mkvbatchmultiplex 0.5.3a2.dev2

A mkv media batch multiplex.

This project started out of the necessity to multiplex a library of many series using AVI container and SRT for subtitles to be maintained in a Media Server. And as the saying goes search for something to use did not find anything that met my requirements so program it myself.

Description

mkvbatchmultiplex program is for processing mkvmerge command line and use it as a template to apply the multiplex instructions to all the files found in the directory. The command line is expected to be taken from mkvtoolnix-gui:

Multiplexer->Show command line

mkvmerge and mkvtoolnix-gui are part of the MKVToolNix set of tools to work with Matroska media container files.

Works with either Windows (cmd.exe) or Linux/unix shells (bash, zsh, etc.)

Installation

If you just can wait for an easier way. It is been developed on Windows the media server is Windows based. Made light testing on ubuntu and macOS. On macOS 10.14 mojave it does not work the color palette makes it unusable. This a Qt5 problem version 5.12 is working on it when released it will work. MKVToolNix have the same problem have to wait for version 29.0.0+. Done some testing with pre-release versions and works more or less find.

Dependencies

• Python 3.6 or greater on system

  • PyQt5 5.10.1 or greater

  • pymediainfo 2.2.1 or greater

• MediaInfo tested with versions 17.10->18.12

• MKVToolNix tested with versions

For now is a python package it can be installed:

pip install mkvbatchmultiplex
or download the source

macOS 10.14 Dark theme won’t work.

Usage

It assumed you have working knowledge of using MKVToolNix. Select a file make any operations needed copy command to clipboard:

Multiplexer->Show command line

Paste command on mkvbatchmultiplex push Process button and wait. Remember to select and output directory.

Roadmap

This is just the base for the project. The roadmap is:

• Work on a stable release.

• Easier installation for different operating systems

• Documentation

• Work on job queue management

If the the program generates interest any further changes and additions will depend on any user base needs.

See https://mkvbatchmultiplex.readthedocs.io for more information.