Swap track positions with mkvmerge

[RandomNewbe]

Hi! I'm trying to swap track position on multiple files at once, I've tried this script:

for %%a in ("*.mkv") do mkvpropedit "%%a" ^
--track-order 0:0,0:2,0:1,0:3,0:4

Which should swap track 2 position with track 1 on all MKV files in the same folder, I say should but actually it doesn't - I am missing something?

[jagabo]

--track-order is an option for mkvmerge, not mkvpropedit.

[RandomNewbe]

Tried but didn't work... what's the command to not auto-close the command prompt window so I can read what it says? maybe there's some an error it identifies

[jagabo]

what's the command to not auto-close the command prompt window so I can read what it says?

pause

With mkvmerge you need to supply input and output filenames.

mkvmerge --track-order 0:0,0:2,0:1,0:3,0:4 input.mkv -o output.mkv
pause

[RandomNewbe]

Edit: Okay I found a semi-working script:


for %%y in (*.mp4) do mkvmerge -o "%%~dpny.mkv" "%%~fy" --track-order 0:0,0:2,0:1,0:3,0:4

pause

However for this to work I have to rename all .mkv files to .mp4 because if I specify to process the .mkv files I get an error (since the output would overwrite the input files and the script won't let me do that)


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"Error: The name of the destination file "<path>" and of one of the source files is the same. This would case mkvmerge to overwrite one of your source files."

Is there a way to have to output files slightly renamed so it doesn't cause an overwrite error?

[jagabo]

However for this to work I have to rename all .mkv files to .mp4 because if I specify to process the .mkv files I get an error (since the output would overwrite the input files and the script won't let me do that)

Add something to the output filename, or specify a sub-folder:

for %%y in (*.mkv) do mkvmerge  -o "%%~dpny_reordered.mkv" "%%~fy" --track-order 0:0,0:2,0:1,0:3,0:4
pause

[RandomNewbe]

That's perfect ~ thanks a lot <3