MkvТоMp4 v0.224 - rapid tool for repack Mkv to Mp4

[Redneck]

I just convert a MKV 1280x694 no 16:9 in mediainfo, the movie freezes... it has CABAC 9 reframes, it could be that ?

[sylance]

oreons,

First off, thank you for giving us this amazing program... and even more so thank you for being so engaged in the community to fix unique issues! I've successfully used this to convert some recent TV shows that were encoded to 720p MKV, but I have a series that refuses to encode with audio. The file is a 6GB 1080p MKV Dexter episode, so I'm not sure it's feasible for me to upload anywhere, but if possible I'll try to trip it down to a few minutes.

To summarize, no matter what options I use, the file finishes its encode with no audio. Here's the log file:

Repack/encoder video to MP4 for Apple iPhone, iPad, ATV2. MkvToMp4 version 0.221a
Build from: Aug 15 2012 16:08:28
Use log file: Temp\Logs\17_10_2012_09_01_26.txt
QuickTime version: 7.7.2
CoreAudioToolbox version: 7.9.8.1
Added on list: H:/TV Shows/Dexter/Season 3/Dexter S03E01.mkv
Started processing file: H:/Torrents/TV Shows/Dexter/Season 3/Dexter S03E01.mkv
Starting Eac3To with the parameters:
Tools\eac3to\eac3to "H:\TV Shows\Dexter\Season 3\Dexter S03E01.mkv" 2: "Temp\Dexter S03E01_internal_audio_2.wav" -down2 -phaseShift -mixlfe -normalize -down16 -progressnumbers
MKV, 1 video track, 1 audio track, 1 subtitle track, 0:58:09, 24p /1.001
1: h264/AVC, English, 1080p23.975 (16:9)
2: DTS, English, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 1510kbps, 48kHz
"DTS"
3: Subtitle (SRT), English
v01 The video bitstream is encoded in a non-standard framerate.
v01 The video bitstream framerate field doesn't match the container framerate.
a02 The ArcSoft and Sonic decoders don't seem to work, will use libav instead.
a02 Extracting audio track number 2...
a02 Decoding with libav/ffmpeg...
a02 Downmixing multi channel audio to stereo...
a02 Reducing depth from 64 to 16 bits...
a02 Writing WAV...
a02 Creating file "Temp\Dexter S03E01_internal_audio_2.pass1.wav"...
a02
Eac3To terminated with error: 1
Starting MkvExtract with the parameters:
Tools\mkvextract\mkvextract tracks "H:/TV Shows/Dexter/Season 3/Dexter S03E01.mkv" 1:"Temp\video.264" 3:"Temp\Dexter S03E01_internal_sub_3.SRT"
Extracting track 1 with the CodecID 'V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC' to the file 'Temp\video.264'. Container format: AVC/h.264 elementary stream
Extracting track 3 with the CodecID 'S_TEXT/UTF8' to the file 'Temp\Dexter S03E01_internal_sub_3.SRT'. Container format: SRT text subtitles
Starting Mp4Box with the parameters:
Tools\Mp4Box\Mp4Box -TTXT "D:/MkvToMp4_0.221a/Temp/Dexter S03E01_internal_sub_3.SRT"
Timed Text (SRT) import - text track 400 x 60, font Serif (size 18)
Conversion done
Starting Mp4Box with the parameters:
Tools\MP4Box\MP4Box.exe -new -delay 1=1 -add "Temp\video.264":fps=23.976:lang=eng:name="" -add "D:/MkvToMp4_0.221a/Temp/Dexter S03E01_internal_sub_3_change.ttxt":lang=eng:name=" " -itags tool="MkvToMp4 [www.mkvtomp4.ru] version 0.221a" "E:\Temp\Converted\Dexter S03E01.m4v"
AVC-H264 import - frame size 1920 x 1080 at 23.976 FPS
AVC Import results: 83657 samples - Slices: 1231 I 38311 P 44115 B - 1 SEI - 1070 IDR
Stream uses forward prediction - stream CTS offset: 2 frames
Timed Text (GPAC TTXT) Import
Setting up iTunes/iPod file...
Saving E:\Temp\Converted\Dexter S03E01.m4v: 0.500 secs Interleaving
Correction mp4 file.
TKHD atom correction for video. TRAK 1
TKHD atom correction for subtitle. TRAK 2
Writing tags in file: E:\Temp\Converted\Dexter S03E01.m4v
Open result file E:\Temp\Converted\Dexter S03E01.m4v for test.
The file H:/TV Shows/Dexter/Season 3/Dexter S03E01.mkv is processed successfully
File processing time: 13 min. 31 sec.
Total time: 13 min. 31 sec.
1 files processed.

