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Efrain Vergara edited this page Aug 27, 2020 · 2 revisions

Example 03

In this example we have:

In this example we will work with:

  • Sources:

    • MKV files with tracks:
      1. Video - mpeg-4 AVC
      2. Audio - aac - jpn
      3. Subtitle - SubstationAlpha - eng
    • MKV files with tracks:
      1. Video - mpeg-4 AVC
      2. Audio - aac - jpn
      3. Subtitle - SubstationAlpha - eng
      4. Attachments - 4 fonts

  • Result:

    • MKV file with tracks:

      1. Video - mpeg-4 AVD
      2. Audio - acc - jpn
      3. Subtitle - SubstationAlpha - eng - default track
      4. Subtitle - SubstationAlpha - eng
      5. Attachments - four fonts (This is not really a track)

      The fonts are used by the subtitle that we want to copy.

Directory list:

E:\EXAMPLE\TESTMEDIA\EXAMPLE 03

+---Season 01
|       Show Title - S01E01.mkv
|       Show Title - S01E02.mkv
|       Show Title - S01E03.mkv
|       Show Title - S01E04.mkv
|       Show Title - S01E05.mkv
|
+---Season 01 Dest
\---Season 01 Subs
        [Other Group] Show Title - S01E01.mkv
        [Other Group] Show Title - S01E02.mkv
        [Other Group] Show Title - S01E03.mkv
        [Other Group] Show Title - S01E04.mkv
        [Other Group] Show Title - S01E05.mkv

The source files are in different directories Season 01 and Season 01 Subs the destination directory is Season 01 Dest.

  1. Start mkvtoolnix-gui and add the source files.
images/mkvtoolnix-gui-ex03-start.png
  1. Drag the tracks of the SubstationAlpha subtitle to the position 3. Since the subtitle ends in ENG.ass the language is set automatically. Set the track to be the default.
images/mkvtoolnix-gui-ex03-reorder.png
  1. Here is the verification of the attachments.
images/mkvtoolnix-gui-ex03-startattachments.png
  1. Select a new destination directory in this case Season 01 Dest.
  2. Copy and paste the command in MKVBatchMultiplex and push <Add Queue>
  3. Push <Start Worker>.
images/MKVBatchMultiplex-ex03-jobs-output.png

Directory listing after execution:

E:\EXAMPLE\TESTMEDIA\EXAMPLE 03

+---Season 01
|       Show Title - S01E01.mkv
|       Show Title - S01E02.mkv
|       Show Title - S01E03.mkv
|       Show Title - S01E04.mkv
|       Show Title - S01E05.mkv
|
+---Season 01 Dest
|       Show Title - S01E01.mkv
|       Show Title - S01E02.mkv
|       Show Title - S01E03.mkv
|       Show Title - S01E04.mkv
|       Show Title - S01E05.mkv
|
\---Season 01 Subs
        [Other Group] Show Title - S01E01.mkv
        [Other Group] Show Title - S01E02.mkv
        [Other Group] Show Title - S01E03.mkv
        [Other Group] Show Title - S01E04.mkv
        [Other Group] Show Title - S01E05.mkv

Loading the first file in mkvtoolnix-gui we see the expected output:

images/mkvtoolnix-gui-ex03-result01.png

Looking in the attachments tab we see the fonts:

images/mkvtoolnix-gui-ex03-result01attachments.png

The attachments of the [Other Group] files are copied to the output file by default. If the attachments are not needed the can be deselected and they will not be copied.

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