding. Is this a big deal, and is there something i can change in mkvtomp4 to get the same result as ffmpeg and mp4box?

2) After converting an mkv file that has an SRT sub, everything seems to be ok, and all works well with VLC media player on PC. But when i open the newly muxed mp4 file in MPC-HC, i get no subtitles (subtitles and navigate entries are disabled). I tried both Gabest and Haali splitters. When i mux using mp4box, subtitles work fine with both MPC-HC and VLC. How can i fix this?

Thanks.

[oreons]

Balthazar2k4,
This is because that PCM served directly into QAAC, I'll see how to fix it.

Makaveli84,
1. Drag file into the window streams.
2. Rename m4v to mp4 ext after repack.
3. The program makes the subtitles compatible with Apple devices, and they are read correctly only on a few soft-players.

[Balthazar2k4]

Balthazar2k4,
This is because that PCM served directly into QAAC, I'll see how to fix it.
.

My best guess is to add an intermediate PCM -> FLAC conversion step. Worked for me anyways :D

[Mr. Monte]

Oreons,

Love your package....what I really love and just noticed is when I convert my TV Show mkv's to m4v and use the search & tag feature. When I drag the completed m4v into iTunes, it knows to put it as a TV Show and not a movie..plus has all the episode descriptions.

Question. I have some MP4's of movies and TV Shows. Could you add an option to allow me to just use the search and tag feature of your GUI to demux them, write tag info and remux them back into a mp4/m4v?

Of not, maybe point me in the direction to do it manually

TIA :D

[oreons]

Mr. Monte,
Do not quite understand the question. For the MP4 files you can do search and tag editing, then when you press the start information is written to a file without repacking.
Or you need repacking MP4 to change tracks?

[Mr. Monte]

Oreons,

Did not know it would tag and repack MP4 without any A/V processing...I will have to try.

Yes, on the last. I have a few MP4's that have audio tracks in them that must not be Apple compliant AAC. I would like to select an MP4, check a box to re-encode audio and have the GUI demux the video and audio, re-encode the audio with the available encoder of choice and remux the A/V back into a MP4.

Thanks,

[Makaveli84]

Balthazar2k4,
Makaveli84,
1. Drag file into the window streams.
2. Rename m4v to mp4 ext after repack.
3. The program makes the subtitles compatible with Apple devices, and they are read correctly only on a few soft-players.

1. Thx, i should've tried that :D
2. That doesn't affect the Format Profile (or lack thereof) nor the Codec ID values. I'm not sure what do those mean, but i've never had mp4 files that weren't "Base Media" and "isom".
3. Is there anyway to have the subs working correctly in both platforms, or at least, a way to choose my settings preference so i can make them work in soft players?

Thanks again.



EDIT: I tried the MP4Box conversion in CLI, and it seems that the "Format Profile" and "Codec ID" values are automatically set depending on the m4v or mp4 extension at muxing time. Changing the extension post muxing doesn't do anything. So is there a way in MkvToMp4 to set the desired extension before muxing (i.e. before hitting the "Start" button)?

[TomTarolo]

Oreons,

Indeed dutch subtitlling it works perfectly with the new version. What about a movie with the resolution: 1920*818? It is marked in red. How can i convert this?

Thx in advance.

[oreons]

Mr. Monte,
If you want to edit the MP4 tracks, right-click mouse in the tracks window, and enable "Edit mode".

Makaveli84,
After renaming the extension m4v to mp4 files will not play on your devices? MkvToMp4 not make mp4 extension, only to m4v. This is made for compatibility with Apple devices. Maybe in future versions of this configuration in the settings will appear.
Subtitles are made compatible with Apple devices (MP4 atom correction) and a software players (except VLC) do not recognize it.

TomTarolo,
Red color means incompatibility with iPad1 and ATV1.

[oreons]

Balthazar2k4,
Version with the correct processing of PCM: http://www.mediafire.com/?na945178ocr5m0d

[Makaveli84]

MkvToMp4 not make mp4 extension, only to m4v. This is made for compatibility with Apple devices. Maybe in future versions of this configuration in the settings will appear.
Well, this is not a big deal, but since the program's name is MkvToMp4, the user should have at least the option to output the file to mp4 extension. As i said, this is not a simple extension issue, because mp4box sets the Format Profile and Codec ID fields based on the extension (mp4 or m4v).

[Balthazar2k4]

Balthazar2k4,
Version with the correct processing of PCM: http://www.mediafire.com/?na945178ocr5m0d

Thanks Oreons! I will give it a try as soon as I can and let you know.

[TomTarolo]

Dear oreons and other members,

Maybe a stupid question but is there any possiblity of upscaling the video in ATV3 or your convertor? In media player like XBMC this is possible. Just searching for a way to fill my screen :-)

Thx in advance.

[Balthazar2k4]

Sorry Oreons, I have been swamped, but I finally got around to trying the latest beta with PCM tracks and it works without issue. I have only tried a couple movies so I can't say conclusively that everything is perfect, but looking good so far. Thanks for the great work!

[Mr. Monte]

Oreons,

Maybe I'm not finding it...but can you allow a right click in log area and have a clear log option. Also, maybe have the log skip a few lines in between encoding jobs ...would make it easier to read info for each job.

Also, a drop down option to have the program save the file as a m4v or MP4. I know I can rename the extensions when completed, but it would be a nice option..not need option. This is only cause some of my players....phones, android devices do not recognize m4v.

Thanks

[oreons]

Mr. Monte,
Yes, maybe I'll make it in the next version.

[JDLov]

Anyone know if there's a way to assign multiple genres to a movie or TV show for use with Apple TV? iTunes doesn't seem to allow it. MkvToMp4 pulls down multiple genres from TheMovieDB and separates them with ampersands. Do most folks just manually change the genre tag to a single genre in iTunes?

[xnyash]

Mr. oreons ,
how to convert to ipod format , there is no preset option for , plz add 320*240 ipod preset , humble request
regards

[oreons]

Version 0.221 http://www.mediafire.com/?8k0i8rr9ioyiufi

New in version:
1. Icons of files and tracks.
http://i41.fastpic.ru/thumb/2012/0808/92/9f78e370a7e45cd6730e3998cdfed792.jpeg (http://fastpic.ru/view/41/2012/0808/9f78e370a7e45cd6730e3998cdfed792.jpg.html)

2. Displaying name of current operation at work.
http://i41.fastpic.ru/thumb/2012/0808/e5/4021954f8bf8e16169a79d60e02d0ce5.jpeg (http://fastpic.ru/view/41/2012/0808/4021954f8bf8e16169a79d60e02d0ce5.jpg.html)http://i41.fastpic.ru/thumb/2012/0808/30/1be31d9eac3fef68b6d4783d26164b30.jpeg (http://fastpic.ru/view/41/2012/0808/1be31d9eac3fef68b6d4783d26164b30.jpg.html)http://i41.fastpic.ru/thumb/2012/0808/40/140e931395395cc7053707b0812b1c40.jpeg (http://fastpic.ru/view/41/2012/0808/140e931395395cc7053707b0812b1c40.jpg.html)

3. Displaying the icons of success and errors of build.
http://i41.fastpic.ru/thumb/2012/0808/72/856c5ae11adc09ca47e777c567349372.jpeg (http://fastpic.ru/view/41/2012/0808/856c5ae11adc09ca47e777c567349372.jpg.html)http://i41.fastpic.ru/thumb/2012/0808/84/c6955944e648e5d8001feb31be97d584.jpeg (http://fastpic.ru/view/41/2012/0808/c6955944e648e5d8001feb31be97d584.jpg.html)

4. Testing of the final file to match the time with source (audio tracks)
http://i41.fastpic.ru/thumb/2012/0808/11/5b90e3c4db62657553b4077c10ad0711.jpeg (http://fastpic.ru/view/41/2012/0808/5b90e3c4db62657553b4077c10ad0711.jpg.html)

5. If the file is successfully built, then at next start it will be skipped. Can be reset status of a file to be reprocessed. To do this right-click mouse on file and choose "Clear status."
http://i41.fastpic.ru/thumb/2012/0808/62/5cc7b0c6362d33862b5464ad6dcd1162.jpeg (http://fastpic.ru/view/41/2012/0808/5cc7b0c6362d33862b5464ad6dcd1162.jpg.html)

6. Ability to use QT library for encoding without having to install QuickTime player or iTunes.

7. Choice the file extension build: mp4 or m4v
http://i41.fastpic.ru/thumb/2012/0808/da/6c2d7c19ac43fe2d40bb9dc1081233da.jpeg (http://fastpic.ru/view/41/2012/0808/6c2d7c19ac43fe2d40bb9dc1081233da.jpg.html)

8. Ability to exit the program without confirmation.
http://i41.fastpic.ru/thumb/2012/0808/42/1733a3597a1ea6f4d0e2e598086de042.jpeg (http://fastpic.ru/view/41/2012/0808/1733a3597a1ea6f4d0e2e598086de042.jpg.html)

9. Search tags without confirmation.
http://i41.fastpic.ru/thumb/2012/0808/8c/5060ed7e7190312878e3fbb2e8ca6d8c.jpeg (http://fastpic.ru/view/41/2012/0808/5060ed7e7190312878e3fbb2e8ca6d8c.jpg.html)

10. Edit mode for mp4 can be enabled with button
http://i43.fastpic.ru/thumb/2012/0808/b4/ec33cc56e6f50c1fa62024eab28550b4.jpeg (http://fastpic.ru/view/43/2012/0808/ec33cc56e6f50c1fa62024eab28550b4.jpg.html)

11. The possibility of an authorization for the proxy server.
http://i41.fastpic.ru/thumb/2012/0808/ac/6bb8ff0a061e1ac07dfe63c4817d8aac.jpeg (http://fastpic.ru/view/41/2012/0808/6bb8ff0a061e1ac07dfe63c4817d8aac.jpg.html)

[kypec]

@oreons: may I ask where are your MP4Box binaries coming from? I'm evaluating various latest windows binaries - even official GPAC nightly snapshots but since few months
my muxes (elementary video.264 + NeroAacEncoded audio.m4a) come out with very slight sync/delay issues that drive me crazy. I'm yet to find the reason behind this...
I'm sure that my older muxes that were created with MP4Box dated back to sometime near end of 2011 were not suffering from such barely noticeable A/V delay issues.

[oreons]

kypec,

may I ask where are your MP4Box binaries coming from?
GPAC.Framework.Setup-0.4.6-DEV-rev3973

[Mike_111]

For one file, the m4v audio and video are not in sync (but audio and subtitles are in sync).

I compared it with another file that is in sync and found only this line to be added in the log (v0.221):
Stream uses forward prediction - stream CTS offset: 64 frames
2s seems about right for the delay. Any way I can set a delay for the video stream (since audio and subtitle are in sync)?

[oreons]

Mike_111,
You can set a negative delay for audio: -2000

[oreons]

Version 0.221a http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ik63l31w43d7hps
Fixed bugs that cause a program crash.

[manolito]

First of all, thank you oreons for this nice application...:thanks:

From the 0.221 changelog:
6. Ability to use QT library for encoding without having to install QuickTime player or iTunes.

Somehow this does not work for me. I always get the following error:
initializing QTML...done
qaac 0.86, QuickTime 7.1.6
Mezzoforte_internal_audio_2.wav
Error: -206: setProperty: scda/osbd
Qaac terminated with error: 2

I really do not want the full QuickTime player or iTunes on my machine, but I do have QT-Alternative 1.81 installed (I need exactly this version for MPEGStreamClip).

Could the error I am getting have something to to with this? And do you see any way how I could get qaac to work without getting rid of QT-Alternative?

Anyways, it is no big deal after all, I can live with Nero AAC quite well...


Thanks again,
cheers
manolito

[oreons]

manolito,
Try CoreAudioToolbox option in audio setup.
http://i42.fastpic.ru/thumb/2012/0816/ef/b742bf3231f02068e9d8a80c46b28bef.jpeg (http://fastpic.ru/view/42/2012/0816/b742bf3231f02068e9d8a80c46b28bef.jpg.html)

[manolito]

Thanks so much, yes, this was it...:D
Please forgive me for my ignorance when it comes to Apple stuff. I would never have thought that CoreAudioToolbox has anything to do with QuickTime or qaac...


Cheers
manolito

[oreons]

manolito,
MkvToMp4 from version 0.221 using the portable version CoreAudioToolbox, it is not dependent from the software that is installed in the system. Qaac v. 1.xx use CoreAudioToolbox to encode.

[Mike_111]

Mike_111,
You can set a negative delay for audio: -2000
Thanks for your response!

But that still leaves the subtitle out of sync since audio and subtitle were in sync in the first place (or out of sync with the video by the same amount). Guess I have to look for a 3rd-party tool for that.

[oreons]

Mike_111,
Recommend using Aegisub to subs time shift.

[mavrik64]

Hi

I'm just starting to try and use your program. I've had some little success, but I wonder if you can advise why I seem to keep getting the following message:
Starting Mp4Box with the parameters:
Tools\MP4Box\MP4Box.exe -new -delay 1=1 -set-meta "[:tk=2]" -add "Temp\video.264":fps=23.976:lang=eng:name="" -add "C:/Program Files (x86)/MkvToMp4_0.221a/Temp/Thor 1080_internal_audio_2_drc.m4a"#1:fps=23.976:lang=eng:name="English" -itags tool="MkvToMp4 [www.mkvtomp4.ru] version 0.221a" "D:\Watch me\Thor 1080.m4v"
Cannot find file Temp\video.264
Error importing Temp\video.264:fps=23.976:lang=eng:name=: Requested URL is not valid or cannot be found
Mp4Box terminated with error: 1
Total time: 9 min. 21 sec.
0 files processed.
1 errors.


Thanks

Mav

[oreons]

Put program to another dir, Program files is write protect dir.

[mavrik64]

Put program to another dir, Program files is write protect dir.

Many thanks oreons. I'll give that a try.

