Download MKVToolnix 7.9.0

Version 7.9.0 of MKVToolNix has been released. This collection of open source programs allows viewing, editing, and conversion of Matroska files. For example, sound tracks and subtitles can be added, removed or set as default. They are separate command line tools, but a graphical user interface is included. Versions are available for download for Windows, many Linux distributions, and OS X. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Released v7.9.0.

• build system: configure will now check for Qt by default. If at least v5.2.0 is found then the Qt versions of mkvinfo’s GUI and the new mkvtoolnix-gui will be enabled. You can affect this detection with the options –disable-gui (turns off all GUIs; works the same as before), –disable-qt (will compile the wxWidgets GUI for mkvinfo and mmg) and –without-mkvtoolnix-gui (will compile the Qt version of mkvinfo’s GUI but no mkvtoolnix-gui).
• mkvinfo: bug fix: mkvinfo would exit with the wrong return code (0 instead of 2) if a non-existing file name had been given. Fixes #1182†
• mkvmerge: Two more characters are now escaped in the container and track properties output in verbose identification mode: [ is replaced with \b and ] with \B. This is needed for reliable parsing by other programs, eg GUIs.
• MKVToolNix GUI: new feature: added context menu entries for tracks: »select all«, »enable all« and »disable all«.
• MKVToolNix GUI: new feature: implemented aborting the currently running job.
• all: fix compilation on Mac OS in common/command_line.cpp due to boost::range::filtered requiring a copyable functor. Fixes #1175†
• all: fix compilation on Mac OS in common/version.cpp due to wrong usage of std::stringstream and ostream operators. Fixes #1176†
• MKVToolNix GUI: new feature: implemented the »additional command line options« dialog.
• MKVToolNix GUI: new feature in the chapter editor: added features »set the language/country of the selected chapter and its sub-chapters«.
• all: bug fix: fixed compilation with Boost 1.58.0. Fixes #1172†
• mkvmerge: bug fix: Fixed a segmentation fault during cleanup after Ctrl+C was pressed. Fixes #1173†
• MKVToolNix GUI: new feature in the chapter editor: added features »clamping time stamps of sub-chapters to their parent’s time stamps«, »expanding time stamps of chapters to encompass their sub-chapters’ time stamps« and »shifting start and end time stamps by an offset«.
• all: permanently removed the build times tamp from the version information and the corresponding configure option.
• MKVToolNix GUI: new feature: the main window’s size, position and state (maximized/minimized) is saved on exit and restored on startup.
• MKVToolNix GUI: new feature: the GUI is now fully translatable. The German translation has been completed for the GUI, too.
• mkvmerge: bug fix: fixed –sync not doing anything if –default-duration is used for the same track, too.
• mkvmerge: bug fix: fixed aborting file identification with an error message about »aac_error_protection_specific_config« that happened for some files. Fixes #1166†
• MKVToolNix GUI: new feature: implemented changing the interface language.
• MKVToolNix GUI: enhancement: implemented often used subtitle character sets.
• MKVToolNix GUI: enhancement: implemented setting a user configurable subtitle character set by default.
• MKVToolNix GUI: enhancement: implemented the automatic removal of jobs configurable by the user.
• mkvmerge: bug fix: fixed specifying track properties like language or name for AC3 cores embedded in TrueHD tracks when they’re read from raw thd+ac3 files. Fixes #1158†
• mkvmerge: enhancement for MPEG program stream handling: mkvmerge will only look for additional files automatically if the source file begins with »VTS_…« and just if it ends in a number. Eg when reading »video_1.mpg« another file called »video_2.mpg« will no longer be read automatically. implementations #1164†
• MKVToolNix GUI: enhancement: display country names in addition to country codes.
• MKVToolNix GUI: enhancement: implemented often used languages ​​and country codes.
• MKVToolNix GUI: chapter editor enhancement: implemented defaults for the language and country settings for newly created chapter names.
• MKVToolNix GUI: merge tool enhancement: added controls for mkvmerge’s »reduce audio to its core« and »force NALU size length« features.
• MKVToolNix GUI: new feature: implemented the »Preferences« dialog (not all of the functionality the options refer to has been implemented yet, though).
• mkvmerge: bug fix: MPEG-1/2 parser: fixed a long-standing issue that prevented mkvmerge from recognizing certain MPEG-1/2 video tracks and files if the frame’s sequence numbers didn’t follow a certain expected pattern. Fixes #1162 and probably others like #1145 or #1099†
• MKVToolNix GUI: merge tool enhancement: Implemented adding and append files and adding files as additional parts via drag & drop from external applications.
• MKVToolNix GUI: merge tool bug fix: fixed the column headers on the »attachments« tab.
• MKVToolNix GUI: chapter editor enhancement: implemented opening files via drag & drop from external applications.
• MKVToolNix GUI: enhancement: The portable Windows version will store its settings in a file in the same folder instead of the registry.
• MKVToolNix GUI: enhancement: Qt’s »Windows Vista« style is now used on Windows instead of the old, Windows 98-like »Windows« style.
• MKVToolNix GUI: merge tool enhancement: The merge tool has been re-written to be tabbed like the header and chapter editors allowing for multiple merge job settings to be open at the same time.
• MKVToolNix GUI: chapter editor enhancement: implemented re-ordering chapters and editions with drag & drop.
• MKVToolNix GUI: new feature: implemented the chapter editor.
• MKVToolNix GUI: merge tool enhancement: implemented adding attachments via drag & drop from external applications.
• MKVToolNix GUI: new feature: implemented the header editor.
• mkvmerge: enhancement: Implemented proper type output during identification for DTS-ES (extended surround) tracks. implementations #1157†
• MKVToolNix GUI: new feature: implemented the online update check.
• mkvmerge: bug fix: The calculation of the width and height of h.265/HEVC video tracks did not take the conformance window (cropping) into account. Fixes #1152†
• mkvmerge: bug fix: Fixed the value of the DocTypeVersion header field if any of the Matroska elements CodecDelay, DiscardPadding or SeekPreRoll is used. This is the case for Opus tracks.
• mkvmerge: bug fix: Fixed the handling of E-AC3 tracks in M2TS files if the AC3 core and the extension are stored in separate packets.
• mkvmerge: new feature: Implemented support for the DTS-HD container format.
• mkvmerge: new feature: Implemented support for core-less DTS streams consisting solely of XLL extension sub-streams.
• mkvmerge: new feature: track selection can be done by language codes as well. Affects the options –audio-tracks, –button-tracks, –subtitle-tracks and –video-tracks. Works only for containers that actually provide a language tag. implementations #1108†
• source code: bug fix: Accidental uses of the »long double« type have been converted to normal »double«s. This fixes compilation on platforms which don’t support the »long double« type in combination with Boost::Math. Fixes #1150†