MKVToolNix v87.0 released

[OAKside]

Originally Posted by Mosu

Tags can also not be associated with a track, in which case they're supposed to apply to the whole file.

Thanks a lot for taking the time to explain this. Yes, it would be more accurate for me to say this is a track tag (for AAC audio in this case, M4A container), that is being identified as a global tag (immediately upon adding track to MKVToolNix GUI).

More notes and testing: Maybe this is because MP4 container may contain video or audio, more complex to handle tags? Possible to separate behavior between MP4 and M4A (force M4A audio tags to track not global)? Opus audio tags are done ideally: General tags (according to MediaInfo, like 'writing application' and 'encoder options') are added as track tags not global. FLAC is fine (zero global tags).

[tormento]

Does MKVMerge support HEVC version 3 profiles?

[Mosu]

Originally Posted by tormento

Does MKVMerge support HEVC version 3 profiles?

Given that Ligh just opened an issue for it over on my Gitlab, I'd say: no.

[Mosu]

Heyo!

here's a small, new MKVToolNix release, v87. Not a lot going on, to be honest. See below for details!

Version 87.0 "Black as the Sky" 2024-09-07
New features and enhancements

• mkvmerge: chapters: added support for specifying MPLS files with "--chapters", too, not just as regular source files. The documentation stated this was possible already, but that wasn't actually the case. Implements/fixes #3735.
• MKVToolNix GUI: multiplexer: added a progress dialog that is shown during file identification.
• MKVToolNix GUI: jobs: the status bar now differentiates between numbers of warnings/errors that occurred in the current session and those that occurred before the current session. Implements #3732.

Bug fixes

• mkvmerge: AAC parser: LOAS/LATM streams: if the first "AudioSpecificConfig" element is not found within the first LOAS/LATM frame, "mkvmerge" will no longer discard the frames before it but defer parsing them until after it has found the "AudioSpecificConfig" element. Fixes #3727.
• MKVToolNix GUI: job queue: fixed the GUI crashing when re-ordering the jobs in the job queue. This regression was introduced while fixing #3720. Fixes #3729.

Have fun!

[kedautinh12]

Thanks

[SeeMoreDigital]

Cheers Mosu

[tormento]

What kind of lossless audio can I split with MKVMerge, beside .wav and commercial formats (THD, DTSHDMA, …)?

I had the surprise that flac is not.

[Mosu]

FLAC is the only one you cannot split due to bad decisions (on my part) back when I specced how it's stored in Matroska. All other codec types can be split (applies to video & subtitles as well, not just FLAC).

[tormento]

Originally Posted by Mosu

All other codec types can be split (applies to video & subtitles as well, not just FLAC).

Any kind of? AIFF, Wavpack, Tak and ALAC?

[Mosu]

FLAC is the only format for which mkvmerge actively prevents splitting unless you override it.

[tormento]

Originally Posted by Mosu

FLAC is the only format for which mkvmerge actively prevents splitting unless you override it.

But the result is not accurate or even corrupted, AFAIK, right?

[Mosu]

No audio data is corrupted at all. Please see this FAQ entry for technical details.

[tormento]

Originally Posted by Mosu

No audio data is corrupted at all.

Yep, I read the FAQ after you replied me yesterday.

Please explain me the meaning of:

Please note that this will result in broken tracks: the official FLAC tools will not be able to decode them and seeking will not work as expected.

[…]

So basically in order to support appending and splitting FLAC tracks I would have to implement my own FLAC decoder, something I'm not willing to do.

Does it mean FLAC splitting (with the flag enabled) properly works or it doesn't?

[Mosu]

Originally Posted by tormento

Does it mean FLAC splitting (with the flag enabled) properly works or it doesn't?

Depends on your definition of "works". If you mean "is 100% spec-compliant & will work with every FLAC-handling software, even after extracting it back from Matroska", then no. If, on the other hand, you mean something like "works with most players just fine", then yes.

[AngelGraves13]

MakeMKV adds metadata when it rips directly from a disc or ISO.

Comes up as "Original source medium: Blu-ray" at the end of every track.

Is there a way to edit or add this specific metadata to other tracks? It's not exposed in the hex editor in mkvtoolnix.

[Mosu]

There's no dedicated track header field for this kind of information in Matroska; therefore it's likely a tag. Check the file created by MakeMKV & extract tags from it, e.g. with "mkvextract filename.mkv tags -" & paste them here. I don't know which one it might be from the top of my head, but seeing whatever tags there are might help.