[sPaCeMoNk3y]

hi oreons,

first of all, thanks for building this tool, as i always thought of doing something like that, since i once kind of figured out all the tweaks that are needed to get a mp4 file working correctly on iDevices (grouping, enabling, disabling, hndlr etc.).

now, since i used it for some days and batch converting, i found several bugs, which i wanna provide to improve your great effort.

program crashes when: start muxing an source mp4. this is maybe because there is no option to set an output name and the file names will be the same. or are other files than mkv as input not working? then you could tweak your file browser to only show mkvs. output file naming should be added nonetheless.

subtitles aren't added corrently (they don't work for me), as your atom correction isn't taking place (this obviously should be hdlr=sbtl). if i name the file m4v a subtitle will show up in quicktime but i think that's not the proper way. if this is set correctly quicktime will recognize the subtitle(s) in a mp4 aswell, right?

when batch converting mkvs i recognized they all had the same subtitle. strangly, after finishing the job for a file, all temp files get deleted but the temp subtitle track (sub_external_sub_0.SRT). this one (first of the queue list) is then used for all other files.

as i see the command line options used to mux in the log, i would prefer u set the first (or user specifed) track of a group of equal track types (audio tracks) as enabled, as you already set the others as disabled. does mp4 support smth. like forced subtitles? i guess it was setting the enabled flag to do that. maybe you should give the user the option to highlight maybe a forced subtitle track (and then set it via enabled flag)...

when working with (negative) delays the program seems to still have his issues: with eac3to i get quite good results just by setting -###ms. no need to wav the ac3 aswell.
"soft" delay (no cropped audio but a delay flag set) didn't work for me when i played around with mp4box. has anyone got negative audio delays working with mp4box? or is it because it cannot be set after muxing but within the muxing process (then mkvtomp4 should implement that way of delaying)?

and yes, if put to program files directory you will need to start the program as administrator as it will write the extracted (and de- and encoded) streams into the temp folder that is within the mkvtomp4 folder which leads me to: custom temp folder within setup options is needed. this way the temp folder can be located outside a protected directory and no admin rights would be needed to work properly. maybe also an installer and updater would be great ;-)

last but not least: do you need someone to translate the interface into german? :D

[oreons]

sPaCeMoNk3y,
program crashes when: start muxing an source mp4. this is maybe because there is no option to set an output name and the file names will be the same. or are other files than mkv as input not working? then you could tweak your file browser to only show mkvs. output file naming should be added.

Program understands many input containers (mkv, mp4, ts, avi, wmv)
Output file name = input + extension m4v or mp4.
If the input file mp4, you can repackage it (then add the prefix _new) or simply correct the atoms (fast option by default). Switches the button Edit mode. Output directory is specified in the settings.

subtitles aren't added corrently (they don't work for me), as your atom correction isn't taking place (this obviously should be hdlr=sbtl). if i name the file m4v a subtitle will show up in quicktime but i think that's not the proper way. if this is set correctly quicktime will recognize the subtitle(s) in a mp4 aswell, right?
Atoms corrected for Apple devices and QuickTime player or iTunes. They are displayed correctly and switches, оn other devices and programs is not guaranteed. File extension should be necessarily m4v (not mp4).

when batch converting mkvs i recognized they all had the same subtitle. strangly, after finishing the job for a file, all temp files get deleted but the temp subtitle track (sub_external_sub_0.SRT). this one (first of the queue list) is then used for all other files.
Do not delete files after processing? As for the use of all others, I do not understand.

as i see the command line options used to mux in the log, i would prefer u set the first (or user specifed) track of a group of equal track types (audio tracks) as enabled, as you already set the others as disabled. does mp4 support smth. like forced subtitles? i guess it was setting the enabled flag to do that. maybe you should give the user the option to highlight maybe a forced subtitle track (and then set it via enabled flag)...
As for forced I have no information, subtitles in the program all switchable.

when working with (negative) delays the program seems to still have his issues: with eac3to i get quite good results just by setting -###ms. no need to wav the ac3 aswell.
"soft" delay (no cropped audio but a delay flag set) didn't work for me when i played around with mp4box. has anyone got negative audio delays working with mp4box? or is it because it cannot be set after muxing but withing the muxing process (then mkvtomp4 should implement that way of delaying)?

For AC3 use DelayCut, for DTS - Eac3To.
Mp4Box does not support delays flag...

and yes, if put to program files directory you will need to start the program as administrator as it will write the extracted (and de- and encoded) streams into the temp folder that is within the mkvtomp4 folder which leads me to: custom temp folder within setup options is needed. this way the temp folder can be located outside a protected directory and no admin rights would be needed to work properly. maybe also an installer and updater would be great ;-)

I think about to set the temp directory in the settings on one of the future versions. Installer is not planned.
last but not least: do you need someone to translate the interface to german?
One guy from the forum.videohelp.com promised to translate into German :)

[sPaCeMoNk3y]

great, the problem i had resulted from using v0.221. since v0.221a the subtitle problem got solved mostly. the crashes have also disappeared. seems like enabled flag won't do it's job on subtitles, so no forced subtitles possible. as for delays: at the help of mp4box a delay property is mentioned but does work and if it does, does it work with aac and ac3 and also negative values? (not only a question to oreons).

the problem i have left doesn't seem to come from your tool directly: as many video files use a different par (video gets squeezed) there is a problem with the TextStreamHeader positioning. mp4box seems to ignore the par attribute from a video track for the subtitle conversation and implementation from .srt files. this means: if i have a dvd video source which i recoded to AVC without resizing i need to set a specific par in mp4box, so that the video will be squeezed to the right size. when adding a subtitle track with mp4box it will only look for the video track's resolution not for the par and then the subtitles aren't correctly centered anymore. they will be on the bottom left corner.
as i mentioned mp4box does this automatically so it'd be quite hard to to write a fix for this. maybe it could be done by first translating the srt to ttxt via mp4box. then automatically change the TextStreamHeader position of the resulting ttxt as calculated with SAR x PAR. then mux everything together.

[oreons]

sPaCeMoNk3y,
Mp4Box ignores the delay parameter for the tracks.
As for the subtitle options TextStreamHeader, the MkvToMp4 corrects this block, but does not calculate SAR & PAR.

[sPaCeMoNk3y]

then instead it should use the resulting picture width not the native width.

[Desmo]

I'd still love a way to automate this. I just want it to monitor a folder and convert any new file it finds. Anybody know of a way I can do this?

[whiskey]

Quick question, is there option to split file in half ? And how can I manipulate audio track volume ? Just wondering

[oreons]

Desmo,
This is not possible.

whiskey,
No cutting. Normalization increases the volume to the maximum without clipping.

[sPaCeMoNk3y]

oreons, how long will it take to update mkvtomp4, to implement the calculation of the subtitlebox width based on the >resulting< picture width?

[Phaex]

This looks useful, Especially the tag search function :goodpost:

[oreons]

sPaCeMoNk3y,
Try this version http://www.mediafire.com/?a9aoyfhizol4bce

[sPaCeMoNk3y]

Looks good, seems to work fine now. Thanks!

[sPaCeMoNk3y]

But there is still a problem when I try adding external srt subtitles to multiple files in a queue: all the other files get the same subtitle as the first queue item instead of their assigned.

[oreons]

sPaCeMoNk3y,
Please provide details on how the problem occurs. Preferably every step with pictures.

[sPaCeMoNk3y]

As source files for each m4v I got:
1 mkv (with only AVC stream)
2 ac3 2.0 audio files (which will be converted to AAC without AC3 pass thru)
1 srt

Procedure:
- open / load the mkv
- drag & drop both ac3 and the srt
- setup the audio files to be AAC without AC3 pass thru, one GERMAN, one ENGLISH, srt set to GERMAN

repeat for 12 other files. when finished, click start to start the process. then every file in list will get the srt from the first file.

for your information: all files have the same name, but different folder names: It's a DVD rip I'm doing for private use.
So every mkv is named "VTS_01_1.mkv". The audio files are also always named "VTS_01_1 T80 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3" and "VTS_01_1 T81 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3" and the subtitle is always named "sub.srt". It's always the same folder structure but different folder name "1" to "13".


--> this does even occur, when i just try to convert one file. it seems like the temporary srt file (sub_external_sub_0.SRT in my case) doesn't get deleted after the job is finished for one file. if i delete it on my own from the temp folder it will work. So maybe the problem is, the temporary srt doesn't get deleted and if external srt files are named the same, the program loads the one, which is already in the temp folder, of the same name.

[Vize99]

Being one of the ungrateful beneficiaries of your work, I have been using it extensively to convert HD-Movie files for streaming to an ipad.
Remuxing instead of (live-) transcoding probably saved my Laptop from a meltdown, different story though for my hard disk ;-)

I have been ending up using an App called Airvideo - free trial version: http://itunes.apple.com/hk/app/air-video-free-watch-your/id313056918?mt=8
for most of my Movie watching.
This app uses the native player for playback, achieves in my case a very stable & reliable streaming of Mp4 files and there is a live transcoding option for the rest.

Finally -I assume using a modified version of ffmpegs 'avconv' that Dev. managed to get a 'live remux' version to work.
Still in Beta but works beautifully for most of my mkv files I tried it on.

Only thing missing is Subtitle support - subs are not really his thing I suppose or he has given up on it... :rolleyes:

With your shown experience in subtitles for Ipad, any chance you could give a few hints how to add subtitles into a live remux ?
Regardless - a big :thanks: for your work

[sPaCeMoNk3y]

for subtitles the file has to be a m4v. If there are multiple subtitles they need to be grouped. the hdlr name/type has to be switched to sbtl. only text subtitles are working. this means vob sub/idx (graphic) subtitles are not working, they first need to be converted to srt or ttxt by an OCR like subtitles edit. since with OCR errors could occur, that can only be solved by hand, it'd be better to do it upfront. so live remuxing subtitles would only work if the subtitles are already text based and not graphic based.

[oreons]

sPaCeMoNk3y,
Subs bug fixed - http://www.mediafire.com/?019nr1ncdfm1gco

Vize99,
To view the subtitles need atoms correction in mp4 file. I do not know how to do it in the live mode.

[oreons]

the hdlr name/type has to be switched to sbtl.


Yes, and write in the sub TKHD atom flag and group number.

[sPaCeMoNk3y]

oreons, great job! now this tool covers all I need. Impressive :D

[Vize99]

sPaCeMoNk3y, thanks for your input.
Most MKV Files contain the subtitles in SRT (UTF-8) format, so text based as you mention.
If not, generating offline an additional subtitle file in whatever format & naming convention required would not be an issue at all.

So additional rather small Subtitle files no problem - Problem is if the original MKV Container File has to be modified in any way. Preserving the original MKV File I end up again with a second Mp4 File of similar size effectively cutting capacity of drive / File Server in half.

[VoXHD]

only one filter: vf resize
can you add more filters, like denoise3dhq, blur/sharp?

[oreons]

only one filter: vf resize
can you add more filters, like denoise3dhq, blur/sharp?

No in the plans.

[VoXHD]

bleah... ugly... :)
just do it for me.
or tell me how could i add any sharpen filter as a reencode parameter.

[oreons]

VoXHD,
You can change settings for the profile and add filters there in the parameter string.

[va_lentin]

Hi, when MkvToMp4 decodes AC3 audio to WAV, mutes the channel 3 and reduces the volume of the other channels. In my opinion, the parameters used by default on Azid aren't correct.


Original audio channels encoded on AC3:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20145417/ORIGINAL_ENCODED_AC3.jpg


Azid's parameters by default in MkvToMp4:
Azid -d 3/2 -o L,R,C,LFE,SL,SR

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20145417/DECODE_AC3_TO_WAV_BY_DEFAULT_COMMAND_LINE.jpg


WAV audio channels decoded from Azid with parameters by default in MkvToMp4:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20145417/DECODE_AC3_TO_WAV_BY_DEFAULT_WAV.jpg


Azid with correct parameters:
Azid -d 3/2 -l 1.0 -L 0.0 -o L,R,C,LFE,SL,SR

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20145417/DECODE_AC3_TO_WAV_RIGHTLY_COMMAND_LINE.jpg


WAV audio channels decoded from Azid with correct parameters:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20145417/DECODE_AC3_TO_WAV_RIGHTLY_WAV.jpg


I think it is the same with DTS audio channels.
Good program! Thanks.

[Mr. Monte]

How do I take an MKV with subs and make those subs hardcoded during an encode in mkvtomp4..so I can see them on my iPad?

:D

[Vize99]

How do I take an MKV with subs and make those subs hardcoded during an encode in mkvtomp4..so I can see them on my iPad?

:D

Actually the version posted above in #202: http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1590165 works quite well with "soft" subs.
Subs should either be part of orig. MKV container or a SRT File named after Movie.
Works most of the time rather well regardless if you
-stream over local network by 3rd Party tools
-or share over local netw. via Itunes 'Home sharing' option
-or copy the generated M4V File to the phone if you must.

Pls note that usually you have to activate display of subs in Apple's QT player menu during playback.
If subs don't show up, sometimes it helps to either change extension into MP4 or better create a symbolic link to the M4V file and rename link only or try start playback from beginning.

This great little tool does everything trying to spare you a re-/transcode - I mean what's the point in having a high-definition Movie in 720p or 1080p and then ruin the quality by a 'quick&dirty' recode ? ;)

[sPaCeMoNk3y]

And even if there are vob/idx sub tracks included you can make srt files with subtitle edit which uses OCR. may be this tool should also be included, to directly access it via the track listing. then mkv2mp4 would do everything imaginable. :D

[Mr. Monte]

Viz..Im playing back on an iPad...will it hardcode the SRT, sub file for me? Ipad video viewer does not allow me to turn subs on or off...I think they have to be hardcoded

[oreons]

va_lentin,
Thanks, I'll fix it.

[rcrh]

Wow, wow, wow this program is great. It's improved my Plex server performance by about 70 million percent! I had hickups, farts, & crashes with mkv containers and now nothing but joy with mp4 containers. Thanks so much.

I'd really like to build this into my collection process and I know that there was an earlier question in here concerning automation. But, that question was looking for mkvtomp4 to monitor a folder and convert any new files. I'm looking for a way to run it from a batch file and simply have it remux. Other options would be nice but I'd be happy if it just accepted parameters of the source file, destination file, and remux (a home run might be to kick out a log file).

I hope this is possible and thanks again for a great tool.

[oreons]

rcrh,
Automation currently no in plans ...

[rcrh]

rcrh,
Automation currently no in plans ...

Too bad. Thanks though.

[rcrh]

I've got a number of files with 25fps video in the MKV that are ending up out of sync when I run them through mkvtomp4. Has anyone else had this issue? If so, have you resolved it?

Here's the warning I'm seeing in one of the logs:
Converting video timecodes...
Warning! The number does not match the timecodes: 71100 <--> 70618
Converting timecodes completed.

and the resulting error:
Audio 1 error. Does not match time source (00:47:24.160) and result (00:47:04.895) files.

Thanks

[jibjibjib]

Thank you! Man I love this tool. I am in the process of converting all of my loose MKVs into ATV compliant M4Vs and everything is working great so far. You tool has been seriously helpful for this.

