Command line tool to make x264 mkv samples

[lime-]

Hi!

I've been trying to make samples from a x264 mkv. I tried mkvmerge, vdubmod and some other software, however no success What mkvmerge does, from what I know, is just to split the files which results in more than one file. Cutting is what has to be done, not splitting.

Any suggestions?

[Baldrick]

mkvmerge with --split should work, like

mkvmerge --split timecodes:00:05:00,00:06:00 file.mkv -o output_file.mkv

(Start from 5 min in and end 6 min)

See http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkv.../mkvmerge.html

[lime-]

That results in three files - output_file-001.mkv, output_file-002.mkv and output_file-003.mkv, and -002 contais the the part I've chosen to cut. However, I only want one file as result, if you know what I mean.

[oslow]

same problem here.

i only need a time between 5 and 6 minutes, but the program make other parts.

I trie use a mkv GUI but have same files!

Any Idea

[poisondeathray]

You can copy a segment out of the .mkv with avidemux (not command line) out of many kinds of .mkv's, but only cutting on keyframes if the video stream is AVC/h.264

If you have other junk (subtitles, attachments, etc..) it might not work - take the stuff out with mkvmerge first

also if the stream is MBAFF or PAFF, or contains many b-frames and pyramids, it might not work