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If you are using Windows 7, please note that you have to be at least on SP1 before trying to use the program. If not, the program will give you the "api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing" error. To fix this you can check: https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0-dll-missing-error-solved
I had to upgrade my system first and install Visual Studio 2015 for it to work. Installing Windows 7 (KB2999226) also helps.
The program itself looks pretty simple. However, instead of "Open Source" maybe a more UI friendly "Open File" would have been better. I suggest also calling the lower part like a "Status" window or something. I thought you had to manually edit the scripts at first.
I tried opening a simple 300mb-ish 720p file just to see how it works and boy did the MkvInfoAnalyser took its sweet time loading. Opening a 1gb+ 1080p file might take even longer. ugh
Once it finally loads, just move the slider and select the desired start and end frames. You can use arrow buttons too.
Press Add to cut-list then commit cut-list when you finally have selected all the parts you want.
It will then tell you to select an Output and Temp folder which you can do so by pressing the buttons on the top right side. However it would have been better if you could just select it prior to pressing the commit button. And the placement of the instruction and the buttons doesn't help at all. It also doesn't take the name of the file as a default name so you have to specify the output name yourself. I think the program should also automatically choose the main drive temp folder and do it there instead of user having to manually specify it.
After pressing next, let the scripts do their thing. The "hopefully it created" the file message in the end doesn't sound reassuring. But thankfully it did cut the part I want precisely so that's good.
Note:
The test file I used has an AVC video stream and AAC audio stream which seemed just fine. However, the program was not able to cut an mkv with HEVC video stream and FLAC audio stream (BD) file.
Overall:
The program is great if you know what you're doing. It can certainly use a lot more UI improvements.
It's far better than MKVSplitter in terms of accuracy. But still far from being the equivalent of mp4 "Smart Cutter" when it comes to mkv files.
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