I do have a couple of feature requests though...

- When searching for a TV Show, take the Episode Name and apply that to both the Name field under the Video tab and the TV Episode ID field under the TV Show tab. Right now, that name only gets populated in the Name field under the Video tab, so I end up needing to copy the name from the video tab to the tv show tab for every single episode I convert. Otherwise the TV Episode ID is left empty by default. If I leave TV Episode ID empty in the tool, then iTunes just uses what looks like the file name instead, which doesn't look right. If you could make the episode title show up in both fields, then I wouldn't need to manually copy the text and the episode title would show up correctly in iTunes automatically with no additional work required.

- Give me an option to turn off chapter support globally. Right now when I source from a file that includes chapters, the tool attempts to bring those chapters into the final M4V, which appears to work and the chapters survive the conversion. However, every single file that I have converted with your tool that included chapters ended up with audio and video being wildly out of sync. I realized that this was only happening in files with chapters defined, and once I started unchecking the box next to the chapters I didn't have any more audio/video sync issues. Now, when I am adding multiple videos to your tool, I need to go through and disable chapters one by one. I don't use chapters anyway so I don't really need them, and that plus the problem with AV sync makes me want to just disable chapters globally. Please provide an option for doing that.

- (Less important, but would still be awesome) For TV Shows, automatically populate the Album field with the TV Show name (same text as TV Show field). I have a bunch of documentaries that I keep separate from my scripted TV shows, and I do that by marking them as podcasts. Podcasts show up similarly to TV Shows on the ATV, and since I can't create arbitrary "media kinds" beyond those included (TV, Movies, Podcasts, etc.) I need to co-opt one of the existing types. The difference is that the podcasts section groups shows by "album" instead of "TV show", and if album is not populated before changing the "media kind" to podcast, the video just disappears since it doesn't have the data populated that iTunes uses to display it in the list (album). If I set the album field to the same text as the tv show field before changing the media kind to podcast though, the video shows up properly under podcasts.

Thanks again for this awesome tool.

[Vize99]

Viz..Im playing back on an iPad...will it hardcode the SRT, sub file for me? Ipad video viewer does not allow me to turn subs on or off...I think they have to be hardcoded

No, will not not hardcode !
Hardcoding Subs involves a full blown re-encoding thus for 720p or 1080p Material a very substantial quality loss.

This tools manages to produce 'soft-subs' out of your standard SRT Text file (most popular type on the net) which are recognized most of the time by the native video player.

As soon as the native player recognizes Subs, an additional Icon appears on the controls - click it and you can choose language:
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[oreons]

rcrh,
Try in the video track properties turn off VFR checkbox.

jibjibjib,

- When searching for a TV Show, take the Episode Name and apply that to both the Name field under the Video tab and the TV Episode ID field under the TV Show tab. Right now, that name only gets populated in the Name field under the Video tab, so I end up needing to copy the name from the video tab to the tv show tab for every single episode I convert. Otherwise the TV Episode ID is left empty by default. If I leave TV Episode ID empty in the tool, then iTunes just uses what looks like the file name instead, which doesn't look right. If you could make the episode title show up in both fields, then I wouldn't need to manually copy the text and the episode title would show up correctly in iTunes automatically with no additional work required.
Apple in the "TV Episode ID" not entered the name of the episode. There is entered ID number.
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- Give me an option to turn off chapter support globally.
ok
- (Less important, but would still be awesome) For TV Shows, automatically populate the Album field with the TV Show name (same text as TV Show field).
Fill in the field Album of name of the episode? Also not quite correct ...
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[Mr. Monte]

Vize99,

Thanks for all your responses. Problem is I have to be able to watch with subs while having no internet access (I use my iPad to watch movies/TV shows on planes). So I was looking for a way to have subtitles available when need be with the iPad video player..or a better iPad video player that supports subs.

[Vize99]

Mr. Monte,
doesn't really matter if the file is local on Ipad or on the network.

Repack incl. subtitle, add the .m4v file to Itunes Library and instead of streaming over network you simply copy/sync the file to your Ipad.
Remainder "same same" as before.

Just double checked this with a quick sample and yes - no difference.
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As for other players with better subtitle support - there are plenty -but despite the many promises: "can play everything..." the Ipad 2 simply lacks the power for software decoding of 720p or 1080p Movies.
In addition with the CPU under heavy strain, the battery drains quickly (effects are debated though), so not ideal for watching on a plane ;)

Edit: Off Topic again...last time
There is supposed to be one though: www.... (http://www.howtogeek.com/107054/how-to-install-xbmc-on-your-ipad/)
Quote: "XBMC directly competes with some of Apple’s core products and has been rejected from inclusion in the App Store. The only way to enjoy the awesomeness that is XBMC is to jailbreak your device and download it directly from the XBMC repository".
Just gave it a try on an Iphone 4 and have to agree with the common hype - this App alone makes you think twice about jailbreaking.
Plays stutter-free 720p mkv with dts + external srt subtitles with full HW support over network smb share on an old spare Iphone 4 ! - no wonder Apple kicked it from the store ;)
Relying on my phone & pad (occasionally) for work, I am too much a coward to JB anything but an old spare device though, but performance on an Ipad 2 should be at least equal.
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[Mr. Monte]

Thanks viz..will try it again..appreciate all the explaination

[Mixer73]

Hey there, I'm trying to use this program and getting the following error:

Starting Mp4Box with the parameters:
Tools\MP4Box\MP4Box.exe -new -delay 1=1 -add "Temp\video.264":fps=29.970:lang=eng:name="" -add "C:/Program Files (x86)/MkvToMp4/Temp/Americas.Most.Secret.Structures_internal_audio_2.m4a"#1:fps=29.970:lang=eng:name="" -add "C:/Program Files (x86)/MkvToMp4/Temp/Americas.Most.Secret.Structures_internal_audio_2.AC3"#1:fps=29.970:lang=eng:name="" -itags tool="MkvToMp4 [www.mkvtomp4.ru] version 0.221a" "C:/Americas.Most.Secret.Structures\Americas.Most.Secret.Structures.mp4"
Cannot find file Temp\video.264
Error importing Temp\video.264:fps=29.970:lang=eng:name=: Requested URL is not valid or cannot be found
Mp4Box terminated with error: 1

Any suggestions?

[oreons]

Mixer73,
Move the program to another directory (not in Program files)

[techreactor]

Is it possible to put Playbook profile as one of the presets. Below are the optimal settings for Playbook Video/Audio.


BlackBerry PlayBook Feature Details
Screen size 1024x600 WSVGA
Pixel density 169 ppi

Recommendations for optimal local playback
Container MP4
Video codec H.264 High Profile @ 720p (1280x720)
Audio codec AAC LC Stereo 5.1


Dont think its very different from Ipad/phone playback. Read all the pages and tool has a great feedback, looking forward to use this for Playbook playback.

[Zorro70]

please please please can you add a splitter so i can split files into 4GB chunks to fit onto a fat32 usb pen.


This would make it the best xbox 360 mp4 converter on the market!!!!:thanks:

[Animaniac]

Oh my goodness! This tool is amazing. I was about to try to kludge together my own script to do something similar to this, but this is simply a thousand times better. Thanks so much!

One request--When I have Blurays/MKVs with DTS, I would like to make a M4V keeping the DTS (for archive). So, there would be three audio tracks: 1) original DTS, 2) AC3 5.1 (for AppleTV, etc.) and 3) AAC 2.0 (for iOS, etc.). Is it possible to do this already? I think have a workaround, where I ask your tool to use the source audio a second time. Is there a better way or could this be a feature request to keep the original audio when it is DTS? I hope that makes sense.

Thanks again!

[oreons]

Version 0.222 http://www.mediafire.com/?15157ofp7p15duj

New in version:
1. Search tags and artworks in iTunes database.
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Loading detailed information and artworks.
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The artwork can be saved to the file if it is necessary outside of the program.
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Process is analogous for movies.
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Movies that were found in iTunes, but not found in moviedb, marked iTunes.
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For downloading data from iTunes responsible flags in the setup:
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Load tags from iTunes. Flag permits to download information.
Auto load artworks from iTunes. If the flag is set, then automatically selects the correct iTunes artwork of the season or a movie. In the artwork list you not need to choose.
Load description from iTunes. If the flag is on, the description and the name is taken from itunes, and not from tvdb (moviedb). The description will be in English.

IMPORTANT. You must wait until artworks downloading before you click the Save button. Otherwise, the artwork will not set automatically.

2. Added German Language. Thank Vlaves for translation into German.
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3. Separation ratings by country.
Possible to disable unnecessary ratings lists.
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4. Keep the original file date.
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5. The ability to break into chapters on time.
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6. When editing the tags to navigate through files on the keyboard ALT + arrow, the cursor remains in the edit box and it gets selected.
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7. Saving the GPS coordinates from the original file (written to comment tag)
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8. Ability to disable the mp4 atom correction
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9. Ability to disable the loading chapters from the original file
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[fantasmanegro]

does mkvtomp4 support vobsub?...

[oreons]

fantasmanegro,

No. Only srt, ass, ssa, ttxt subs.

[manolito]

Thanks a lot for the new version...:)
Very competent German translation, too


Cheers
manolito

[whiskey]

Is there an option to split final file lets say into half equal chunks or something similar ? If yes where is it located lol :D

[Pharaoh i7]

Could anyone help me out to get nero to always transcode in he aac while trans-coding video files to mp4 with this tool

[Geminiman]

According to the docs for the m4v file format it supports holding DTS, TrueHD and DTS-HD.

What I'd like to accomplish with this tool is the following:

Remux the video without alteration

then for audio:

Always make sure there is an AC-3 track no matter what (and eliminate any aac tracks) and if there is a multi-channel source track that can be used make it a 5.1 track. If there is already an ac-3 5.1 track pass it through.

Add an AC-3 2 channel as well if a 5.1 can be created or passed through. If there is already an ac-3 2 channel track pass it through.

If there is a DTS, DTS-HD, or True-HD pass it through as well.

So if I had a file that came from MKV and had video + TrueHD it would result in the following:

Video
TrueHD track pass through
AC-3 5.1 channel (converted from the TrueHD)
AC-3 2.0 channel (pro logic 2) (converted from the TrueHD)


If I had an MKV with TrueHD + AC-3 (5.1) it would result in the same but would pass through the True HD and the AC-3 and create the AC-3 2.0 automatically.

If I had MKV with AC-3 (5.1) only it would create:
Video
AC-3 5.1 (pass through)
AC-3 2.0

DTS would end up with DTS + AC-3 stuff obviously.

If there was only a 2 channel audio track available in my language then there would only be ac-3 (2.0) either passed through or converted to Ac-3.

Basically I want to keep the higher def tracks if available, and always make sure that the resulting file has AC-3 5.1 and 2.0 as well for various players.

Is this doable? Or can it be doable?

[Geminiman]

Also as a separate request, can we add Folder monitoring (with recursion) so the app can be left running and if a file that is in mkv shows up in the directory it will auto convert?

I'd like to have multiple directories and a preset for destination directory for each file created.

So if it's a movie it goes to a sub folder named after the name of the movie with the year XXXX (2008).m4v as an example.

And if the file going into the directory was already an mp4 or m4v, just copy it in to the right spot for me.

and of course it would be awesome if this tool could handle wtv (ffmepg supports it I believe!) in H264 and would also handle automatically converting WTV MPEG2 to m4v with all of the options above and directory monitoring. Same for dvr-ms files and m2ts....

If you could just set what you want the result to be for the file and it automatically figured out how to get to that result this program would be AWESOME. Adding directory monitoring would take it to an entirely new level!

[Animaniac]

According to the docs for the m4v file format it supports holding DTS, TrueHD and DTS-HD.

What I'd like to accomplish with this tool is the following:

Remux the video without alteration

then for audio:

Always make sure there is an AC-3 track no matter what (and eliminate any aac tracks) and if there is a multi-channel source track that can be used make it a 5.1 track. If there is already an ac-3 5.1 track pass it through.

Add an AC-3 2 channel as well if a 5.1 can be created or passed through. If there is already an ac-3 2 channel track pass it through.

If there is a DTS, DTS-HD, or True-HD pass it through as well.

So if I had a file that came from MKV and had video + TrueHD it would result in the following:

Video
TrueHD track pass through
AC-3 5.1 channel (converted from the TrueHD)
AC-3 2.0 channel (pro logic 2) (converted from the TrueHD)


If I had an MKV with TrueHD + AC-3 (5.1) it would result in the same but would pass through the True HD and the AC-3 and create the AC-3 2.0 automatically.

If I had MKV with AC-3 (5.1) only it would create:
Video
AC-3 5.1 (pass through)
AC-3 2.0

DTS would end up with DTS + AC-3 stuff obviously.

If there was only a 2 channel audio track available in my language then there would only be ac-3 (2.0) either passed through or converted to Ac-3.

Basically I want to keep the higher def tracks if available, and always make sure that the resulting file has AC-3 5.1 and 2.0 as well for various players.

Is this doable? Or can it be doable?

This is exactly what I had in mind with my question above. It would be great if we could automatically pass through DTS and create AC3 (with AAC) so that could retain the DTS original for future compatibility and still have AC3 for Apple TV and AAC for iDevices. Thanks!

[oreons]

Until mp4box does not support DTS, TrueHD, etc.. And mkvtomp4 will not add these tracks to mp4.

[jfcarbel]

Version 0.222
5. The ability to break into chapters on time.

Cool, just saw this and that pretty awesome feature and one I really would need [donation forthcoming :)]

Also are the chapters it adds to an MP4 file compatible with Apple devices like iPad? What about the default media player used in Android tablets?

I wonder would it also support a fixed number of chapter stops and then calculate these based on duration? For example, if I wanted just 10 chapter stops in my movie, then it would roughly calculate where those would be and create the list.

An advanced future feature might be to also support taking this chapter stop info and forcing the x264 encoder to use these to force key frames at these points.

Been looking also for an MP4 tagging tool with chapter support. Does MkvToMp4 replace YAMB or MP4BoxGUI? I ask since its more fully featured the the others and I assume it would also support an MP4 file as input even though primarily an MKV to MP4 tool.

[fantasmanegro]

at version 0.222

is ac3 bug found by @va_lentin fixed?...

[Animaniac]

Until mp4box does not support DTS, TrueHD, etc.. And mkvtomp4 will not add these tracks to mp4.

Got it. Thanks for the follow up.