[AngelGraves13]

Here's what I got...I still don't see it.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- <!DOCTYPE Tags SYSTEM "matroskatags.dtd"> -->
<Tags>
<Tag>
<Targets>
<TrackUID>1</TrackUID>
<TargetType>MOVIE</TargetType>
</Targets>
<Simple>
<Name>BPS</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>42797535</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>DURATION</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>00:39:19.940916666</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>NUMBER_OF_FRAMES</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>56582</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>NUMBER_OF_BYTES</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>12624952034</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>SOURCE_ID</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>001011</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>MakeMKV v1.17.8 win(x64-release)</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>2024-10-04 16:43:40</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>_STATISTICS_TAGS</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID</String>
</Simple>
</Tag>
<Tag>
<Targets>
<TrackUID>2</TrackUID>
<TargetType>MOVIE</TargetType>
</Targets>
<Simple>
<Name>BPS</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>3508045</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>DURATION</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>00:39:19.946666666</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>NUMBER_OF_FRAMES</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>221245</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>NUMBER_OF_BYTES</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>1034849820</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>SOURCE_ID</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>001100</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>MakeMKV v1.17.8 win(x64-release)</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>2024-10-04 16:43:40</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>_STATISTICS_TAGS</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID</String>
</Simple>
</Tag>
<Tag>
<Targets>
<TrackUID>3</TrackUID>
<TargetType>MOVIE</TargetType>
</Targets>
<Simple>
<Name>BPS</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>30116</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>DURATION</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>00:39:08.658812500</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>NUMBER_OF_FRAMES</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>910</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>NUMBER_OF_BYTES</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>8841735</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>SOURCE_ID</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>0012A0</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>MakeMKV v1.17.8 win(x64-release)</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>2024-10-04 16:43:40</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>_STATISTICS_TAGS</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID</String>
</Simple>
</Tag>
<Tag>
<Targets>
<TrackUID>5</TrackUID>
<TargetType>MOVIE</TargetType>
</Targets>
<Simple>
<Name>BPS</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>37680</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>DURATION</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>00:39:08.658812500</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>NUMBER_OF_FRAMES</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>1126</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>NUMBER_OF_BYTES</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>11062433</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>SOURCE_ID</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>0012A1</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>MakeMKV v1.17.8 win(x64-release)</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>2024-10-04 16:43:40</String>
</Simple>
<Simple>
<Name>_STATISTICS_TAGS</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID</String>
</Simple>
</Tag>
</Tags>

Here's the mediainfo

General
Unique ID : 174884483874022141961530322921238317812 (0x839186C420A5B9CC894B6D00BB2C4AF4)
Complete name : Reacher S02E08 - Fly Boy.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 12.7 GiB
Duration : 39 min 19 s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 46.4 Mb/s
Frame rate : 23.976 FPS
Movie name : Reacher
Encoded date : 2024-10-04 16:43:40 UTC
Writing application : MakeMKV v1.17.8 win(x64-release)
Writing library : libmakemkv v1.17.8 (1.3.10/1.5.2) win(x64-release)

Video
ID : 1
ID in the original source medi : 4113 (0x1011)
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High
HDR format : Dolby Vision, Version 1.0, Profile 7.6, dvhe.07.06, BL+EL+RPU, no metadata compression, Blu-ray compatible / SMPTE ST 2086, Version HDR10, HDR10 compatible
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration : 39 min 19 s
Bit rate : 42.8 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 (Type 2)
Bit depth : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.215
Stream size : 11.8 GiB (92%)
Title : HEVC Dolby Vision 2160p 2.00:1
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics : PQ
Matrix coefficients : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primar : Display P3
Mastering display luminance : min: 0.0001 cd/m2, max: 1000 cd/m2
Maximum Content Light Level : 634 cd/m2
Maximum Frame-Average Light Le : 383 cd/m2
Original source medium : Blu-ray

Audio
ID : 2
ID in the original source medi : 4352 (0x1100)
Format : DTS XLL
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Commercial name : DTS-HD Master Audio
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 39 min 19 s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 3 508 kb/s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel layout : C L R Ls Rs LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 93.750 FPS (512 SPF)
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossless
Stream size : 987 MiB (8%)
Title : DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Original source medium : Blu-ray

Text #1
ID : 3
ID in the original source medi : 4768 (0x12A0)
Format : PGS
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Duration : 39 min 8 s
Bit rate : 30.1 kb/s
Frame rate : 0.387 FPS
Count of elements : 910
Stream size : 8.43 MiB (0%)
Title : English
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Original source medium : Blu-ray

