28 thoughts on “MKVToolNix v8.2.0 released”

1. zeroleft July 19, 2015 at 21:38

   Hi!
   When attempting to upgrade MKVToolNix, in Debian Jessie i386, through your APT repository, I get the following error message in the terminal emulator:
   The following packages can not be authenticated!
   mkvtoolnix-gui mkvtoolnix
   And, yes, I have your security key (https://www.bunkus.org/gpg-pub-moritzbunkus.txt) installed, following your instuctions (https://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/downloads .html # debian) …
   Any idea what’s going on?
   1. mosu Post authorJuly 19, 2015 at 22:19

      Thanks for reporting this issue. It’s quite possible the GPG signing of the repository’s files failed during my automated build process.

      I’ve re-signed all the pools. Updating the Debian jessie repository works for me now. Can you try again, please?
      1. tomman July 19, 2015 at 22:24

         Now it seems everything is signed properly

         No more warnings experienced here (testing/AMD64)

         Thanks!
         1. mosu Post authorJuly 19, 2015 at 22:28

            You’re quite welcome.
      2. zeroleft July 19, 2015 at 23:21

         Yes, now everything is working properly.
         No more warnings.
         Thank you very much!
   2. tomman July 19, 2015 at 22:22

      Same here, but I’m using testing (Stretch) on AMD64.
2. Ruben July 19, 2015 at 23:31

   Could you add the ability to replace the current job/file when accepting files from the command line (or parameter)?

   I use Open++ to send files to MKVToolnix but after the first file I open this way, the following ones will be added to the current job. Adding it to a new one or an option to replacing the current job would be welcome addition.

   Thanks.
   1. mosu Post authorJuly 20, 2015 at 08:01

      This functionality exists already. Go to the preferences, select the »merging« tab and uncheck the option »always add files dropped from external applications«. That way the GUI will ask you what you want it to do with the files you’ve just dropped. One of those options is to add them to new merge settings.
      1. Ruben July 21, 2015 at 22:08

         That option wasn’t clear but I have now unchecked it to work with external files the way I was used to. Thanks.
3. Mabuhay July 23, 2015 at 00:27

   Please help with the “resize/ crop” setting options.
   can not seem to get the desired (e.g. 1920×1080 resize 1280×720 or vice versa) output.
   Thank-You!
4. aver July 31, 2015 at 17:28

   The new UI isn’t very user friendly it would be great to get something more simple like the old UI with maybe an advanced UI mode or something.

   It would also be great to have an easier way to mux multiple videos with multiple other files, If I drag say 20 videos into the new UI and hit “Create New Merge Settings And Add To Those” that only creates one new tab and adds all 20 videos as inputs. There is no way to create 20 separate tabs without adding them one by one. Once I have all the new tabs I then begin to drag the new auido tracks into each tab and set the correct flags, it’s very tedious work and there has to be a solution to doing a task like this quickly.

   I might of missed something but setting the default track language doesn’t seem to work for me. Any new input files I add are still saying undetermined (und).
   1. mosu Post authorAugust 2, 2015 at 08:57

      About creating new merge settings for each dropped file: this sounds like a useful enhancement. I’ll probably implement it, but please file a feature request for it; otherwise chances are I’ll forget about it again as there are tons of things to fix and implement already.

      About the default track language: this setting is only applied if the source file doesn’t provide a language for a track already. For example, Matroska files already contain a language, as do many other container formats (sometimes MPEG transport stream files, or SSA/ASS subtitle files).
5. HassiD August 2, 2015 at 02:31

   Hi.
   “mkvtoolnix-gui.exe” not working (i have windows 10, and now i can’t open it), but “mmg.exe” work fine.
   any idea?

   thanx
   1. mosu Post authorAugust 2, 2015 at 08:58

      Thanks for reporting this. I haven’t had any feedback so far on Windows 10, neither positive nor negative, so you may well have stumbled across something fundamental. I don’t have Windows 10 myself yet and cannot verify it at the moment. I’ll try to update Qt (the GUI library the new GUI is written in), maybe that’ll help.

      I’ll post another comment once I have something for you to test.
   2. remuxer32 August 2, 2015 at 14:27

      @HassiD

      Yesterday I installed Windows 10 Pro on my HDD, and confirm that in my case both (MKVToolNix GUI & mkvmerge GUI)work fine. Here are my screenshots to prove:

      ► http://s12.postimg.org/9bxz35p59/MKVTool_Nix_GUI_Win_10.png

      ► http://s13.postimg.org/6osgvv6if/mkvmerge_GUI_Win_10.png

      So: it’s very strange that in your case the new GUI doesn’t work. Two questions to you:

      1) Are you sure you are using the newest (8.2.0) version of MKVToolNix? It’s very important because if, accidentally, you are using earlier versions (e.g. 7.9.0 or 8.0.0 ) then there might be a problem with working. (Currently I’m using/testing pre-build 833 of MKVToolNix 8.2.0).