[Pringles]

Hi, the prgram is working great and I can play back easily my video files on my iPad. I appear to be having a problem with some audio tracks though (DTS). When reencoding the DTS track to AAC, the prgram seems to add a noise gate with a high threshold ie. when the audio track is quieter than -15db (it depends on the threshold setting) then the audio is fading out to -∞ so you don't hear anything. But when it's louder than -15db, then there's no problem.

The program doesn't do that on AC3 tracks so how is it possible to fix that?

[oreons]

jfcarbel,
Also are the chapters it adds to an MP4 file compatible with Apple devices like iPad? What about the default media player used in Android tablets?
Until chapters for Apple devices only.
I wonder would it also support a fixed number of chapter stops and then calculate these based on duration? For example, if I wanted just 10 chapter stops in my movie, then it would roughly calculate where those would be and create the list.
Maybe in the future.
An advanced future feature might be to also support taking this chapter stop info and forcing the x264 encoder to use these to force key frames at these points.
For repacking it impossible to do.
Been looking also for an MP4 tagging tool with chapter support. Does MkvToMp4 replace YAMB or MP4BoxGUI? I ask since its more fully featured the the others and I assume it would also support an MP4 file as input even though primarily an MKV to MP4 tool.
MP4 files can also be fully processed, it needs to enable "Edit mode" (button).


fantasmanegro,
Yes, fixed.


Pringles,
Look at the Sox settings, the correct value is:
compand 0.0,1 6:-70,-43,-20 -6 -90 0.1 gain -n -0.1 treble +0.1

[fantasmanegro]

thank you very much

[Animaniac]

Feature request -- Could you please enable "remember last" for "output directory?" Thanks!

Edit: Never mind. It looks like my permissions were wonky.

[catacomb]

Hi, anyone notice the artwork doesn't show up anymore? Is there some settings that I need to enable? Thanks

[fantasmanegro]

any way to speed up the encoding?... i mean encoding with handbrake max time encoding 9 hour hd content with mkv2mp4 encoding time was about 14hrs

i have a very old core i5 but it was a big difference between times... same presets: --slow --subme 9 and that's all

[Animaniac]

oreons,

When my source is DTS 6.1 and I'm using the ArcSoft decoder, I receive errors like this: "Audio 1 error. Does not match time source (03:48:11.680) and result (04:20:47.680) files." Would you have any suggestions on how to fix this?

Thanks!

[Mr. Monte]

oreons,

Was just curious what in your SW want allow the latest mkvtool set to work properly (in the mkvextract folder)?

In SW like your, I always try to keep the individually used tools up-to-date. I've updated sox, qaac and x264 with no issues, but the mkvtools (mkvextract folder) are from 2010 and the latest ones don't seem to function properly. I just figure based off the release notes of updates from bunkus..their may be some benefit.

I really love your application and use it weekly ! :thanks:

[Caccamo]

Hi oreons.
Thx for this amazing tools.
Just a question: i have a lot of .mkv 1080p with also trueHD or dtsHDaudio films.
I want just change container to can share this file with PS3.
Which config i have to use to just change container and use mp4 instead mkv without touching the video and audio quality!?

i try one film conversion using this configuration:
http://prntscr.com/mo4wr
http://prntscr.com/mo585
it's correct?!
because it takes alot of time to convert...i'm not sure if it are renconding or not.

Thx a lot.

[EpheMeroN]

I did not want to crosspost, but at the time I did not know this thread was here and I apologize for that. I will link my prior thread, and if need be, a mod can move it here?

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=166915

[Pringles]

Hi, I have the default settings but I still have problems with the sound conversion (DTS and AC3 tracks). The conversion creates a file louder than the original. It adds in the process some kind of audio dynamic problems that turns down the volume abruptly to the original volume level and then turns it up gradually. It does that A LOT so that makes the movie hard to follow. I uploaded a sample of the original audio file (AC3 6ch) and the audio result (aac) from mkvtomp4.

AC3:
https://www.box.com/s/46mr9grp5ojqlvsqzer3

AAC:
https://www.box.com/s/fpao3a9foqt1pvteb2b9

Play the files with VLC.

How can I fix this problem with the aac encoding settings?

[oreons]

Pringles,
Use Sox in audio track settings for this file. For others, usually enough AC3-Heavy settings.


EpheMeroN,
All components of the program work in Windows 7.

[lansing]

here to report an priority bug, the program should first check if a input file name was valid for output before doing the repack, instead of the opposite right now. I'm getting annoyed by the program reporting an error at the end of the process because my original file name contain special characters, and then i ended up getting a useless .264 file in my temp folder and I need to delete it manually every time.

[Mr. Monte]

I'm seeing what I think is an error in the log, however it does not seem to effect the output.

[Win32] system failure for tmpfile(): 00000005

Any idea why and should I worry?

[oreons]

Mr. Monte,
This message is issued latest versions mp4box.
Try this test version of the program, it works correctly with the new mp4box.
MkvToMp4_0.223Test5.zip (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7183431/6/MkvToMp4_0.223Test5.zip)

[Mr. Monte]

Thanks oreons..will give it a try this weekend. I've been updating the tools folder (qacc, MP4box, FFMpeg and x264) regularlty. BTW, did you ever see my question up further about using the new MKVextract..it did not seem to work?

Thanks again

[oreons]

Mr. Monte,
In this version, a new mkvextract working correctly. Also there updated eac3to, qaac, mp4box.

[JDLov]

Oreons:
In a future version, would you consider adding something like this (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/delay/archive/2009/09/30/give-your-computer-insomnia-free-tool-and-source-code-to-temporarily-prevent-a-machine-from-going-to-sleep.aspx) to keep Windows from allowing the PC to go to sleep in the middle of a job? That would make this amazing tool even more perfect.

[Mr. Monte]

Mr. Monte,
In this version, a new mkvextract working correctly. Also there updated eac3to, qaac, mp4box.

You can update Exiftool also, plus sox has a newer version.
Everything worked fine oreons...except..I forgot neroenc did not come in your package....I ran 8 files through MKVtoMP4 last night and I have no audio.
Whoops...copied nero from my old MKVtoMP4 this morning

[Mr. Monte]

There is also an updated MediaIndo DLL...thx

[oreons]

MkvToMp4 0.223 http://www.mediafire.com/?4645ian266lzjy0
New in version:
1. Selecting iTunes country to search tags. You can select country in settings, it will be by default. Also available the selection at the search dialog.
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2. Update utilities in the folder Tools: MkvExtract, Qaac, FFMpeg, Mp4Box, Eac3To

3. The original name of the movie stored to the tag SortName.
http://i52.fastpic.ru/thumb/2013/0319/08/c822a3b399dd273c1879522043e47408.jpeg (http://fastpic.ru/view/52/2013/0319/c822a3b399dd273c1879522043e47408.jpg.html)

4. Russian ratings in tags.

5. Fixing bugs in rating, delay and reencoding AAC.

6. Removing private user information from the movies.

[o-l-a-v]

MkvToMp4 0.223
Thanks! Actually sent you pm on sourceforge today about new versions of mp4box etc :)

I use your tool on daily basis, and after many times using it i've come up with some small suggestions:
- Add the ability to add external audio/video to the final project? Lets say you load a mkv, and have encoded the audio separatly.
- New QAAC: You are using 2.13, newest is 2.17. + You store it in the 1.xx-folder, but is 2.xx.
- Under settings->audio->aac, possible to choose "both" when it comes to preferred channel
- Remove "Exit the program?" nag when exiting the program when it's doing nothing/ no files loaded.
- Visa versa, mp4 to mkv. Sure, mkvtoolnix does that job, but AIO tools is more usefull than many seperate
- Add stuff to a mp4 file, without the need of rebuilding the whole thing. mp4box can do that, right?

[oreons]

o-l-a-v,

- Add the ability to add external audio/video to the final project? Lets say you load a mkv, and have encoded the audio separatly.
On mp4 (m4v) file press "Edit mode" button.

New QAAC: You are using 2.13, newest is 2.17. + You store it in the 1.xx-folder, but is 2.xx.
You can write new version to the Qaac folder.

- Under settings->audio->aac, possible to choose "both" when it comes to preferred channel
Create both aac 2.0 and aac 5.1? First time I heard about it. Why do that?

- Remove "Exit the program?" nag when exiting the program when it's doing nothing/ no files loaded.

ok

- Visa versa, mp4 to mkv. Sure, mkvtoolnix does that job, but AIO tools is more usefull than many seperate
I will not do that, there are other good programs.

- Add stuff to a mp4 file, without the need of rebuilding the whole thing. mp4box can do that, right?
Through repacking mp4 (Edit mode button). Without repacking edit tracks unstable.

[o-l-a-v]

Ah, Ok. Thanks!
About channel: When a mkv has two audio streames, one stereo + one 5.1, the program auto uncheck the 5.1 (Even though both are aac).
Why can't it just leave both streams checked?

[manolito]

Thanks for the new version!

Unfortunately version 0.223 refuses to run on my machine...:scared:

I believe that the reason is that my (quite old) computer only supports MMX and SSE, but not SSE2 (Intel Celeron Coppermine). And it looks like the new Qt version you are using for the new release was compiled without the switches which make it work with CPUs which do not support SSE2.

Any hope that you might change this, or do I have to get a new computer right away?



Cheers
manolito

[oreons]

o-l-a-v,
If you want to include all the audio tracks in the file, set
Setup-Audio-Choice when processing a file
- All tracks
or
- All tracks in default lang
http://i53.fastpic.ru/thumb/2013/0320/4d/fc55e6cdaecc1e689ab0d2273125484d.jpeg (http://fastpic.ru/view/53/2013/0320/fc55e6cdaecc1e689ab0d2273125484d.jpg.html)

manolito,
I used a ready build library from the site http://qt-project.org/downloads
To assemble library I no expert unfortunately.

[o-l-a-v]

o-l-a-v,
If you want to include all the audio tracks in the file, set
Setup-Audio-Choice when processing a file
- All tracks
or
- All tracks in default lang
http://i53.fastpic.ru/thumb/2013/0320/4d/fc55e6cdaecc1e689ab0d2273125484d.jpeg (http://fastpic.ru/view/53/2013/0320/fc55e6cdaecc1e689ab0d2273125484d.jpg.html)

Damn, I'm blind. No problems then! Thanks!

[iSunrise]

@oreons:
Thanks for this great tool. I wanted to use your program to pass-through some of my MKVs to MP4 after I searched and tried a lot of various other tools.

I downloaded MkvToMp4_0.223.zip from your first post. Then I scanned all the included files with Virustotal and got this:

GSConv.exe
TheHacker Posible_Worm32 20130404
TrendMicro PAK_Generic.001 20130404
TrendMicro-HouseCall PAK_Generic.001 20130404

Full report here:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/517bb7dde80c051f5e43ab2ecf2ce5971cd031c22a0cc75bcc3480fa9b1df204/analysis/1365065408/

Are you building GSConv.exe yourself or did you obtain that from an other source? If you´re building it yourself, you should contact TrendMicro so that there is no false positive anymore. If you´re not building it yourself, can you please tell me, where you downloaded that file from? I searched with Google but was only able to find various Virus detection links and some Russian websites that also linked to this file, but no author/website information whatsoever. Please understand: This is not an accusation of any kind, I just want to be sure that we don´t have a potential problem here.

[manolito]

First of all, if you get a result from VirusTotal where only 3 out of 46 AV scanners think they found a virus, then you can be quite sure that this is a false positive.

Second, this file is compressed with UPX, and that's the only reason why TheHacker and TrendMicro report a virus. Test it for yourself: Unpack the file and send it to VirusTotal again (I just did it...).

For me this is reason enough to stay away from stupid products like TheHacker or TrendMicro.


Cheers
manolito

[iSunrise]

First of all, if you get a result from VirusTotal where only 3 out of 46 AV scanners think they found a virus, then you can be quite sure that this is a false positive.

Second, this file is compressed with UPX, and that's the only reason why TheHacker and TrendMicro report a virus. Test it for yourself: Unpack the file and send it to VirusTotal again (I just did it...).

I was already quite sure that it´s a false positive based on the PAK signature that TrendMicro reports and that lead me to believe of an executable packer of some kind, but you never know for sure until you´ve inspected/tested it for yourself. If I had found any author/website information that would have been even more helpful to compare that with a file from an original source rather than something that comes bundled in a software package, that´s why I was curious where this file was obtained.

For me this is reason enough to stay away from stupid products like TheHacker or TrendMicro
While I certainly agree with that notion (Trend Micro had a pretty bad reputation when it comes to real-time protection, not sure if that is still the case today, since I´m currently using McAfee products in our customers' infrastructures), personally, I don´t trust anyone when it comes to security and certainly not an anti-virus program.

Thanks for your time inspecting/testing it.

[o-l-a-v]

When adding a track, its possible to select several files, but when adding them, only one is added.

Can you make it possible to add for instance two audio streams at the same time? I have made myselves two audio files (m4a) for every video. One 2ch, one 5.1. Would save me alot of time.

Could you also make an option to enable "Edit Mode" by deffault?

[oreons]

iSunrise,
GSConv have no source codes freely available, and have no official website. I am not remember download url.

o-l-a-v,
When adding a track, its possible to select several files, but when adding them, only one is added.

Fixed bug: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7183431/0.224Test/5/MkvToMp4.exe

Could you also make an option to enable "Edit Mode" by deffault?
Maybe I will make an option in the future.

[o-l-a-v]

How about ability to minimize and maximize? Sometimes it would be good to use the program in maximized mode you know :)

[prijatelj.v]

need advice...what is this dll missing file...

http://files.myopera.com/prijateljv/albums/13962252/Error.jpg

[oreons]

o-l-a-v,
Maybe in the future.

prijatelj.v
Download the full version 0.223 http://www.mediafire.com/?4645ian266lzjy0, then replace the exe file: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7183431/0.224Test/5/MkvToMp4.exe.

[prijatelj.v]

Thank you for your response but full version I have long tried to run and here are the results:

http://files.myopera.com/prijateljv/albums/13962252/MKVtoMP4.jpg

[luke83]

Thanks for this fantastic and simple software.
How can i power off the sound?

[Mr. Monte]

I get this error when using the new 6.2.0 mkvextract

The last timecode processed before the error was encountered was 00:49:01.376000000.
Resync failed: no valid Matroska level 1 element found.

[Marchand]

Would include support for Hi10p ??

x264 [error]: high profile doesn't support a bit depth of 10
x264 terminated with error: 4294967295

Just missing include support for Hi10p because the software is very, very good

[luke83]

mkv chapters are taken?
what's the meaning of the field "Encoding Parameters"? I don't want to re-encode. The conversion is very fast so i don't think it encodes the mkv but i've a dubt.

