prgoram which converts to mkv and can handle multiple audiotracks?

[snowneed]

Dear community,

I have been searching in this forum and on the web to find an editing program for my needs.

I am recording in OBS to mkv and have around 4-5 different audiotracks to a recording.
My editor wants to have the recordings in mkv for quality-reasons.
Recently I want to cut out some parts, before sending them to my editor. They should be able to have access to the new version with all the audiotracks later on.
Therefore I need a program which can edit in mkv and can convert into mkv again.
As well as I would need the program to seperate the audiotracks (since I would need to delete some parts there).


Thanks for taking the time to read,
and greetings from Germany

[ProWo]

If your source is already mkv, you don't need to re-encode.
Cutting, extracting, omitting or adding tracks can be done with Avidemux or with clever FFmpeg-GUI.

Cutting is easier with Avidemux, extracting and muxing tracks is easier with clever FFmpeg-GUI.

[Ennio]

I am recording in OBS to mkv and have around 4-5 different audiotracks to a recording.
My editor wants to have the recordings in mkv for quality-reasons.

Maybe I'm misreading but I don't think mkv as such guarantees "quality" since it's a conatiner format. Perception of quality is initially determined by how well the elementary audio- and video-streams inside are.

I can imagine hard-cutting out parts leaving undesired transitions. First thought here you may need crossfading, perhaps both for audio and video. I can't tell if the suggested tools support this.
Should your editor be the person who will do this, you may want to deliver extra start- and end footage at the cutting points.

[snowneed]

Hello both, thanks so much for the reply.
I have been the past couple days sick. So my reply is a bit late.

I have been checking out Avidemux so far, as it looked at first glance appealing and seems so far promising. I am also going to check out the other one too. Thank you so much for the recommendations.


To the "quality", I am actually not so sure myself. But asked him right now, and am waiting for a response now.
This is a good point with the undesired transitions. I have different types of content. I need to look into crossfading. It is the first time to hear about it as a noobie.
I think it is an excellent idea though with the extra footage, so that problem could be somewhat solved.