Lastly... If I can get this resolved and if it converts other files, I'll be more than happy to donate. Thank you!!!

[sylance]

Here's the info about he file I'm trying to convert:

General
Unique ID : 174934395227963399551683218592715599624 (0x839B2395FB2C34C9B38C4F77115D6F08)
Complete name : H:\Torrents\TV Shows\Dexter\Season 3\Dexter S03E01.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 6.30 GiB
Duration : 58mn 9s
Overall bit rate : 15.5 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-10-04 21:59:57
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.9.8 ('C'est le bon') built on Aug 13 2009 12:49:06
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 58mn 9s
Bit rate : 14.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.282
Stream size : 5.56 GiB (88%)
Writing library : x264 core 68 r1183M f21daff
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=32 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc=2pass / bitrate=14000 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=50000 / vbv_bufsize=50000 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 58mn 9s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 628 MiB (10%)
Title : DTS
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Text
ID : 3
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

[oreons]

sylance,
You can try to install Arcsoft DTS decoder. See PM for instruction.

[Redneck]

Oreons, i hope you con help me with this. This is the log from the process, the final m4v freezes in itunes for about 3 or 4 secs, the audio still goes on.

Repack/encoder video to MP4 for Apple iPhone, iPad, ATV2. MkvToMp4 version 0.221a
Build from: Aug 15 2012 16:08:28
Use log file: Temp\Logs\18_10_2012_09_22_37.txt
QuickTime version: 7.7.2
CoreAudioToolbox version: 7.9.8.1
Added on list: C:/Gonzalo/MkvToMp4_0.221a/Avengers/The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p.mkv
Added external subtitle track: C:/Gonzalo/MkvToMp4_0.221a/Avengers/The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p Spanish.srt
Started processing file: C:/Gonzalo/MkvToMp4_0.221a/Avengers/The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p.mkv
Starting Eac3To with the parameters:
Tools\eac3to\eac3to "C:\Gonzalo\MkvToMp4_0.221a\Avengers\The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p.mkv" 2: "Temp\The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p_internal_audio_2.wav" -down2 -phaseShift -mixlfe -normalize -down16 -progressnumbers
MKV, 1 video track, 1 audio track, 2:22:55, 24p /1.001
1: h264/AVC, 720p23.975 (16:9)
"The Avengers By 3Li"
2: DTS, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 1509kbps, 48kHz
"The Avengers 5.1 DTS"
v01 The video bitstream is encoded in a non-standard framerate.
v01 The video bitstream framerate field doesn't match the container framerate.
a02 The ArcSoft and Sonic decoders don't seem to work, will use libav instead.
a02 Extracting audio track number 2...
a02 Decoding with libav/ffmpeg...
a02 Downmixing multi channel audio to stereo...
a02 Reducing depth from 64 to 16 bits...
a02 Writing WAV...
a02 Creating file "Temp\The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p_internal_audio_2.pass1.wav"...
a02 Clipping detected, a 2nd pass will be necessary.
a02 Starting 2nd pass...
a02 Reading WAV...
a02 Reducing depth from 64 to 16 bits...
a02 Writing WAV...
a02 Applying -4,67dB gain...
a02 Creating file "Temp\The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p_internal_audio_2.wav"...
a02 The original audio track has a constant bit depth of 16 bits.
Video track 1 contains 205592 frames.
Done.
Starting MkvExtract with the parameters:
Tools\mkvextract\mkvextract tracks "C:/Gonzalo/MkvToMp4_0.221a/Avengers/The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p.mkv" 1:"Temp\video.264"
Extracting track 1 with the CodecID 'V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC' to the file 'Temp\video.264'. Container format: AVC/h.264 elementary stream
Starting Sox with the parameters:
Tools\sox\sox "C:/Gonzalo/MkvToMp4_0.221a/Temp/The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p_internal_audio_2.wav" "Temp\The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p_internal_audio_2_drc.wav" -S compand 0.0,1 6:-53,-43,-20 -6 -90 0.1 gain -n -0.1 treble +0.1
Input File : 'C:/Gonzalo/MkvToMp4_0.221a/Temp/The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p_internal_audio_2.wav'
Channels : 2
Sample Rate : 48000
Precision : 16-bit
Duration : 02:22:54.90 = 411595264 samples ~ 643118 CDDA sectors
File Size : 1.65G
Bit Rate : 1.54M
Sample Encoding: 16-bit Signed Integer PCM
Done.
Starting Qaac with the parameters:
Tools\qaac\qaac --quality 2 --ignorelength --tvbr 95 "C:/Gonzalo/MkvToMp4_0.221a/Temp/The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p_internal_audio_2_drc.wav" -o "Temp\The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p_internal_audio_2_drc.m4a"
initializing QTML...done
qaac 0.86, QuickTime 7.7.2
The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p_internal_audio_2_drc.wav
Codificador de AAC MPEG-4 1.7.1, Velocidad de bits variable q91, Mбxima
411595264/-1 samples processed in 05:26.290
Overall bitrate: 181.143kbps
Starting Mp4Box with the parameters:
Tools\Mp4Box\Mp4Box -TTXT "C:/Gonzalo/MkvToMp4_0.221a/Temp/The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p Spanish_external_sub_0_utf8.srt"
Timed Text (SRT) import - text track 400 x 60, font Serif (size 18)
Conversion done
Starting Mp4Box with the parameters:
Tools\MP4Box\MP4Box.exe -new -delay 1=1 -set-meta "[:tk=2]" -add "Temp\video.264":fps=23.976:lang=eng:name="The Avengers By 3Li" -add "C:/Gonzalo/MkvToMp4_0.221a/Temp/The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p_internal_audio_2_drc.m4a"#1:fps=23.976:lang=e ng:name="The Avengers 5.1 DTS" -add "C:/Gonzalo/MkvToMp4_0.221a/Temp/The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p Spanish_external_sub_0_utf8_change.ttxt":lang=spa: name="" -itags tool="MkvToMp4 [www.mkvtomp4.ru] version 0.221a" "C:\Gonzalo\MkvToMp4_0.221a\Final\The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p.m4v"
AVC-H264 import - frame size 1280 x 720 at 23.976 FPS
AVC Import results: 205593 samples - Slices: 2416 I 63068 P 140108 B - 1 SEI - 2182 IDR
Stream uses forward prediction - stream CTS offset: 2 frames
IsoMedia import - track ID 1 - Audio (SR 48000 - 2 channels)
Timed Text (GPAC TTXT) Import
Setting up iTunes/iPod file...
Saving C:\Gonzalo\MkvToMp4_0.221a\Final\The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p.m4v: 0.500 secs Interleaving
Correction mp4 file.
TKHD atom correction for video. TRAK 1
TKHD atom correction for audio. TRAK 2
TKHD atom correction for subtitle. TRAK 3
Writing tags in file: C:\Gonzalo\MkvToMp4_0.221a\Final\The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p.m4v
Open result file C:\Gonzalo\MkvToMp4_0.221a\Final\The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p.m4v for test.
The file C:/Gonzalo/MkvToMp4_0.221a/Avengers/The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p.mkv is processed successfully
File processing time: 58 min. 32 sec.
Total time: 58 min. 33 sec.
1 files processed.