What's "repack parameters"?

If i check the option:"Enable MP4 Optimization when loading the file", the mp4 optimization is applied at every file loaded/converted?
I read that this feature can speed up the streaming of the file. I have all video on a sharecenter in my LAN and i see them on my ps3 without having pc turned on. Can this speed up the loading/streaming?

[oreons]

Mr. Monte,
Error is not repeated on my files.

Marchand,
You can encode Hi10p to 8bit. Version h264.exe in the tools directory support it.


luke83,
mkv chapters are taken?Yes.

what's the meaning of the field "Encoding Parameters"? I don't want to re-encode. The conversion is very fast so i don't think it encodes the mkv but i've a dubt.

What's "repack parameters"?
By default, h264 and MPEG4 Visual format is repacking. The other formats encodes.

If i check the option:"Enable MP4 Optimization when loading the file", the mp4 optimization is applied at every file loaded/converted?This option is for ready mp4 files. For repacked files optimization not needed.

[luke83]

thanks :)

[luke83]

hi,
i'm converting mkv with aac audio 6 channels into mp4 stereo. I checked AAC 2.0 encoding to downmix channels and Sox as DRC. When the conversion is finished, your software show me a yellow triangle of danger about the audio track. I says that the new track (2:14:ss) is shorter than the source (2:22:ss). Infact, when i open my video, the audio is good until that point. Then it's cutted out and no more audio.

Some screen

http://s21.postimg.org/clldlf2s3/Immagine.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/clldlf2s3/) http://s2.postimg.org/x665lg4ol/Immagine.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/x665lg4ol/)

Repack/encoder video to MP4 for Apple iPhone, iPad, ATV2. MkvToMp4 version 0.223
Build from: Mar 15 2013 15:12:21
Use log file: Temp\Logs\17_05_2013_18_40_15.txt
QuickTime version: 7.7.3
CoreAudioToolbox version: 7.9.7.3
Added on list: K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/The Avengers.mkv


Started processing file: K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/The Avengers.mkv
Starting MkvExtract with the parameters:
Tools\mkvextract\mkvextract tracks "K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/The Avengers.mkv" 0:"Temp\video.264" 2:"Temp\The Avengers_internal_audio_3.AAC"
Estrazione traccia 0 con ID codec 'V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC' nel file 'Temp\video.264'. Formato contenitore: AVC/h.264 elementary stream
Estrazione traccia 2 con ID codec 'A_AAC' nel file 'Temp\The Avengers_internal_audio_3.AAC'. Formato contenitore: raw AAC file with ADTS headers
Starting FFmpeg with the parameters:
Tools\ffmpeg\ffmpeg -i "K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Software/Video Editing/MkvToMp4_0.223/Temp/The Avengers_internal_audio_3.AAC" -y "Temp\The Avengers_internal_audio_3.wav"
Starting Eac3To with the parameters:
Tools\eac3to\eac3to "K:\Documents and Settings\Luca\Documenti\Software\Video Editing\MkvToMp4_0.223\Temp\The Avengers_internal_audio_3.wav" "Temp\The Avengers_internal_audio_3_new.wav" -down2 -phaseShift -mixlfe -normalize -progressnumbers
WAV, 5.1 channels, 2:22:55, 16 bits, 4608kbps, 48kHz
Reading WAV...
Downmixing multi channel audio to stereo...
Writing WAV...
Creating file "Temp\The Avengers_internal_audio_3_new.pass1.wav"...
Clipping detected, a 2nd pass will be necessary.
The original audio track has a constant bit depth of 16 bits.
Caution: The WAV file is bigger than 4GB.
Some WAV readers might not be able to handle this file correctly.
Starting 2nd pass...
Reading WAV...
Reducing depth from 64 to 24 bits...
Writing WAV...
Applying -14.22dB gain...
Creating file "Temp\The Avengers_internal_audio_3_new.wav"...
Caution: The WAV file is bigger than 2GB.
Some WAV readers might not be able to handle this file correctly.
Done.
Starting Sox with the parameters:
Tools\sox\sox "K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Software/Video Editing/MkvToMp4_0.223/Temp/The Avengers_internal_audio_3_new.wav" "Temp\The Avengers_internal_audio_3_new_drc.wav" -S compand 0.0,1 6:-53,-43,-20 -6 -90 0.1 gain -n -0.1 treble +0.1
Input File : 'K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Software/Video Editing/MkvToMp4_0.223/Temp/The Avengers_internal_audio_3_new.wav'
Channels : 2
Sample Rate : 48000
Precision : 24-bit
Duration : 02:22:54.98 = 411598848 samples ~ 643123 CDDA sectors
File Size : 2.47G
Bit Rate : 2.30M
Sample Encoding: 24-bit Signed Integer PCM
Done.
Starting Qaac with the parameters:
Tools\qaac\qaac --quality 2 --ignorelength --tvbr 127 "K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Software/Video Editing/MkvToMp4_0.223/Temp/The Avengers_internal_audio_3_new_drc.wav" -o "Temp\The Avengers_internal_audio_3_new_drc.m4a"
initializing QTML...done
qaac 0.86, QuickTime 7.7.3
The Avengers_internal_audio_3_new_drc.wav
391552512/-1 samples processed in 04:26.995
Overall bitrate: 191.275kbps
Starting Mp4Box with the parameters:
Tools\MP4Box\MP4Box.exe -new -delay 1=1 -add "Temp\video.264":fps=23.976:lang=eng:name="[ Source ]....:720p.BluRay.x264-YIFY" -add "K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Software/Video Editing/MkvToMp4_0.223/Temp/The Avengers_internal_audio_3_new_drc.m4a"#1:fps=23.976:lang=ita:name="" -itags tool="MkvToMp4 [www.mkvtomp4.ru] version 0.223" "K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/Lupin III - Serie 2/mp4\The Avengers.mp4" -tmp "Temp/Mp4Box"
AVC-H264 import - frame size 1280 x 720 at 23.976 FPS
AVC Import results: 205591 samples - Slices: 3812 I 101700 P 100079 B - 1 SEI - 2865 IDR
Stream uses forward prediction - stream CTS offset: 3 frames
IsoMedia import The Avengers_internal_audio_3_new_drc.m4a - track ID 1 - Audio (SR 48000 - 2 channels)
Saving K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/Lupin III - Serie 2/mp4\The Avengers.mp4: 0.500 secs Interleaving
Correction mp4 file.
TKHD atom correction for video. TRAK 1
TKHD atom correction for audio. TRAK 2
Writing tags in file: K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/Lupin III - Serie 2/mp4\The Avengers.mp4
Optimizing the file K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/Lupin III - Serie 2/mp4\The Avengers.mp4
Open result file K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/Lupin III - Serie 2/mp4\The Avengers.mp4 for test.
Audio 1 error. Does not match time source (02:22:54.976) and result (02:15:57.397) files.
The file K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/The Avengers.mkv is processed successfully
File processing time: 29 min. 44 sec.
Total time: 29 min. 44 sec.
1 files processed.

What can i do? :)

[manolito]

The infamous size limit for WAVE files has struck again...:devil:

Other than doing the audio conversion separately, there is one thing you can try within MkvToMp4:

1. Make sure that the latest SoX version 14.4.1 is used. This version (kind of) supports WAVE files bigger than the usual size limit.

2. Edit the SoX parameters by inserting "--ignore-length" (without the quotes) at the beginning of the parameter list.


This will cause SoX to process the input file up to its real length. I have no idea if the following QAAC command will be able to process the whole file, you have to try this yourself...



Good luck
manolito

[luke83]

The infamous size limit for WAVE files has struck again...:devil:

Other than doing the audio conversion separately, there is one thing you can try within MkvToMp4:

1. Make sure that the latest SoX version 14.4.1 is used. This version (kind of) supports WAVE files bigger than the usual size limit.

2. Edit the SoX parameters by inserting "--ignore-length" (without the quotes) at the beginning of the parameter list.


This will cause SoX to process the input file up to its real length. I have no idea if the following QAAC command will be able to process the whole file, you have to try this yourself...



Good luck
manolito

Thanks, I'll try :)

i'm converting the audio of the movie becouse i've this (http://www.trust.com/products/product.aspx?ProductCategory=SOUND&ProductGroup=SPEAKERS&artnr=17460) 2.1 on my tv lcd.
The original audio without DRC applied, sounds better but there is a difference between high sounds (effects,music) and low sounds (speeches)

I play it on my PS3 via HDMI

My tv has an option in audio named "Dolby Digital". Is there a way to make sound good without DRC?

EDIT:
Tools\sox\sox FAIL sox: missing filename
Sox terminated with error: 1
:(

[manolito]

Yeah, I tried it myself, and it does not work because MkvToMp4 does not allow you to insert the "--ignore-length" parameter at the correct location.

The parameter must be inserted before the input file parameter, and MkvtoMp4 has no option to let the user edit the SoX command line. Something for oreons to correct...


If converting with DRC or not is a matter of personal taste. The default DRC command in MkvToMp4 also raises treble, so it might sound better depending on the source audio characteristics.



Cheers
manolito

[luke83]

Yeah, I tried it myself, and it does not work because MkvToMp4 does not allow you to insert the "--ignore-length" parameter at the correct location.

The parameter must be inserted before the input file parameter, and MkvtoMp4 has no option to let the user edit the SoX command line. Something for oreons to correct...


If converting with DRC or not is a matter of personal taste. The default DRC command in MkvToMp4 also raises treble, so it might sound better depending on the source audio characteristics.



Cheers
manolito
you can if you double click on the audio track

[luke83]

error with subtitle

Repack/encoder video to MP4 for Apple iPhone, iPad, ATV2. MkvToMp4 version 0.223
Build from: Mar 15 2013 15:12:21
Use log file: Temp\Logs\26_05_2013_20_54_30.txt
QuickTime version: 7.7.4
CoreAudioToolbox version: 7.9.7.3
The file D:/Video/Naruto/Shippuden 1-3/001 - Ritorno A Casa.mkv has an unknown subtitle format: VobSub
Added on list: D:/Video/Naruto/Shippuden 1-3/001 - Ritorno A Casa.mkv



Started processing file: D:/Video/Naruto/Shippuden 1-3/001 - Ritorno A Casa.mkv
Starting MkvExtract with the parameters:
Tools\mkvextract\mkvextract tracks "D:/Video/Naruto/Shippuden 1-3/001 - Ritorno A Casa.mkv" 0:"Temp\video.264" 1:"Temp\001 - Ritorno A Casa_internal_audio_2.AAC" 4:"Temp\001 - Ritorno A Casa_internal_sub_5.ASS" 5:"Temp\001 - Ritorno A Casa_internal_sub_6.ASS"
Estrazione traccia 0 con ID codec 'V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC' nel file 'Temp\video.264'. Formato contenitore: AVC/h.264 elementary stream
Estrazione traccia 1 con ID codec 'A_AAC' nel file 'Temp\001 - Ritorno A Casa_internal_audio_2.AAC'. Formato contenitore: raw AAC file with ADTS headers
Estrazione traccia 4 con ID codec 'S_TEXT/ASS' nel file 'Temp\001 - Ritorno A Casa_internal_sub_5.ASS'. Formato contenitore: SSA/ASS text subtitles
Estrazione traccia 5 con ID codec 'S_TEXT/ASS' nel file 'Temp\001 - Ritorno A Casa_internal_sub_6.ASS'. Formato contenitore: SSA/ASS text subtitles
Starting GSConv with the parameters:
Tools\GSConv\GSConv SRT "K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Software/Video Editing/MkvToMp4_0.223/Temp/001 - Ritorno A Casa_internal_sub_5.ASS"
GSConv terminated with error: 3221225477
Skipping subtitle K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Software/Video Editing/MkvToMp4_0.223/Temp/001 - Ritorno A Casa_internal_sub_5.ASS
Starting GSConv with the parameters:
Tools\GSConv\GSConv SRT "K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Software/Video Editing/MkvToMp4_0.223/Temp/001 - Ritorno A Casa_internal_sub_6.ASS"
GSConv terminated with error: 3221225477
Skipping subtitle K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Software/Video Editing/MkvToMp4_0.223/Temp/001 - Ritorno A Casa_internal_sub_6.ASS
Starting Mp4Box with the parameters:
Tools\MP4Box\MP4Box.exe -new -delay 1=1 -set-meta "[:tk=2]" -add "Temp\video.264":fps=23.976:lang=eng:name="Naruto Shippuden 001 - Ritorno a casa by danny11" -add "K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Software/Video Editing/MkvToMp4_0.223/Temp/001 - Ritorno A Casa_internal_audio_2.AAC"#1:fps=23.976:lang=ita:name="[AAC]" -itags tool="MkvToMp4 [www.mkvtomp4.ru] version 0.223" "K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/Lupin III - Serie 2/mp4\001 - Ritorno A Casa.mp4" -tmp "Temp/Mp4Box"
AVC-H264 import - frame size 648 x 478 at 23.976 FPS
AVC Import results: 33910 samples - Slices: 375 I 10333 P 23202 B - 1 SEI - 346 IDR
Stream uses forward prediction - stream CTS offset: 2 frames
AAC import - sample rate 48000 - MPEG-4 audio - 2 channels
Saving K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/Lupin III - Serie 2/mp4\001 - Ritorno A Casa.mp4: 0.500 secs Interleaving
Writing tags in file: K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/Lupin III - Serie 2/mp4\001 - Ritorno A Casa.mp4
Optimizing the file K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/Lupin III - Serie 2/mp4\001 - Ritorno A Casa.mp4
Open result file K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/Lupin III - Serie 2/mp4\001 - Ritorno A Casa.mp4 for test.
The file D:/Video/Naruto/Shippuden 1-3/001 - Ritorno A Casa.mkv is processed successfully
File processing time: 48 sec.
Total time: 48 sec.
1 files processed.

[whiskey]

Is there any command, option that would allow me to raise volume of converted AAC 2.0 track in mp4 files ? Many times when I'm downgrading from DTS final audio track volume is extremely low. Normalize option does not help much :(

[RamGuy]

I love this tool so much! But there is one thing I can't seem to wrap my head around, is there any way to get MkvToMP4 to not automatically downscale 1080P into 720P upon encoding of video? I can't seem to find any such option so I have to manually keep an eye out for MKV containing video streams that have to be encoded for it to be compatible with the MP4 container and the manually deactivate the rescaling myself.