Text #2
ID : 5
ID in the original source medi : 4769 (0x12A1)
Format : PGS
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Duration : 39 min 8 s
Bit rate : 37.7 kb/s
Frame rate : 0.479 FPS
Count of elements : 1126
Stream size : 10.5 MiB (0%)
Title : English SDH
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Original source medium : Blu-ray

Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Chapter 01
00:01:02.437 : en:Chapter 02
00:03:39.594 : en:Chapter 03
00:07:14.892 : en:Chapter 04
00:17:12.322 : en:Chapter 05
00:24:35.891 : en:Chapter 06
00:32:26.694 : en:Chapter 07
00:37:17.860 : en:Chapter 08

And here's a file processed through eac3to then run through MakeMKV and then mkvtoolnix

General
Unique ID : 236507516437582834315988027842826825389 (0xB1EDB0D822EB07D517A563AFE32F6EAD)
Complete name : Reacher S01E01 - Welcome to Margrave.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 15.3 GiB
Duration : 53 min 1 s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 41.4 Mb/s
Frame rate : 23.976 FPS
Movie name : Reacher
Encoded date : 2024-10-04 17:32:33 UTC
Writing application : mkvmerge v87.0 ('Black as the Sky') 64-bit
Writing library : libebml v1.4.5 + libmatroska v1.7.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration : 53 min 1 s
Bit rate : 37.9 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 (Type 2)
Bit depth : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.191
Stream size : 14.0 GiB (92%)
Title : HEVC HDR10 2160p 2.00:1
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics : PQ
Matrix coefficients : BT.2020 non-constant
Maximum Content Light Level : 501 cd/m2
Maximum Frame-Average Light Le : 214 cd/m2

Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS XLL
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Commercial name : DTS-HD Master Audio
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 53 min 1 s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 3 438 kb/s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel layout : C L R Ls Rs LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 93.750 FPS (512 SPF)
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossless
Stream size : 1.27 GiB (8%)
Title : DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Text #1
ID : 3
Format : PGS
Muxing mode : zlib
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Duration : 49 min 18 s
Bit rate : 49.9 kb/s
Frame rate : 0.577 FPS
Count of elements : 1708
Stream size : 17.6 MiB (0%)
Title : English
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Text #2
ID : 4
Format : PGS
Muxing mode : zlib
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Duration : 52 min 46 s
Bit rate : 55.0 kb/s
Frame rate : 0.647 FPS
Count of elements : 2050
Stream size : 20.8 MiB (0%)
Title : English SDH
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Chapter 01
00:00:56.264 : en:Chapter 02
00:10:22.705 : en:Chapter 03
00:18:47.668 : en:Chapter 04
00:27:03.330 : en:Chapter 05
00:36:09.917 : en:Chapter 06
00:45:23.220 : en:Chapter 07
00:50:59.306 : en:Chapter 08

I guess someone asked about this years ago.

https://gitlab.com/mbunkus/mkvtoolnix/-/issues/2774

I don't think it's been implemented in a visible way though?

UPDATE:

<Simple>
<Name>SOURCE_ID</Name>
<TagLanguage>eng</TagLanguage>
<String>001100</String>
</Simple>

But how do I add it to a file?

So far have been unsuccessful in adding the tag.

[Mosu]

Yep, it's SOURCE_ID. I totally forgot I implemented that for mkvmerge, too: it'll add such a tag when reading from MPEG transport streams, and it'll keep existing SOURCE_ID tags when reading from Matroska.

If you have to add them manually, then extract tags with mkvextract, edit them, then replace the existing ones with "mkvpropedit yourfile.mkv --tags all:modified_tags.xml"

Or, if you want to set them during muxing, create a minimal tag file with only SOURCE_ID in it for each track & use mkvmerge's "--tags track1.xml" syntax.

[AngelGraves13]

Tried it a few times and it still doesn't show up.

C:\mkvtoolnix>mkvpropedit 01.mkv --tags all:modified_tags.xml
The file is being analyzed.
The changes are written to the file.
Done.

Still comes up without the tag in mediainfo.

Can you add a way to add it through hexeditor in a future update? I'd like a way to do them in batch mode if possible.

[Mosu]

No to the hex editor. You can already script all the CLI tools.

As for why it doesn't show up in MediaInfo: maybe ask the MediaInfo devs about the requirements for it to show up. You'll likely have more luck with them.