MKV fast and quick converter like Vid Coder

[deepfrayder]

Anyone know about MKV converter same as VidCoder.

[netmask56]

Yes it's called VidCoder if you want to shrink a MKV file to MKV or MP4 - not sure what you want to do ? If you want to make a MKV file then MakeMKV is quick but doesn't shrink - ie file size in = file size out.

[deepfrayder]

Thanks for reply, yes i want to shrink, change of resolutions and audio etc.. MKV file to MKV same as MP4/M4v in VidCoder

[netmask56]

You can do that in Vidcoder, just select the profile you want and the format mp4 or mkv and away you go.

[deepfrayder]

Oh! i forgot this option thanks, please advise another better software than VidCoder for the same purposes.

[netmask56]

Handbrake that's about it, there may be others but Vidcoder, which is built on the Handbrake engine is probably the best. Maybe others can suggest alternative for you. Good luck

[strawberryshortcake]

Thanks for reply, yes i want to shrink, change of resolutions and audio etc.. MKV file to MKV same as MP4/M4v in VidCoder

Maybe ffmpeg .... or just completely ignore everything I wrote below. Whatever works.


Background: I'm still a beginner to all of this, and NONE of the following is my original idea. Everything is through internet search and knowledge of others.

I pretty much started getting into ffmpeg when I watched this video and it is this video that I still refer to. It shows you how to create a batch file.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=696ACV7gBG8&t=42s

FFmpeg installation - this is the video I followed to install ffmpeg.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlF8kg5U2kc&t=105s


The following code is a batch file, and will convert all the videos in the same folder to the listed specifications instead of doing it one by one. Put the .bat file into the same exact folder with all the videos that you want to convert, double click on the .bat file. It will create a new folder with your newly converted videos.

Copy and paste the code below into notepad, save as .bat file. You could name it anything, like Convertmkvtomp4.bat, convert.bat, thisandthat.bat, water.bat, etc.

Just copy the code as is. The only changes that you'll make would be the bold letters and numbers to your liking. If you ever need to change any parts to the code, right click on the .bat file and "edit". Once you're done making the desired changes, hit "save." Then double click on the .bat file and it'll start to convert your files automatically.



The following thread is where I found out how to change the resolution. I already tested it out on a 720x480 mp4 and converted to a 1920x1080 mp4 video
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34391499/change-video-resolution-ffmpeg

if not exist newfiles md newfiles
for %%a in ("*.mp4") do ffmpeg -i "%%a" -c:v libx264 -vf scale=1920:1080,setdar=16:9 -acodec ac3 -b:a 128k "newfiles\%%~na.mp4" 
pause

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if not exist newfiles md newfiles
for %%a in ("*.mp4") do ffmpeg -i "%%a" -c:v libx264 -vf scale=1920:1080,setdar=16:9 -acodec ac3 -b:a 128k "newfiles\%%~na.mp4"
pause
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Note: You can also change the converted output folder name as well. Simply change "newfiles" to anything you want, such as
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if not exist ABCsweet md ABCsweet
for %%a in ("*.mp4") do ffmpeg -i "%%a" -c:v libx264 -vf scale=1920:1080,setdar=16:9 -acodec ac3 -b:a 128k "ABCsweet\%%~na.mp4"
pause
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The blue .mp4 is the input video file type.
The red .mp4 is the output video file type.
It doesn't have to be the same. Blue could have been .mkv and Red could have been .mp4, or vice versa. Or Blue could have been .avi and Red .mkv, etc. etc.





If you want to keep the video exactly the same but only change the audio,
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if not exist newfiles md newfiles
for %%a in ("*.mp4") do ffmpeg -i "%%a" -vcodec copy -acodec ac3 -b:a 128k "newfiles\%%~na.mp4"
pause
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If you want to keep the audio exactly the same but only change the video
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if not exist newfiles md newfiles
for %%a in ("*.mp4") do ffmpeg -i "%%a" -c:v libx264 -vf scale=1920:1080,setdar=16:9 -acodec copy "newfiles\%%~na.mp4"
pause
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[Hoser Rob]

Oh! i forgot this option thanks, please advise another better software than VidCoder for the same purposes.

WHat do you mean by better? What's wrong with vidcoder?

There are encoders with more encoding options that are often recommended by the real video geeks here, but they're not particularly suited to beginners to encoding.

There are encoders which are easier to use but they achieve this by leaving out so many encoder options that it's impossible to get high quality encodes. Video encoding is actually quite complex. And since there aren't any one size fits all perfect settings ... each video has its own needs ... there's a limit to how much you can simplify it and get good results.

Vidcoder and handbrake (the former is really just a different GUI for the latter, the encoding engine is the same) probably have the best balance of ease of use and quality. You won't find better IMO. I prefer handbrake because it's very well documented. Better so than a lot of software you pay for.

[deepfrayder]

Thanks to All! for the quick and positive response