[Redneck]

Duplicate post

[Redneck]

An this is the media info:

General
Unique ID : 238124135954828017262189548431578219934 (0xB3250A571BD714B69E7D131978EBC59E)
Complete name : C:\Gonzalo\MkvToMp4_0.221a\Avengers\The Avengers 2012 3Li BluRay 720p.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 7.95 GiB
Duration : 2h 22mn
Overall bit rate : 7 961 Kbps
Movie name : The Avengers By 3Li
Encoded date : UTC 2012-09-06 01:14:02
Writing application : mkvmerge v5.6.0 ('Kenya Kane') built on May 27 2012 16:44:04
Writing library : libebml v1.2.3 + libmatroska v1.3.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 6 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 22mn
Bit rate : 6 450 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.292
Stream size : 6.28 GiB (79%)
Title : The Avengers By 3Li
Writing library : x264 core 125 r2200 999b753
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=6 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=3 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=0 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=6450 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 22mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 1.51 GiB (19%)
Title : The Avengers 5.1 DTS
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Loki's Arrival
00:08:02.315 : en:Tesseract Lost
00:11:49.166 : en:Natasha's Interrogation
00:15:18.751 : en:The Big Guy
00:20:33.482 : en:Man Out of Time
00:23:04.257 : en:Tony & Pepper
00:29:39.444 : en:Loki's Bargain
00:37:23.991 : en:Stuttgart Confrontation
00:42:47.982 : en:Mountaintop Battle
00:50:22.269 : en:What's His Play?
01:01:04.661 : en:Tension Rise
01:14:05.107 : en:Carrier Battle
01:28:01.234 : en:Man Down
01:38:20.561 : en:The Invasion Begins
01:45:40.167 : en:The War
01:51:15.085 : en:Avengers Assembled
01:57:47.769 : en:Hope is Lost
02:04:38.679 : en:The Sacrifice Play
02:09:39.396 : en:A Promise
02:13:10.691 : en:End Credits

[oreons]

Redneck,
In iTunes integrated a non-optimized player, use on the computer VLC or MPC.