And is it just me, or does it actually convert Dolby True HD to Dolby Digital (AC3) instead of just grabbing the actual Dolby Core which is a part of 99% of all Dolby True HD tracks? Why start converting when you can simply pull out the Dolby Digital 5.1 (AC3) 640kbps core within the True HD stream?

It also seems to be bingo whether converting DTS and DTS:HD into AC3 gets in sync with the video stream or not, are there some options I can enable to make this better? It often seem to either be 20-50 ms early or too late in many of my MKV to MP4 repacks.


EDIT: I also miss the possibility of choosing 0 when using constant bitrate encoding of the video streams, some of us have loads of hard drive space and just don't wont to spoil any quality out of the video stream and not wait for the VBR to process.

[oreons]

RamGuy,

Try this version: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7183431/0.224Test/5/MkvToMp4.exe

[Rat Killer]

I decided to come back and give this a try again. Thanks for all the development as it has come a long way. Mostly is working very well for me for mkv files where the video does not need recoding.

I am having a bit of difficulty with some mkv files that contain aac audio as the only track. All I really need is for the audio to pass through but I consistently get mp4 files with video only, no audio at all. I tried selecting enable aac, installed quick time, tried nero, quick time and core audio. All seem to still result in an mp4 with no audio.

mkv files with ac3 or dts audio do just fine.

What am I missing? Thanks for any suggestions.

[Mixer73]

Wonder if you can give me a hand with this one, normally everything is working well but sometimes I get a file that process, here is one of them:

Started processing file: H:/xvid/mkv/blah.mkv
Starting MkvExtract with the parameters:
Tools\mkvextract\mkvextract tracks "H:/xvid/mkv/blah.mkv" 0:"Temp\video.264" 1:"Temp\blah.AAC"
Extracting track 0 with the CodecID 'A_AAC' to the file 'Temp\video.264'. Container format: raw AAC file with ADTS headers
Extracting track 1 with the CodecID 'V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC' to the file 'Temp\blah_internal_audio_2.AAC'. Container format: AVC/h.264 elementary stream
Starting Mp4Box with the parameters:
Tools\MP4Box\MP4Box.exe -new -delay 1=1 -set-meta "[:tk=2]" -add "Temp\video.264":fps=25.000:lang=eng:name="(m)iCRO(S)iZED(D)OWNLOADS" -add "C:/Mkv2Mp4/Temp/blah_internal_audio_2.AAC"#1:fps=25.000:lang=eng:name="(m)iCRO(S)iZED(D)OWNLOADS" -itags tool="MkvToMp4 [www.mkvtomp4.ru] version 0.223" "G:/xvid/Converted\blah.m4v" -tmp "Temp/Mp4Box"
Cannot find H264 start code
Cannot find H264 start code
Error importing Temp\video.264:fps=25.000:lang=eng:name=(m)iCRO(S)iZED(D)OWNLOADS: BitStream Not Compliant
Mp4Box terminated with error: 1
Total time: 10 sec.
0 files processed.
1 errors.

Any suggestions?

[RamGuy]

I decided to come back and give this a try again. Thanks for all the development as it has come a long way. Mostly is working very well for me for mkv files where the video does not need recoding.

I am having a bit of difficulty with some mkv files that contain aac audio as the only track. All I really need is for the audio to pass through but I consistently get mp4 files with video only, no audio at all. I tried selecting enable aac, installed quick time, tried nero, quick time and core audio. All seem to still result in an mp4 with no audio.

mkv files with ac3 or dts audio do just fine.

What am I missing? Thanks for any suggestions.


This is my biggest grip with the current version. There seems to be no way to get the MKVtoMP4 toolkit to work with MKV's featuring AAC tracks at all.

I've tried to output it to Dolby Digital (AC3), tried using both 2.0 and Multichannel AAC but it's just not working, all my M4V files outputs a M4V file without audio altogether.

[ArcticFox]

Any way to fix this 2-4GB WAV file problem, I'm trying to convert my collection that I already ripped to MKV from my own sizeable collection of retail discs.

TV Shows are fine but I have 150+ movies that I really don't want to have to rip again.

I'd stick with MKV but I want compatibility with Apple devices and games consoles.

[ArcticFox]

Guess not then?

[o-l-a-v]

New qaac version, v2.20: https://sites.google.com/site/qaacpage/cabinet
New mkvtoolnix, v6.3.0-1: http://mkvtoolnix-releases.bunkus.org/downloads.html#windows

Why don't you remove the old qaac versions? The newer ones are much superior to 0.86 which is found in your tool. :)

[Mixer73]

Kinda hoping for an update that will fix the remuxing of 3-4Gb MKV files, which I have to use AVIdemux for, user interface wise MKVtoMP4 is preferred.

[EpheMeroN]

I don't know if this is just on my system, but v0.221a is the last version of MKVToMP4 that will work on my computer. I am running Windows XP SP3 w/ all updates.

And on a side note, bit of a feature request, could we implement file splitting? Files > 4gb will not play on PS3 since they only support USB formatted with FAT32 and not NTFS.

[manolito]

On my system (also WinXP SP3) v. 0.222 is the last one which works. 0.223 does absolutely nothing when I try to run it, no error messages at all.

Since my CPU does not support SSE2 I believe that the new version of the Qt libraries is to blame in my case. Oh well...


Cheers
manolito

[WorBry]

First time I've used MkvtoMp4, but for me also v0.223 crashes at opening on my PC - XP Pro (SP3), CPU: AMD XP2800 (no SSE2).
v0.222 works OK though.

Otherwise, nice program.

[tribalnoise]

i have been using mk4tomp4 for a long time but now all tag inquiries come back with error not found for all movies. did something change in the last 24 hours? i have tried changing itunes country and get same result.

[oreons]

Fixed search in movies - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7183431/0.224Test/7/MkvToMp4_0.224Test2.zip

[EpheMeroN]

Well, this app is by far one of my favorites because it lets my PS3 playback videos otherwise unplayable. Please provide compatibility for us folks with older machines for future versions if what @manolito said was true. Love this program!

Is there any hope for file splitting support?

[Mixer73]

Good to see you back oreons, is there any chance you can look at the issue with really big MKV files not working?

[Vincent Vega]

i wanted to try it but oops..

[o-l-a-v]

MKV tools v6.4.1: http://mkvtoolnix-releases.bunkus.org/
QAAC v2.21: https://sites.google.com/site/qaacpage/cabinet

Would be lovely with an update :)

I just want to inform you that, using 7-zip at highest compression settings, it manages to shrink your latest release down to 45.7mb, instead of 90-something. Would be good for those with slow connections ;)

Edit: Extracted the qtfiles from Itunes x64 v11.1. Most of the DLL's are new. Uploaded it to mega to save you some time:
https://mega.co.nz/#!T5ZjWDxK!TnBvvgDFD3pbzrx2Y4oy93GEcpB-kCOBBJ9VM0lnSLU

[manolito]

Why don't you remove the old qaac versions? The newer ones are much superior to 0.86 which is found in your tool. :)

Any proof for this?



Cheers
manolito

[Mixer73]

One wonders whether we could update the tools inside anyway?

[o-l-a-v]

Any proof for this?



Cheers
manolito

I'm talking functions. Personally, I can't hear a difference. But follow this thread, the developer puts out all the change logs:
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=85135

Newer coretoolbox from iTunes is said to be better too.

[oreons]

Version 0.224 - http://www.mediafire.com/?1a0oc04u539b5eg

New in version:

1. Added 64-bit version of the program. It runs the 64-bit versions of utilities from the Tools directory.
http://i57.fastpic.ru/big/2013/0924/88/6f8839de1d889eeb9d830730d4e3ad88.jpg
http://i57.fastpic.ru/big/2013/0924/0d/2788c19f2385c49d845a24d9f62a430d.jpg

2. The temporary directory can be changed in the settings.
http://i57.fastpic.ru/big/2013/0924/61/6fb9deb0c195da0064c0172c31b29c61.jpg

3. Added a flag to enable "Edit mode" for Mp4 files at loading.
http://i57.fastpic.ru/big/2013/0924/16/3d500a8e851bc8047252abc6c59bf116.jpg

4. Working with the new SDK for themovidb.org

5. If the program have not files for processing, the exit will be without questions.

6. Ability to set audio delay, which will be default.
http://i57.fastpic.ru/big/2013/0924/07/33d97880eba5d6e4f5eb622c67e33607.jpg

7. Qaac encode CoreAudioToolbox now.
http://i57.fastpic.ru/big/2013/0924/aa/7490b46354881034ee181e166e2e9faa.jpg

8. Delay for the audio now set Eac3To. DelayCat no longer used.

9. Update applications in the Tools folder.

10. Added Colombia and Mexico iTunes stores.

[Mixer73]

Cool thanks oreons!

[o-l-a-v]

Thanks!

[fantasmanegro]

yup,

thank you very much for the update...

[manolito]

Still no luck on an old computer without SSE2 running Win XP SP3...:confused:


Cheers
manolito

[tomamitai]

Nice app, thanks for making it.

Is there any way you could add a setting for putting the output files in the same folder as the source files? That way you could just drag files into the app, hit start, confirm start, and it would do its thing and put the converted files in the source folder.

Also, can we have a setting to get rid of the start confirmation? I am confident that I will never hit start by accident. :o


Addendum: Just noticed that the x64 version .224 will put the converted files in the source folder if you leave "output directory" blank in the setup.

[luke83]

Can you put a simple option to disable that stupid sound? :D

[jfcarbel]

oreons it is great to see you back and making updates to this wonderful tool. I sent you PM about confirming paypal email for donation via US/English paypal as donate button takes me to Russian version and the only Russian I know is when toasting with a glass of Vodka :)

For others requesting features or updates, please keep in mind developer does this on their free time so let's help compensate as we want to keep him coming back here :thanks:

Some feature requests of my own:

- support of keywords metadata item
- ability to have custom genre choices. perhaps ability to load in a custom genre.txt gives ultimate flexibility while making it quick to implement in tool
- HD video types - can we add a "HD 540p" option
- In edit chapters, provide ability to import via OGG formated TXT file on edit chapters window

Fantastic tool and thanks for keeping it updated!

[Pringles]

Hey guys, is there a way to deactivate the "bottle sound" I get when the program has finished encoding an audio file? First time I heard it I thought my computer was haunted.

[Mr. Monte]

With this new version having dedicated folders for x32 & x64...where do we drop the NERO files?

[WorBry]

Not sure if this has been asked before, but would it be possible to add the ability to modify the SAR flag, at the video stream level, without having to re-encode - as one can with YAMB and CLI Mp4Box? Since MkvtoMp4 uses Mp4Box, that is surely do-able ?

Cheers.

[Mr. Monte]

I have to select the artwork twice for it to stick in the tagging. Also, sometimes the itunes artwork disappears on the second try.

Thanks

[Moose2990]

I just encountered a phenomena i don't understand. After i hit start and the process starts it will say it's done after 5-10 seconds. It sais successful but there's nothing in the output folder. No clues in the log eighter. Any ideas whats going on here?

Btw Thanks for an otherwise great tool.

[Mr. Monte]

I just encountered a phenomena i don't understand. After i hit start and the process starts it will say it's done after 5-10 seconds. It sais successful but there's nothing in the output folder. No clues in the log eighter. Any ideas whats going on here?

Btw Thanks for an otherwise great tool.

I've had that happen if under setup the save to folders are not correct..like a drive or folder that doesn't exist

[gonwk]

Hi folks,

I was goofing off and playing around trying to teach myself some encoding ... so took my DVD5 (yea still messing with DVDs) and got corresponding VOBs ... then used MakeMKV to make MKV out of those without Re-Encoding ... so, I tried playing the MKV back on my Netgear EVA9100 ... and it was way Jittery, both Picture and Audio.

So, then I got this bright idea to use MKVToMP4 to change the MKV to MP4, assuming that MP4 might play back Better.

Well, long and behold MKVToMP4 went into Conversion Mode. I did Not realize that it would do that ... Plus it did Not gave me any options to Change Settings.

So, I checked the Output MP4, plays just fine and the Audio is Loud and Clear. But my Original Audio was 448Kbps and MKVToMP4 took it down to 192Kbps ... I might have wanted to do it 256Kbps or even 320Kbps ... anyway

Q1: In Conversion/Re-Encoding mode What is the differnce between "MKVToMP4" and "XMedia Recode" app?

Q2: Which is Better or More Effective for Re-Encoding?

