how to batch mux files into mkv containers?

[tommo123]

i use mkvtoolnix but i have to do them individually. i don't want to re-encode etc just remux from flv or whatever to mkv. takes seconds but when there are 100s of files it's a chore.

can't see a way of doing it in the gui, just add file - add to job queue, clear and repeat

 

[lxskllr]

You should be able to do it from a terminal with a script. Here's a sample to point you in the general direction...

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17312480/remux-contents-of-multiple-files-to-mkv-using-batch

 

[tommo123]

isn't terminal a linux thing?

 

[TheELF]

Yes it is,windows has command line (dos)
I would suggest ffmpeg with this command he shows,just change the input with the output so this

for %%a in ("*.mkv") do ffmpeg -i "%%a" -vcodec copy -acodec copy "newfiles\%%~na.mp4"
pause

would become

for %%a in ("*.flv") do ffmpeg -i "%%a" -vcodec copy -acodec copy "newfiles\%%~na.mkv"
pause

or instead of .flv use *.* but make sure that the directory only contains video files.
And of course this is only for individual video files,if you have parts that you want to convert to one file it get's a lot more complicated.
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/356314-How-to-batch-convert-multiplex-any-files-with-ffmpeg

 

[tommo123]

thanks guys. found mkvbatch though which did the trick

hate cli

 

[Mike64]

I think avidemux can do that, too, can't it?