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MKV Optimizer removes unnecessary audio tracks from selected MKV files. And that too automatically. Likewise, soundtracks can be recoded. To edit the MKV files MKVToolNix is needed. MKV Optimizer automatically searches for MKVToolNix in the MKV Optimizer folder as well as under the "Program Files" or "Program Files (x86)" folder. If MKVToolNix can not be found, the path can be specified manually. For the recoding of the sound tracks the program ffmpeg is needed. The corresponding executable file is simply copied to the folder of the MKV Optimizer. Requires MKVToolnix!
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File size: 89KB
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Changelog for MKV-Optimizer v3 3.20.037
No scaling and adjustment of the windows if the Windows scaling is over 100% (@Rudi at a loss)
The audio conversion now also uses parts of the settings (@Rudi at a loss)
Various minor adjustments and corrections
No scaling and adjustment of the windows if the Windows scaling is over 100% (@Rudi at a loss)
The audio conversion now also uses parts of the settings (@Rudi at a loss)
Various minor adjustments and corrections
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The program is self-explanatory so far. The folder to be searched can either be entered directly into the upper text field, dragged onto the text field or saved by clicking on the button with the three dots.
By default, all subfolders are always searched and only those files that have more than one audio track are considered.
If the path to MKVToolNix has been specified after the "Settings" tab, clicking on the "Search" button searches and displays all files in the specified folder.
In the field "Keep audio tracks with the following [language]" all found audio tracks are displayed. If you do not want an identifier (language), simply delete it from the field. If a MKV file has several identical audio tracks (GER (AC3), GER (DTS)), these can be filtered via the "Accept only the following audio codecs" field
If you select track ID, you can specify the appropriate ID for the respective track. The values are always separated by a comma.
The same procedure applies to subtitles,
With a double-click on the file, the GUI of MKVMerge is called.
In the list itself, the files to be converted are ticked. A context menu to mark all files is also available.
After selecting the MKV files and the desired sound tracks or subtitles, clicking on the "Convert" button triggers the conversion process. It is calculated per file as well as for the whole process how long it takes.
Audio conversion
The folder to be searched can either be entered directly into the upper text field, dragged onto the text field or saved by clicking on the button with the three dots.
In the profile field already deposited profiles can be used for the conversion of the soundtracks. If you want, you can also create your own profiles. The program ffmpeg is needed for the conversion. The output file is located in the same folder as the source file, but the file name can be adjusted via the profile settings.
The program is self-explanatory so far. The folder to be searched can either be entered directly into the upper text field, dragged onto the text field or saved by clicking on the button with the three dots.
By default, all subfolders are always searched and only those files that have more than one audio track are considered.
If the path to MKVToolNix has been specified after the "Settings" tab, clicking on the "Search" button searches and displays all files in the specified folder.
In the field "Keep audio tracks with the following [language]" all found audio tracks are displayed. If you do not want an identifier (language), simply delete it from the field. If a MKV file has several identical audio tracks (GER (AC3), GER (DTS)), these can be filtered via the "Accept only the following audio codecs" field
If you select track ID, you can specify the appropriate ID for the respective track. The values are always separated by a comma.
The same procedure applies to subtitles,
With a double-click on the file, the GUI of MKVMerge is called.
In the list itself, the files to be converted are ticked. A context menu to mark all files is also available.
After selecting the MKV files and the desired sound tracks or subtitles, clicking on the "Convert" button triggers the conversion process. It is calculated per file as well as for the whole process how long it takes.
Audio conversion
The folder to be searched can either be entered directly into the upper text field, dragged onto the text field or saved by clicking on the button with the three dots.
In the profile field already deposited profiles can be used for the conversion of the soundtracks. If you want, you can also create your own profiles. The program ffmpeg is needed for the conversion. The output file is located in the same folder as the source file, but the file name can be adjusted via the profile settings.
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| 18 reviews, Showing 1 to 5 reviews |
An excellent resource to hugely assist with batch encoding and deleting unnecessary metadata from MKVs easily. It just needs a chapter-deletion function as well to make it complete for me, so please add in a future update. Many thanks!
Review by DanTheMobileComputerMan on
Feb 15, 2023 Version: 3.20.037
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by DanTheMobileComputerMan on
Jan 12, 2023 Version: 3.20.037
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
Hello.
Again why not in github? I have french translation done and only me to use it lol.
Strange.
But easy tool working with mkvtoolnix that easily does the job for which it is intended.
GravuTrad.
Again why not in github? I have french translation done and only me to use it lol.
Strange.
But easy tool working with mkvtoolnix that easily does the job for which it is intended.
GravuTrad.
Review by GravuTrad on
Jan 3, 2023 Version: 3.20.037
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Really good, it works great for episodic rips of my discs, i rip many of them onto a 3tb drive (takes a while), then i use program to remux them taking out the excess (i find encoders work better when the source is as clean as it can be)
the program itself is basic, but really does good, the last update the author did stopped the crashing (this was quite breaking)
theres little to say really, the program does what it does well, it's reliable and i hope that it continues to get periodic updates to fix any breakages that may occur.
big thanks to the author.
p.s. for future proofing, maybe release this on github and make it open source?
the program itself is basic, but really does good, the last update the author did stopped the crashing (this was quite breaking)
theres little to say really, the program does what it does well, it's reliable and i hope that it continues to get periodic updates to fix any breakages that may occur.
big thanks to the author.
p.s. for future proofing, maybe release this on github and make it open source?
Review by Registered55 on
Oct 1, 2022 Version: 3.20.037
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 7/10
Is there any chance there could be a CLI version? I use this tool a lot to remove unneeded subtitles or audio tracks and the ability to script those removals would be great. Otherwise this is a great tool!
Review by lvving on
Aug 26, 2022 Version: 3.10.105
OS: Windows 10 Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 8/10
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