[Redneck]

The problem is i want to stream the movies with the apple tv...

[oreons]

Redneck,
Try to optimize ready m4v file.
Load m4v file to the program. Then go to edit tags and set the checkbox "MP4 Optimization".

[Chug a Bug]

Nice work, I batch converted a bunch of videos, took over 2 hours, would've taken an age to do it manually, many thanks.

[gokku3]

I have a file larger than 4 Gb. What option do I have to set in order to be able to put it into my ipad 3 ?

[oreons]

gokku3,
Ipad 3 supports big files >4gb

[Ai Haibara]

I haven't checked the iPad/iPhone, and iPods in a long while, but if you have them formatted to work with a Windows system, doesn't it still format them as FAT32? That would tend to rule out single files over 4GB.

[oreons]

Ai Haibara,
In iPad / iPhone file system is not FAT32, and it is not formatted in Windows.

[Ai Haibara]

...But that's what I was asking (which drive file system it DOES use, for use with a Windows system). When I first brought my old iPod home, I wanted to use it with both Windows and my Mac, so I used the setup procedures (Apple's installer/setup) on our Windows system. That formatted the iPod as FAT32.

What I wanted to know, was that when you currently first connect your iPod/iPad/iPhone to a Windows system and set everything up for use with that Windows system, does it still format the iDevice as FAT32, or actually (finally) use NTFS?
(I'd like it if Apple created an actual HFS/HFS+ driver for Windows... )

[oreons]

Ai Haibara,
iPad / iPhone is not connected as a flash drive, all communication goes through the iTunes program.

[Ai Haibara]

Yes, normally. But the iPod/iPad/iPhone still has to have a file system the host computer understands, in order to be able to sync with it using iTunes.

[oreons]

Why? It is not necessary for synchronizing. This is not copying files using Windows.

[Ai Haibara]

...Never mind. This is going off-topic, anyway.

[Chug a Bug]

As far as I understand it 32 bit MP4's have a maximum filesize of 4GB, and this has nothing to do with FAT32...?

Which is one reason why most movies are containerised in MKV I imagine.

[MrBenj]

Hey Oreons,

Is there a way of keeping DTS or does this always need to be converted to AC3?

I'd like to keep the DTS as I use an amp to decode.

Many thanks!!

MrB

[oreons]

MrBenj,
Only converting to AAC or AC3.

[ROBO731]

Hi, I had just been wondering if there was a tool that would allow me to remux tracks into the mp4 format when I stumbled upon this thread. I downloaded it immediately. Thank you for making such a great program. i have only one question/request. The MKV container supports adding fonts to the file so the subtitles file can be properly displayed. I was wondering if this could be added to the program if it's even possible to add fonts to the MP4 container. If it's not, which I assume to be the case, is there anyway for the subtitles to display with the correct font?

[MrBenj]

MrBenj,
Only converting to AAC or AC3.

Thanks Oreons.

Mr B

[oreons]

ROBO731,
Maybe you need to use hardsubs, but in this program it's not supported.

[ROBO731]

I figured, do you know if you can even add fonts to an mp4 file?

[shoganai]

Excellent app which I am very happy to have found after much searching....

One issue which I realize may just be a misunderstanding/mis-setting n my part:

I have a couple of mkv TV program episodes which have 6ch AC3 audio tracks. I am trying to create mp4 versions for iPad and want the output bitrate to be 2ch 160kbps AAC. After conversion the AC3 track has been downmixed to stereo as expected but the bit rate of the resulting AAC file is 175kbps on one fle and 192kbps on the other. I tried changing the AAC quality setting from 0.55 to 0.45 but the resulting bit rates stay the same.

Thoughts?

[oreons]

ROBO731,
It is impossible.

shoganai,
The program uses TVBR mode for encoding AAC. In this mode, setup the quality and not the bitrate.

[ROBO731]

Alright, thanks anyway.