Video file manipulation

-video_file_manipulation.md

Video File Manipulation

edit_mkv_metadata.md

MKV edit metadata With MKVToolNix

• MKVToolNix – Matroska tools for Linux/Unix and Windows : https://mkvtoolnix.download/
• mkvpropedit command line doc : https://mkvtoolnix.download/doc/mkvpropedit.html

Set language metadata

• set french as audio language for audio track1 and japan as audio language for audio track2

mkvpropedit movie.mkv --edit track:a1 --set language=fre --edit track:a2 --set language=jpn

• language code used in mkv format : ISO_639-2 : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_codes_ISO_639-2

loop onto all mkv files in a dir

• set japan as audio language for audio track1 and english as subtitle language for subtitle track1

• in command line :

  cd /D x:\folder
  for %a in (*.mkv) do "mkvpropedit.exe" "%a" --edit track:a1 --set language=jpn --edit track:s1 --set language=eng
  

• in a batch file (.bat file) :

  cd /D x:\folder
  for %%a in (*.mkv) do "mkvpropedit.exe" "%%a" --edit track:a1 --set language=jpn --edit track:s1 --set language=eng