2010-12-30, 14:31
Here's why I created this. Lately, it seems like I've been coming across more and more .mkv files with multiple audio tracks and since I only want English, these extra tracks are just taking up space. Also, some movies have the default audio track in another language and my wife can never figure out how to get it to play in English. Removing the extra audio tracks of course solves this. I've slowly begun removing the extra audio with mkvmerge, but the problem was finding the files that needed to be edited.
After looking around and not finding anything to accomplish what I wanted, I finally decided to just create my own little app to do this... So here it is.
Note: I created this in a couple hours, so there are bound to be bugs. If you find one, please post here. I know this application isn't the most elegant solution, but it was a quick way to accomplish what I needed and I'm sure others will find it useful. If you do, please let me know that as well.
Instructions:
Removing Extra Audio Tracks w/ MKVtoolnix:
Screenshot:
Download Link:
http://www.audio-matic.com/MKV%20Optimiz...201.19.exe
After looking around and not finding anything to accomplish what I wanted, I finally decided to just create my own little app to do this... So here it is.
Note: I created this in a couple hours, so there are bound to be bugs. If you find one, please post here. I know this application isn't the most elegant solution, but it was a quick way to accomplish what I needed and I'm sure others will find it useful. If you do, please let me know that as well.
Instructions:
- You will need to first install MKVtoolnix (includes mkvmerge w/ a nice GUI), which you can get from here: http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MKVtoolnix
- Use the download link below to download my app (and download .Net Framework if needed from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/de...laylang=en)
- Put the path you installed MKVtoolnix to in the first box
- Put the path to your Movie Folder in the 2nd box (recursive searches now work - beta 1.06+)
- Check the options you want to search for and click the Search button to find all matching files.
- Double-Click on any of the matches in the listview to launch MKVtoolnix to edit that file.
Removing Extra Audio Tracks w/ MKVtoolnix:
- Uncheck the unwanted tracks & subtitles (the language will be shown in the General Track Options tab).
- Change the Output Filename to something different (I usually just add a "1" to the end of the original filename) and click Start Muxing.
- When the process is complete, delete the original file and rename the edited file if needed.
Screenshot:
Download Link:
http://www.audio-matic.com/MKV%20Optimiz...201.19.exe