NO LONGER DEVELOPED = The software hasn't been updated in over 5 years. Type and download NO MORE UPDATES? = The software hasn't been updated in over 2 years. Version number / Beta version number / Update version number and when it whas released. Merge the new audio video and all the reencoded and kept GOPs Sections/Browse similar toolsĮxplanation: NEW SOFTWARE= New tool since your last visit NEW VERSION= New version since your last visit NEW REVIEW= New review since your last visit NEW VERSION= New version Latest version When all GOPs that need to be reencoded are reencoded, call mkvmerge to cut the audio (here attachments, subtitles&co do not get disabled any therefore should still be available)

Let user set the output name and the temp folderĬall mkvmerge with the video cut lists to create a bunch of temporary files (here the cuts are always on key frames)Īnalyze one of the not reencoded parts with h264_parse to improve compatibilityĬreate avisynth scripts using the trim calls and LWLibAVSource to decode the GOPs that need reencoding (smart rendering)Ĭreate x264 call to reencode the content provided by the avisynth scripts Let user set which parts of the content he wantsĬreate audio and video cut lists for mkvmerge, create trim calls Here's a general overview how MKVCutter works:Īnalyze content with MKVInfo (to get the key frame positions)Īnalyze content with MediaInfo (to get some general data needed for audio reencoding and preview)Ĭreate AvisynthSkript to preview the content (simple script that calls FFVideoSource on the input) (mainly because Avisynth is used for decoding and preview in theory ffmpeg could be used as alternative so porting to Linux&Co should be possible) X264 encoding is very rudimentary (no user choice, always crf 21 encode) It only properly supports progressive, constant frame rate H.264 content

Since it's a alpha version and I really only look at it from time to time it has some major shortcomings.

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