Remuxing Dolby Vision 8.1

[koberulz]

Have a DV8.1 file, bunch of extraneous audio/subtitle tracks and I need to split off some of the footage to make it two separate files. Would usually just drop it into MKVToolnix, check and uncheck as necessary, and remux. But it won't even open. I'm assuming the DoVi profile is the issue.

Is there a way to do this? Searching just turns up people wanting to convert to 8.1 from a lower profile.

[Ennio]

But it won't even open.

Maybe there is something not right with your sourcefile. Can you post the whole MediaInfo data of it?

FYI MKVToolnix is perfectly capable of (re-)muxing Dolby Vision. But when doing DoVi, be sure to always set "Default duration/FPS" to the proper value.

[koberulz]

General
Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 4
File size                                : 23.3 GiB
Duration                                 : 3 h 30 min
Overall bit rate                         : 15.9 Mb/s
Frame rate                               : 24.000 FPS
Encoded date                             : 2024-03-15 15:03:34 UTC
Writing application                      : mkvmerge v83.0 ('Circle Of Friends') 64-bit
Writing library                          : libebml v1.4.5 + libmatroska v1.7.1
Cover                                    : Yes
Attachments                              : cover.png

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : HEVC
Format/Info                              : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile                           : Main 10@L5@High
HDR format                               : Dolby Vision, Version 1.0, Profile 8.1, dvhe.08.06, BL+RPU, HDR10 compatible / SMPTE ST 2086, Version HDR10, HDR10 compatible
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration                                 : 3 h 30 min
Bit rate                                 : 15.0 Mb/s
Width                                    : 3 840 pixels
Height                                   : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 24.000 FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.075
Stream size                              : 22.0 GiB (94%)
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics                 : PQ
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries        : BT.2020
Mastering display luminance              : min: 0.0000 cd/m2, max: 1000 cd/m2

Audio #1
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : E-AC-3 JOC
Format/Info                              : Enhanced AC-3 with Joint Object Coding
Commercial name                          : Dolby Digital Plus with Dolby Atmos
Codec ID                                 : A_EAC3
Duration                                 : 3 h 30 min
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 768 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
Channel layout                           : L R C LFE Ls Rs
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 1.13 GiB (5%)
Language                                 : English
Service kind                             : Complete Main
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
Complexity index                         : 16
Number of dynamic objects                : 15
Bed channel count                        : 1 channel
Bed channel configuration                : LFE

Audio #2
ID                                       : 3
Format                                   : AAC LC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID                                 : A_AAC-2
Duration                                 : 3 h 30 min
Bit rate                                 : 125 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel layout                           : L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 189 MiB (1%)
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No

Text #1
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Duration                                 : 3 h 12 min
Bit rate                                 : 3 b/s
Frame rate                               : 0.014 FPS
Count of elements                        : 165
Stream size                              : 5.48 KiB (0%)
Language                                 : Chinese
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No

Text #2
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Language                                 : Danish
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No

Text #3
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Language                                 : German
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Forced                                   : No

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Language                                 : English
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Forced                                   : No

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Frame rate                               : 0.031 FPS
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Forced                                   : No

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Language                                 : Spanish
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Forced                                   : No

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Forced                                   : No

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Forced                                   : No

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Language                                 : Dutch
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No

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Language                                 : Norwegian
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No

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Language                                 : Polish
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No

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Language                                 : Portuguese
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No

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Language                                 : Portuguese
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No

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Language                                 : Romanian
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No

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Language                                 : Slovak
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No

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Language                                 : Finnish
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No

Text #22
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Language                                 : Swedish
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No

Text #23
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Language                                 : Turkish
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No

Text #24
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Count of elements                        : 200
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Language                                 : Czech
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No

[moon_light]

Dolby Vision 8.1 is a single-layer dv, it's no different from a normal MKV, and the MKVVtoolnix should be able to handle it

[koberulz]

Well it won't even open it...

[ProWo]

Well it won't even open it...

Maybe because this:
Cover : Yes
Attachments : cover.png

Try clever FFmpeg-GUI.
Download it, start it and follow the instructions.
Then load your file, click main, click multiplex, set (on the left) the streams you want to retain and click multiplex.
Done.

[koberulz]

That worked.