Copy file encoding setting from other file (mkvmerge)?

[jglazer63]

I am looking for a way to interrogate another video file, determine it's encoding settings, then translate that to another encoder (like mkvmerge). Is this possible? I found a video "format" that I like but can't quite get the right settings using MediaInfo.

Thanks!

[TE16]

Would be better if you replied to this with the mediainfo of the file in question and highlight what exactly you want to copy?

[jglazer63]

Would be better if you replied to this with the mediainfo of the file in question and highlight what exactly you want to copy?

I was actually looking for a more generic answer. Like "use this tool and it will create the parameters necessary for mkvmerge to encode a file like that".

[davexnet]

Would be better if you replied to this with the mediainfo of the file in question and highlight what exactly you want to copy?

I was actually looking for a more generic answer. Like "use this tool and it will create the parameters necessary for mkvmerge to encode a file like that".

Mkvtoolnix doesn't even encode, it just places the existing streams in a new (mkv) container

[Budman1]

If Mediainfo lists AVC "encoding settings" then it is possible using ffmpeg x264 options. It is very complex ,however, setting some options, changing some, renaming some and dropping others.

I do this a lot to encode parts of a video not starting at a key frame and then joining to the copied portion. It is, as ive said, a complex process that needs a utility that reads encoding settings and outputs x264 options that correspond.

[jglazer63]

If Mediainfo lists AVC "encoding settings" then it is possible using ffmpeg x264 options. It is very complex ,however, setting some options, changing some, renaming some and dropping others.

I do this a lot to encode parts of a video not starting at a key frame and then joining to the copied portion. It is, as ive said, a complex process that needs a utility that reads encoding settings and outputs x264 options that correspond.

Ok Thanks!

[poisondeathray]

For the encoding settings, if your video uses x264 - Selur wrote a program called mis2x264 that parses mediainfo reported encoding settings and gives you the x264 cli string
https://github.com/Selur/Mis2x264

As mentioned above, encoding has nothing to do with mkvmerge. Mkvmerge just mutliplexes and cannot encode

[jglazer63]

For the encoding settings, if your video uses x264 - Selur wrote a program called mis2x264 that parses mediainfo reported encoding settings and gives you the x264 cli string
https://github.com/Selur/Mis2x264

As mentioned above, encoding has nothing to do with mkvmerge. Mkvmerge just mutliplexes and cannot encode

I use h.265 but this is cool none-the-less. Wonder if he'd do 265 version?

[poisondeathray]

For the encoding settings, if your video uses x264 - Selur wrote a program called mis2x264 that parses mediainfo reported encoding settings and gives you the x264 cli string
https://github.com/Selur/Mis2x264

As mentioned above, encoding has nothing to do with mkvmerge. Mkvmerge just mutliplexes and cannot encode

I use h.265 but this is cool none-the-less. Wonder if he'd do 265 version?

You can ask him in his forum , or he actively posts here too

[poisondeathray]

Actually mis2x265, but the date is 2015, a lot has changed since then for x265 - probably many switches are not reflected. You can request an update
https://www.videohelp.com/software/Mis2x265