Thanks,

G! :)

[luke83]

It can't handle ASS subtitle :(

Repack/encoder video to MP4 for Apple iPhone, iPad, ATV2. MkvToMp4 version 0.224 (x32)
Build from: Sep 24 2013 14:57:33
Use log file: ../Temp/Logs\26_01_2014_01_11_17.txt
CoreAudioToolbox version: 7.9.7.3
Added on list: D:/Video/Naruto/HD/Shippuden 4/083 - Obiettivo Agganciato.mkv



Started processing file: D:/Video/Naruto/HD/Shippuden 4/083 - Obiettivo Agganciato.mkv
Starting MkvExtract with the parameters:
../Tools/mkvextract\mkvextract tracks "D:/Video/Naruto/HD/Shippuden 4/083 - Obiettivo Agganciato.mkv" 0:"../Temp/video.264" 1:"../Temp/083 - Obiettivo Agganciato_internal_audio_2.AAC" 4:"../Temp/083 - Obiettivo Agganciato_internal_sub_5.ASS"
Estrazione traccia 0 con ID codec 'V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC' nel file '../Temp/video.264'. Formato contenitore: AVC/h.264 elementary stream
Estrazione traccia 1 con ID codec 'A_AAC' nel file '../Temp/083 - Obiettivo Agganciato_internal_audio_2.AAC'. Formato contenitore: raw AAC file with ADTS headers
Estrazione traccia 4 con ID codec 'S_TEXT/ASS' nel file '../Temp/083 - Obiettivo Agganciato_internal_sub_5.ASS'. Formato contenitore: SSA/ASS text subtitles
Starting Eac3To with the parameters:
..\Tools\eac3to\eac3to "K:\Documents and Settings\Luca\Documenti\Software\Video Editing\MkvToMp4_0.224\Temp\083 - Obiettivo Agganciato_internal_audio_2.AAC" "..\Temp\083 - Obiettivo Agganciato_internal_audio_2_new.AAC" +9ms -progressnumbers
AAC, 2.0 channels, 48kHz
A remaining delay of +9ms could not be fixed.
Creating file "..\Temp\083 - Obiettivo Agganciato_internal_audio_2_new.AAC"...
Done.
Starting GSConv with the parameters:
../Tools/GSConv\GSConv SRT "K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Software/Video Editing/MkvToMp4_0.224/Temp/083 - Obiettivo Agganciato_internal_sub_5.ASS"
GSConv terminated with error: 3221225477
Skipping subtitle K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Software/Video Editing/MkvToMp4_0.224/Temp/083 - Obiettivo Agganciato_internal_sub_5.ASS
Creating an index file D:/Video/Naruto/HD/Shippuden 4/083 - Obiettivo Agganciato.mkv
Starting Mp4Box with the parameters:
../Tools/mp4box/x32/mp4box -new -add "../Temp/video.264":fps=25 ../Temp/video.mp4 -tmp "../Temp/Mp4Box"
AVC-H264 import - frame size 1280 x 720 at 25.000 FPS
AVC Import results: 38667 samples - Slices: 398 I 11153 P 27116 B - 7 SEI - 398 IDR
Saving ../Temp/video.mp4: 0.500 secs Interleaving
Starting Mp4Box with the parameters:
../Tools/mp4box/x32/mp4box -nhml 1 ../Temp/video.mp4 -tmp "../Temp/Mp4Box"
Converting video timecodes...
Warning! The number does not match the timecodes: 38662 <--> 38667
Converting timecodes completed.
Starting Mp4Box with the parameters:
../Tools/mp4box/x32/MP4Box.exe -new -set-meta "[:tk=2]" -add "../Temp/video_out.nhml":lang=jpn:name="Naruto Shippuden 083 _ Obiettivo agganciato by danny11 _ LeBlanco" -add "K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Software/Video Editing/MkvToMp4_0.224/Temp/083 - Obiettivo Agganciato_internal_audio_2_new.AAC"#1:lang=ita:name="[AAC]" -itags tool="MkvToMp4 [www.mkvtomp4.ru] version 0.224 (x32)" "K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/Shippuden/HD 4\083 - Obiettivo Agganciato.mp4" -tmp "../Temp/Mp4Box"
NHML import - Stream Type Visual - ObjectTypeIndication 0x21
AAC ADTS import - sample rate 48000 - MPEG-4 audio - 2 channels
Saving K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/Shippuden/HD 4\083 - Obiettivo Agganciato.mp4: 0.500 secs Interleaving
Correction mp4 file.
TKHD atom correction for video. TRAK 1
TKHD atom correction for audio. TRAK 2
Writing tags in file: K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/Shippuden/HD 4\083 - Obiettivo Agganciato.mp4
Optimizing the file K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/Shippuden/HD 4\083 - Obiettivo Agganciato.mp4
Open result file K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/Shippuden/HD 4\083 - Obiettivo Agganciato.mp4 for test.
The file D:/Video/Naruto/HD/Shippuden 4/083 - Obiettivo Agganciato.mkv is processed successfully
File processing time: 2 min. 18 sec.
Total time: 2 min. 18 sec.
1 files processed.

[RamGuy]

I'm not entirely sure why but I'm having some real trouble with getting DTS converted to Dolby Digital (AC3) from some MKV's. And it's not because the audio in the source is broken as the audio playback using the MKV file itself is working perfectly, the toolkit is also able to fix the DTS to Dolby Digital conversion for every other episodes of the same season I've got ripped to MKV but this one specific episode is just not working.

I've tried 32-bit and 64-bit, both with and without administrator privileges. I'm not entirely sure what might be causing this issue? I just end up with the result file not featuring any audio tracks whatsoever. It doesn't help by trying AAC instead of AC-3 either. Quite strange.

[Vize99]

I'm not entirely sure why but I'm having some real trouble with getting DTS converted to Dolby Digital (AC3) from some MKV's. ....

May be the Audio is in DTS-HD MA ?
You can check with Mediainfo - if its says DTS MA / Core then its 7.1 (8 channels) instead of the usual 5.1 (6 channels).

Now the tricky part is that it is backwards compatible, so playback with a (software-) player only recognizing 5.1 (core) will work, transcoding is another issue though and requires a different approach.

[oreons]

Fixed iTunes artworks search (mkvtomp4.exe only) - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7183431/0.224/mkvtomp4.zip

[Mr. Monte]

Thanks Oreons !

[Mr. Monte]

I'm not entirely sure why but I'm having some real trouble with getting DTS converted to Dolby Digital (AC3) from some MKV's. And it's not because the audio in the source is broken as the audio playback using the MKV file itself is working perfectly, the toolkit is also able to fix the DTS to Dolby Digital conversion for every other episodes of the same season I've got ripped to MKV but this one specific episode is just not working.

I've tried 32-bit and 64-bit, both with and without administrator privileges. I'm not entirely sure what might be causing this issue? I just end up with the result file not featuring any audio tracks whatsoever. It doesn't help by trying AAC instead of AC-3 either. Quite strange.

Try Clown-BD

[ConvertApple]

Try Clown-BD

OR ConvertApple (http://convertapple.co.uk) This converts DTS/AAC-6 channel/Others to ac3 (+ stereo track) specifically to work with apple devices.

[Mr. Monte]

Oreons,

I think I found a bug. If copy a tag from a file and paste it in another file. Then you try to CHANGE the artwork in that second file..It won't allow me to change the artwork. Can't even delete the artwork and try and re-attach another image.
Using the latest fix (april 2014) version.

Thanks

[oreons]

New fixed iTunes artworks search (mkvtomp4.exe only) - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7183431/0.224/MkvToMp4_exe_fixed_0.224.zip

[Mr. Monte]

Is there something iTunes is changing to break the EXE?
Is there a way to have an option to correct it in the future if you stop supporting this SW?

Thanks

[eliodeo]

New fixed iTunes artworks search (mkvtomp4.exe only) - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7183431/0.224/MkvToMp4_exe_fixed_0.224.zip

Does this fix the randomness I see when selecting the artwork? if they are not all downloaded it comes out that the artwork picked up is not the one chosen. I have to wait until all artworks are downloaded, but this sometimes takes time...

I also have another question. It is about subtitles for 3D movies. What should I do to avoid the subtitle misalignment? Maybe this is not an issue specific to this tool!

Thanks
Elio

[Visor]

Hi oreons,

Even with the latest 0.224 patch, MkvToMp4 is stuck on "Loading artworks. Waiting..." Even when I try to save the episode descriptions, etc, it's not working. I noticed that TagChimp officially closed their website a couple of weeks ago; is this the reason why MkvToMp4 can't find artwork?

P.S. This has been bugging me for a while... the proper grammar for the plural of "artwork" is still "artwork". There's no such thing as "artworks". ;)

Thanks,
Visor

[oreons]

Fixed iTunes search: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7183431/0.224/mkvtomp4_exe_fixed.zip

[luke83]

I've this error and the video-audio is out of sync

Started processing file: K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/106 - Camelia Rossa.mkv
Starting MkvExtract with the parameters:
../Tools/mkvextract\mkvextract tracks "K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/106 - Camelia Rossa.mkv" 0:"../Temp/video.264"
Estrazione traccia 0 con ID codec 'V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC' nel file '../Temp/video.264'. Formato contenitore: AVC/h.264 elementary stream
Starting Eac3To with the parameters:
..\Tools\eac3to\eac3to "K:\Documents and Settings\Luca\Documenti\Video\106 - Camelia Rossa.mkv" "..\Temp\106 - Camelia Rossa_new.AAC" +9ms -progressnumbers
MKV, 1 video track, 3 audio tracks, 3 subtitle tracks, 0:23:09, 30p /1.001
1: h264/AVC, Japanese, 720p30 /1.001
"Naruto Shippuden 106 - Camelia rossa by danny11 & LeBlanco"
2: AAC, Italian, 2.0 channels, 48kHz, 9ms
"[AAC]"
3: AAC, English, 2.0 channels, 48kHz, 9ms
"[AAC]"
4: AAC, Japanese, 2.0 channels, 48kHz
"[AAC]"
5: Subtitle (ASS), Italian, "[FORCED]"
6: Subtitle (ASS), Italian, "[ASS]"
7: Subtitle (ASS), English, "[ASS]"
Track 2 is used for destination file "106 - Camelia Rossa_new.AAC".
a02 Extracting audio track number 2...
a02 Applying AAC delay...
a02 A remaining delay of -3ms could not be fixed.
a02 Creating file "..\Temp\106 - Camelia Rossa_new.AAC"...
Video track 1 contains 38390 frames.
Done.
Creating an index file K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/106 - Camelia Rossa.mkv
Starting Mp4Box with the parameters:
../Tools/mp4box/x32/mp4box -new -add "../Temp/video.264":fps=25 ../Temp/video.mp4 -tmp "../Temp/Mp4Box"
AVC-H264 import - frame size 1280 x 720 at 25.000 FPS
AVC Import results: 38390 samples - Slices: 602 I 15807 P 21981 B - 6 SEI - 602 IDR
Saving ../Temp/video.mp4: 0.500 secs Interleaving
Starting Mp4Box with the parameters:
../Tools/mp4box/x32/mp4box -nhml 1 ../Temp/video.mp4 -tmp "../Temp/Mp4Box"
Converting video timecodes...
Warning! The number does not match the timecodes: 38385 <--> 38390
Converting timecodes completed.
Starting Mp4Box with the parameters:
../Tools/mp4box/x32/MP4Box.exe -new -add "../Temp/video_out.nhml":lang=jpn:name="Naruto Shippuden 106 _ Camelia rossa by danny11 _ LeBlanco" -itags tool="MkvToMp4 [www.mkvtomp4.ru] version 0.224 (x32)" "K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/Shippuden/HD 5\106 - Camelia Rossa.mp4" -tmp "../Temp/Mp4Box"
NHML import - Stream Type Visual - ObjectTypeIndication 0x21
Saving K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/Shippuden/HD 5\106 - Camelia Rossa.mp4: 0.500 secs Interleaving
Correction mp4 file.
TKHD atom correction for video. TRAK 1
Writing tags in file: K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/Shippuden/HD 5\106 - Camelia Rossa.mp4
Optimizing the file K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/Shippuden/HD 5\106 - Camelia Rossa.mp4
Open result file K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/Shippuden/HD 5\106 - Camelia Rossa.mp4 for test.
The file K:/Documents and Settings/Luca/Documenti/Video/106 - Camelia Rossa.mkv is processed successfully
File processing time: 53 sec.
Total time: 53 sec.
1 files processed.

[Mr. Monte]

Ok....new weird error. May be associated with ios 8.1

The artwork looks fine in itunes. However, on my ipad it now is just a grey box with a clipart of a PC in the center.

Any ideas?:thanks:

[jriker1]

I'm thinking no way to do this, however is there a way to do a lossless MP4 conversion with mkvtomp4 when it needs to reencode? Since it has vbr/cbr settings hard coded when editing a profile tried adding --qp 0 in the manual settings box but errored and the entry was automatically removed.

[Visor]

Fixed iTunes search: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7183431/0.224/mkvtomp4_exe_fixed.zip

Just tried the fix, but it still randomly hangs on "Loading artworks. Waiting..." :(

Ok....new weird error. May be associated with ios 8.1

The artwork looks fine in itunes. However, on my ipad it now is just a grey box with a clipart of a PC in the center.

Any ideas?:thanks:

This is a known problem with iTunes. You need to download an image that is a perfect square (e.g. 600x600 pixels) for the image to be picked up on your iPad. Mp4ToMkv used to show these square images in its artwork section, but at some point these images were removed from the list.

Oreons, would you be able to look further into the 2 issues above?

Much obliged,
Visor

[mimic]

The TV covers seems to be broken. Can you fix please.

Thanks

[Visor]

Just tried the fix, but it still randomly hangs on "Loading artworks. Waiting..." :(
Finally figured things out. I had to set the iTunes Country to be "United States". I had to set it under Settings -> Tags -> iTunes. Setting it only under the "Tags Search" window won't work. I live in Canada, so I guess certain shows / movies aren't available here which is probably why it couldn't find any artwork.

Also, here's a tip for those of you who found that random episodes won't import into iTunes: when you edit the tags for each episode, try unchecking the "ContentID" and "XID" options. This will clear out these codes (which can confuse iTunes, especially if you're in a different country) and you should hopefully be able to see all the episodes when importing.

[mimic]

Hi,

Not sure why but the covers started working again.

Another slight problem and I'm not sure how to fix.

Why would the audio encoder add 1000 plus ms to a video? The video in question runs fine (mkv) but after I use this program the audio is out of sync. Only happens one one film and to my knowledge it's never happened before. I've double checked the file and there's no errors with it.

Thanks for any help

[Mr. Monte]

I'm guessing the author is not updating this SW. I've notice many of the tools used have significant updates (eac3to & mkvtools). I've been updating them manually for months.

[RamGuy]

Could you upload the ones you have updated manually? I have not read up on how to update the various tools within MKVtoMP4 so I don't really know how to do it myself.

[mimic]

I just went through and updated them.

Is it the program end of life oreons or are you planning an update?

Either way it's still working so all's not lost ;)

[Mr. Monte]

Could you upload the ones you have updated manually? I have not read up on how to update the various tools within MKVtoMP4 so I don't really know how to do it myself.

Here is the UPDATED COMPLETE package. Also, I have included text files in the tools subfolders so individuals can keep their tools updates.

All tools have been updated as of 08-18-2015

https://www.mediafire.com/?29kwnmrpt2r5qfx

[Visor]

I'm guessing the author is not updating this SW.

I believe this to be true. The software's author (Oreons) seems to participate more often on his videohelp.com forum (http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/340675-Mkv%D0%A2%D0%BEMp4-v0-224-rapid-tool-for-repack-Mkv-to-Mp4), and in one of his latest responses (from Nov. 2014) he said the following:

"Now I have time only for bug fixes :("

The latest "bug" that I've observed is that when I upgraded to Windows 10, artwork no longer showed up for any of my searches. I downgraded back to Windows 7 and the artwork returned. This is something that I'll post in the videohelp forum, and hopefully Oreons will be able to find the time to address this.

[dror.sharon]

Ok....new weird error. May be associated with ios 8.1

The artwork looks fine in itunes. However, on my ipad it now is just a grey box with a clipart of a PC in the center.

Any ideas?:thanks:

This is an iTunes issue, not with the software itself. It happens to me with all TV shows no matter the origin.

Does the developer still check these forums? Because there are several issues with Windows 10 and with the new HEVC format, which is not supported but videos are starting to pop up using it.

[Mr. Monte]

Unsure, I for one don't "plan" to move to H265 (HEVC) until Western Digital or someone comes out with a good video player that plays movies from a external USB port and supports MKV, ISO formats.

