Seeking MKVtools Users' Requests

[emmgunn]

Hi All,
I've finally had some time for a major update (i.e., new features, not just bug fixes) of MKVtools. I know that there are a few users out there, so I thought I'd see if there are any requests. I've already added some of the most commonly requested features I've received via e-mail:

• You can now "burn" external subtitle files into the output.
• MKVtools now accepts any type of video file that mencoder can process (avi, mp4, ... but not VIDEO_TS folders). So you can, for example, now burn srt subtitles into an avi file.
• Improved presets in a "Quick Conversion" box with one button conversions where MKVtools guesses at the best settings for the selected output hardware (DivX DVD players, iPod, Apple TV, PS3 for now).

You'll find all this in the latest beta. Your old registration code will still work for this beta and the final update. Any feedback (emmgunnbeta@gmail.com) would be appreciated. There is a lot of rewritten code so I'm sure there are still a lot of bugs .

Soon to come:

• Improved/expanded preferences (save directory, font color, ...)
• Improved handling of aspect ratios
• The most commonly requested, but not sure when/if it will happen feature - 5.1 audio conversion.

So you don't need to request any of the above. If you would like to see anything else added while I have this window of time available for programming, let me know either in a post or at emmgunnbeta@gmail.com. I'll just be tallying the requests, so unless I need clarification you probably won't hear back from me. Cheers and thanks in advance if you take the time to send feedback regarding the beta.

[terryj]

emm, I'm sending you one that always seems to get me the most lately:
--processing .mkv files that the video file is encoded with h.263 /h.264,
and mencoder seems to give up on. On those i usually can get VLC to play it,
and I just do a "hijack" (capture) using iSquint to get a DV stream file
that I can then reencode with Visualhub to avi.

If you can figure out someway to get mkvtools to handle these
types of files ( I try to avoid them when I can, but sometimes have no choice)
that would be all I need. Maybe set it so that if it detects the codec is h.263 / h.264
it switches to a "process with Quicktime" and if Perian is installed it will handle it?
I can get the .mkv to load in QT 7.5.5 with Perian 1.2.1 installed ( albiet slowly to load, but
once in, it plays back fine.)

--terryj

Ps. let me know if I need to send you a problem file. Going to get the beta now...

[emmgunn]

Hi Terry,
Go ahead and send me a problem file or send me a rapidshare/megaupload link to one, and I'll take a look at it.

[terryj]

I had several but happened to purge them after I had last
hijacked them using iShowU. I'll try and get you one
this week.