      2) How did you install Windows 10 on your HDD/SSD? Did you just update your previous Windows 7/8.1 or make a clean installation? Personally I made the clean installation on my HDD; in my opinion it’s better than update (you never know how the new system will work if you “put” it on the previous one — sometimes you may encounter on unexpected problems). So: if you updated your previous Windows, then, if I were you, I would install it again, but this time — clean installation of course; just to be absolutely sure that everything works fine. And then try to run MKVToolNix GUI 8.2.0 again.

      Good luck.

      remuxer32

      BTW: I think I will likely downgrade it to Windows 7 as is more comfortable for me than the new one.
      1. HassiD August 3, 2015 at 16:13

         hello and thanx for the quick reply.
         i made clean install of windows 10 (64-bit).
         i download the latest version again (8.2.0), 64-bit, uninstall it, and install it again – but it still not work.
         maybe because it 64 bit and not 32 bit?
         thanx again.
         1. mosu Post authorAugust 3, 2015 at 16:32

            You could give the 32bit version of MKVToolNix a try, though I doubt it’ll change anything.

            When you say that it doesn’t run what exactly do you mean by that? Is there any kind of error message displayed (and if so can you please post a screen shot somewhere)?
            1. HassiD August 3, 2015 at 20:08

               OK. i try install 32 bit, 64/32 bit portable, compatibility mode (windows 8) – but it still not work.
               when i open the file, i see the little spinning circle (near the arrow) for a second and nothing else. no message or anything else.
               thanx again for your reply.
            2. mosu Post authorAugust 4, 2015 at 17:02

               I don’t really have an idea what the issue might be. Have you tried running it with administrator privileges? Those shouldn’t be needed, but you could give it a try; if it works then it might give me a hint what’s wrong.
            3. HassiD August 4, 2015 at 23:24

               try.
               still not work.
            4. mosu Post authorAugust 6, 2015 at 09:14

               I don’t have a solution yet, but you don’t seem to be alone with this problem. I’ve opened an issue for it in my bug tracker and will investigate it, but it may take some time as I don’t have Windows 10 yet (nor an idea what the issue might actually be).
         2. remuxer32 August 5, 2015 at 18:10

            @HassiD

            Maybe the problem is not in MKVToolNix, but in your system. I mean the registry etc. Do you clean your system sometimes? I strongly recommend you three free programs: CCleaner, Registry Life, and AdwCleaner; download them and install, please. Before using them, uninstall MKVToolNix please. Now you can use them in the following order:

            1) Run CCleaner, go to the Registry tab and press »Scan for Issues«. After scanning completion, click on »Fix selected (all) issues«. Repeat scanning again until your registry will be absolutely clean.

            2) Run Registry Life, click on »Registry Cleanup«, and press »Start«. After analyzing completion, click on »Fix«. Now you can close the program.

            3) Run AdwCleaner in order to scan your system (Malware, Spyware, Toolbars etc.). If the program finds something, click on »Clean«.

            After those steps, finally you can install MKVToolNix GUI and check if everything works great or not. If it doesn’t help you then let me know please.

            I hope my tips will help you.

            remuxer32
   3. mosu Post authorAugust 8, 2015 at 20:17

      Another user just notified me that for him the upgrade to Windows 10 changed some folder permissions including the one MKVToolNix was installed in. Please verify that the MKVToolNix installation folder is not marked as read-only. See here and here.
      1. HassiD September 5, 2015 at 20:18

         Hi.
         thnx.

         i can’t change it to not-read-only. it’s stay like this no matter what. i try it in the portable edition also.
         i also try the “DebugView” (with mkvtoolnix 8.3.0) – but it not work.
6. Mark Herbert August 4, 2015 at 16:08

   Please stay at the old gui. The new one is a desaster. Its not userfriendly at all.
   1. mosu Post authorAugust 4, 2015 at 17:01

      I’d very much like to hear specifics about what you find unfriendly and what you would like to have changed. Maybe I can show you a couple of ways to get things done you’re not aware about yet.

      Generic criticism like »it’s all bad« is nothing I can work with, though. The new GUI is the one that’s going to stay, and improving it is my focus.
7. Zukmir August 12, 2015 at 06:36

   Hello.
   I want to embed subtitles to mkv file, and it works fast with your software MKVToolNix v8.2.0 Portable.
   My question, How can I change the font size of the subtitles (enlarge) and how can I lower the subtitles to appear on the lower black bar.

   Thank you

   Zukmir
   zukmir1@gmail.com

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   1. mosu Post authorAugust 12, 2015 at 12:38

      Matroska itself doesn’t provide any controls for subtitle styling, but some subtitle formats themselves do (SSA/ASS does, for example). You’ll have to edit the subtitle file with a subtitle editor before muxing it into Matroska.

      As I’ve never done that myself I cannot really help you with it.

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