I own 3 WDTV Lives..one of the best...if you ask me

[Gurn]

I also have the WDTV issue as folks using almost any of these type of devices must.

Is it possible to manually update this program to support decoding H.265?

tia

[Jamaika]

For me program is obsolete. Probably not live to see a new version.

Convert MP4 to Matroska I understand the use, but Matroska to conteiner MP4 is nonsense.
It should be Matroska VP8/VP9/H264/H265/PCM/AC3/AAC to MOV, but that is my opinion.
Reflection on the theme covers, pictures, artwork, add-item, attachment, font described at the forum.filmowiec.pl (http://filmowiec.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=28371&start=30) and conversion should be done manually. The reason is simple. Very often the programs are updated, but it doesn't always work correctly. These additives aren't interactive because video players don't support photo formats. Subtitles ASS are still treated as pirated. It doesn't support this Windows 10 or Cyberlink PowerDirector 14. I will probably never be implemented.

[Gurn]

I've been updating the components found in the tools folder and haven't been able to find an updated GSConv.exe, does anyone know of a current source for GSConv.exe?

tia

[JCW2001]

Here is the UPDATED COMPLETE package. Also, I have included text files in the tools subfolders so individuals can keep their tools updates.

All tools have been updated as of 08-18-2015

https://www.mediafire.com/?29kwnmrpt2r5qfx

Thanks so much for making this updated version -- this tool is exactly what I want... apart from one thing: It doesn't recognize Vobsub subtitles :(

Does anyone know how I can take some mkv files I've created and switch them to mp4... while keeping the subtitles??

[Visor]

For me program is obsolete. Probably not live to see a new version.

Agreed, given that the author (Oreons) has been MIA for a few years now. This is still the most robust MKV to MP4 remuxer out there, with full metadata support among other things. It worked best on Windows 7 (and maybe 8?), and I'm seriously considering creating a VM install of Windows 7 just to regain full functionality of this app, as it's proven to be too buggy in Windows 10 for me.


Convert MP4 to Matroska I understand the use, but Matroska to container MP4 is nonsense.
Actually, MP4 is not nonsense, and you'll find it to be the most commonly supported container in most HD-capable playback devices, including as cell phones, tablets, game consoles, etc. This is because the MP4 container is a formal standard that was developed by the Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG). Many media companies support this container because of DRM features among other things.

Matroska / MKV containers, while much more robust, are open-source, with standards set outside of the MPEG group. Since media companies are not fond of unregulated technology (including lack of DRM), they generally avoid it for these reasons.

Since my wife and I own an assortment of iPads and Apple TVs, it makes sense to build an MP4 collection that supplements our MKV collection where needed.

P.S. I'm aware that there are apps out there that allow you to remux MKV files on the fly for iPads, iPhones, etc., but they tend to drain the devices' batteries rather quickly, and don't exactly have perfect output (e.g. NPlayer drops a frame once every 10 seconds).


It should be Matroska VP8/VP9/H264/H265/PCM/AC3/AAC to MOV, but that is my opinion.

Why on Earth would you want to use the MOV container format in this day and age? The MOV container was developed by Apple for their (now rapidly aging) QuickTime Player. It was the predecessor to MP4, not its successor or competitor. Nowadays, MP4 is the industry standard and has more widespread support than MOV.

Regards,
Visor

[Jamaika]

Since my wife and I own an assortment of iPads and Apple TVs, it makes sense to build an MP4 collection that supplements our MKV collection where needed.
It should change. Supposedly Apple joined the team google. Can replace in the future, iPad and Apple TVs. ;) In Poland iPads aren't popular so problem solved.

P.S. I'm aware that there are apps out there that allow you to remux MKV files on the fly for iPads, iPhones, etc., but they tend to drain the devices' batteries rather quickly, and don't exactly have perfect output (e.g. NPlayer drops a frame once every 10 seconds).
This isn't the sense of the problem. MP4 container has limitations rip Bluray, but Matroska is not. This allows you to transfer Bluray on YouTube without menus.

PS And what do subtitles, joining videos, adding attachment and photos. How add metadata of files, information GPS from the cameras in the MP4 container. :stupid:

Why on Earth would you want to use the MOV container format in this day and age? The MOV container was developed by Apple for their (now rapidly aging) QuickTime Player. It was the predecessor to MP4, not its successor or competitor. Nowadays, MP4 is the industry standard and has more widespread support than MOV.
Both containers were created in the war of worlds between Apple and Microsoft. If I had to convert Matroska is obvious to me that the MOV. More codecs, you can post. It is that the older and cheaper models of household appliances do not support MOV to the customer's problem, what in China has bought.
Eg. Sony has created his XAVCS and likewise I doubt that omnifarious hardware is supported. Advertising is, buy Sony equipment.

[Visor]

Supposedly Apple joined the team google.
Umm... no they didn't. Do you see Apple switching from iOS to Android? Of course not. Let's see your source, buddy.

In Poland iPads aren't popular so problem solved.
So what? Poland has ~39 million people. North America alone has ~580 million. What happens to the iPad market in Poland (let alone the rest of the world) has no bearing on the popularity of video container formats in the world. Oh, and I couldn't help but notice you were just talking about iPads, not iPhones, Apple TVs, smart TVs, and other devices that potentially only support MP4 over MKV.

This isn't the sense of the problem. MP4 container has limitations rip Bluray, but Matroska is not.

Let's set the record straight here: I'm not knocking the Matroska/MKV container whatsoever; as I hinted in my previous post I have an MKV collection that greatly outnumbers my MP4 collection. I'm well aware of MP4's limitations when compared to MKV. What we're talking about here is MP4 vs MOV.

This allows you to transfer Bluray on YouTube without menus.
I have no idea what you're talking about. Are you saying you like copying Blu-ray movies up to YouTube? Or copying them down from YouTube onto Blu-ray? Oh, who cares? This has no bearing on our discussion.

PS And what do subtitles, joining videos, adding attachment and photos. How add metadata of files, information GPS from the cameras in the MP4 container. :stupid:
MP4 supports subtitles, metadata, file editing, etc. Just sayin'.

Both containers were created in the war of worlds between Apple and Microsoft.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. What does Microsoft have to do with the MP4 and MOV containers? MOV was created by Apple, and MP4 was built on that foundation by the MPEG group. There was no competition intended, as even Apple uses the MP4 container format in its iTunes store. The only thing I can think of regarding competition is you're maybe referring to the WMV container format. But what does WMV have to do with what we're talking about?

If I had to convert Matroska is obvious to me that the MOV. More codecs, you can post.
I don't understand your broken English, and at this point I don't really care. But since you're such a fan of the MOV container format, maybe you should read this article to set things straight:

http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/difference-between-mov-and-mp4/

You'll notice in that article how it talks about the MOV container being a proprietary format to Apple, which contradicts your comment about how your problem was solved because iPads were no longer popular in Poland. Umm... so why are you so excited about the supposed demise of one of Apple's products in your country?

It is that the older and cheaper models of household appliances do not support MOV to the customer's problem, what in China has bought.
Eg. Sony has created his XAVCS and likewise I doubt that omnifarious hardware is supported. Advertising is, buy Sony equipment.
So do you consider Apple and Sony products "cheap household appliances from China"? Wow... seriously, wow.

:stupid:<Sigh>... I'm done trying to explain things to you. You go back to your world of trying to use MOV on non-Apple products, and I'll go the sane route of using MKV for my home theatre and MP4 for my devices that don't support MKV. It's why I came to this thread in the first place: to learn about and to use the MkvToMp4 program. What's your excuse?

Visor

[Jamaika]

Umm... no they didn't. Do you see Apple switching from iOS to Android? Of course not. Let's see your source, buddy.
It's problem Apple, no my.
I see containers that can be added to the Android TV. The question is whether it works properly, which accessories to this need, eg. bus interface card. The task of of such a question in Poland seller is pointless.
http://www.mediadimo.com/tv-supported-format.html
Oh, and I couldn't help but notice you were just talking about iPads, not iPhones, Apple TVs, smart TVs, and other devices that potentially only support MP4 over MKV.
That's not true
What we're talking about here is MP4 vs MOV.
Some people say the same thing. Obsolete containers.
I say not the same containers. Even the audio codec PCM is not the same.

Bluray "copy" it's main advertising Matroska. The rest of the additives which, moreover, only work with lavfilters and probably in Cyberlink.
MP4 supports subtitles, metadata, file editing, etc. Just sayin'.
Tragedy. I don't really recommend it.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. What does Microsoft have to do with the MP4 and MOV containers? MOV was created by Apple, and MP4 was built on that foundation by the MPEG group. There was no competition intended, as even Apple uses the MP4 container format in its iTunes store. The only thing I can think of regarding competition is you're maybe referring to the WMV container format. But what does WMV have to do with what we're talking about?
That is my opinion and not only in Poland about the global market mov or mp4.

The only thing I can think of regarding competition is you're maybe referring to the WMV container format. But what does WMV have to do with what we're talking about?
ASF container I don't bother.
On the market are files WMV. The problem with that recorded movies for example VHS or network that have poor quality. Here we aren't talking now about the final container.
But since you're such a fan of the MOV container format, maybe you should read this article to set things straight:

http://www.differencebetween.net/tec...n-mov-and-mp4/
Most, if not all media players, that are available in various operating systems support this file format. Even in hand held devices like video players and gaming devices, you are more likely to find MP4 capabilities than MOV.
Camera manufacturer Canon isn't disowned MOV. And what did you do?

Sony is from China, Apple probably also. They aren't cheap, but there is a vast amount of cheap webcams sports. Everyone has their standards of strange and generally poor quality.

What's your excuse?
Do not read too much on the forum doom9 because little attainment. Read books. ;)

[JCW2001]

This is still the most robust MKV to MP4 remuxer out there, with full metadata support among other things. It worked best on Windows 7 (and maybe 8?), and I'm seriously considering creating a VM install of Windows 7 just to regain full functionality of this app, as it's proven to be too buggy in Windows 10 for me.

It's been good on Windows 10 for me. What problems have you had?

[Rat O.o]

Here is the UPDATED COMPLETE package. (Also, I have included Download link in the Tools subfolders so individuals can keep their tools updates)

All the tools have been updated as of June 21, 2018.

MkvToMp4 v0.224 (2018-06-21)
Download - MediaFire (http://www.mediafire.com/file/tbnsa5gby2418ye/) | Mega.nz (https://mega.nz/#!yzJzlIaR!wvp5PHflGWb53v9DI_pbyNBKmN5J04bsfo6jxkLhuNc)


FIXED:

iTunes (https://www.videohelp.com/software/iTunes) search. (mkvtomp4.exe patched the 10/27/2014)


Updated Tools:

eac3to v3.34
ExifTool v11.0.3
FFmpeg v4.0 (Static)
MKVExtract v24.0
Qaac v2.67
Qtfiles from iTunes v12.7.5.9 (Windows 32-bit (https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/win32))
CoreAudioToolbox v7.10.9.0
SoX v14.4.2
x264 v2851 (2017-07-02)
FFMS2 v2.23.1
MediaInfo v0.7.79 (Do not update or the program does not work)
Mp4Box Official (Do not update or the program does not work)





If you want to update Mp4Box knowing that it does not support some features you can Download the update from here:

MP4Box Update [Test] (Read the Notepad)
Download - MediaFire (http://www.mediafire.com/file/ex6b2uw36pg44sp/) | Mega.nz (https://mega.nz/#!WmhEwKxR!h5wrfzpkRCooRmcUxEn4M09LxCZVtVQrlRn6MB1aWPg)



MP4Box Official
MP4Box v0.5.2 rev998
MP4Box v0.7.2 rev563 (The latest version)





Other (Very good Tools)
- MKVToolNix (https://www.videohelp.com/software/MKVToolNix)
- gMKVExtractGUI (https://www.videohelp.com/software/gMKVExtractGUI)
- FFmpegYAG (https://sourceforge.net/projects/ffmpegyag/) (Advanced GUI for the popular FFmpeg (https://www.videohelp.com/software/ffmpeg) audio/video encoding tool)
- Subtitle Edit (https://www.videohelp.com/software/Subtitle-Edit)
- MP4.tool (https://www.videohelp.com/software/MP4-tool) or My-MP4Box GUI (https://www.videohelp.com/software/My-MP4Box-GUI)

[manolito]

Thanks a lot for this package, very useful... :thanks:

I had to learn the hard way that it is a bad idea to update MediaInfo and Mp4Box.


Cheers
manolito

[manolito]

Inspired by Rat O.o's package I assebled another package for users of WinXP and a computer with a Non-SSE2 CPU... :D

It is version 0.222 where all tools are updated as of July 2018 to the very latest versions which work under WinXP SP3 and a Non-SSE2 CPU (older Athlons). Download from here:

https://files.videohelp.com/u/172211/MkvToMp4_0222_Updated%20July%202018.zip

These are the tools which MUST NOT BE UPDATED for such ancient computers and Operating Systems:

DelayCut
FFMS2
FFMPEG
CoreAudioToolbox (the qtfiles folder)
MediaInfo
Mp4Box
X264
MKVExtract


Cheers
manolito

[beterhans]

Best tool I never seem on Windows

[abelar]

Best tool I never seem on Windows

Agree.

[cafevincent]

What tool should I use if I want to put x265 video from mkv to mp4 without recoding?

[manolito]

Unfortunately MkvToMp4 does not handle HEVC video. If you load a HEVC clip, it always insists to reencode it to AVC

But there are other (less sophisticated) tools to repack a HEVC clip in an MKV container to MP4. FFmpeg can do it (use a GUI like dmMediaConverter if you are uncomfortable with the command line). AviDemux also does it (though I could not get the MP4v2 muxer to work).

What absolutely refused to work for me was YAMB (GUI for MP4Box).

[SeeMoreDigital]

What tool should I use if I want to put x265 video from mkv to mp4 without recoding?Out of interest... Why do you want to re-mux to the .mp4 container. What playback device are you using?

[cafevincent]

Out of interest... Why do you want to re-mux to the .mp4 container. What playback device are you using?

I am trying to make an animated wallpaper with Wallpaper Engine. It does not accept matroska, like most editors.

Plus seeing the tags available to MP4 I now want to remux my entire collection. I really, really need tags. I currently use filebot to fill the filename with "tags" and a lot of useful information has to be left out.

[SeeMoreDigital]

I am trying to make an animated wallpaper with Wallpaper Engine. It does not accept matroska, like most editors.An "animated wallpaper"!

I've not tried creating one of these...