Download MKVToolNix 8.0.0

Version 8.0.0 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 v8.0.0

• MKVToolNix GUI: improved locating the mkvmerge executable on non-Windows systems. Fixes #1246†
• MKVToolNix GUI: chapter editor bug fix: dragging & dropping a file onto the chapter editor that cannot be parsed as chapters was causing a confusing warning about changed chapters not being saved.
• MKVToolNix GUI: merge tool bug fix: fixed several controls not changing their language correctly when the interface language is changed.
• MKVToolNix GUI: merge tool enhancement: drag & drop of files works even if no mux settings are currently open. implementations #1245†
• mkvmerge: bug fix: fixed codec identification for MP2 audio read from MPEG program/transport streams. Fixes #1242†
• MKVToolNix GUI: job output enhancement: when clicking the »abort« button the GUI asks for confirmation before aborting. Both this check and the one when quitting the application can be turned off via an option in the preferences. implementations #1238†
• MKVToolNix GUI: job output bug fix: fixed displaying the estimated remaining time in tabs that have been opened for specific jobs. Fixes #1244†
• MKVToolNix GUI: new merge tool, header & chapter editor features: the GUI will ask for confirmation before closing or reloading tabs that have been modified and before quitting if there are modified tabs. This check can be disabled in the preferences. implementations #1211†
• MKVToolNix GUI: new merge tool feature: implemented an option that allows the user to set up a list of languages. When adding files only those tracks whose language is included in that list are set to be muxed by default. implementations #1227†
• MKVToolNix GUI: header editor bug fix: fixed the editor assuming values ​​were changed if a track is present whose language element is not present in the file. Fixes #1240†
• MKVToolNix GUI: bug fix: fixed the translation of the tool tip for the »close tab« buttons after changing the interface language. Fixes #1237†
• MKVToolNix GUI: bug fix: appended tracks will be disabled automatically when starting to mux if the track they’re appended to has been disabled by the user.
• MKVToolNix GUI: new feature: added an option in the preferences for disabling additional lossless compression for all track types. implementations #1174†
• mkvmerge, MKVToolNix GUI: new feature: added an option (»–engage keep_last_chapter_in_mpls«) that will cause mkvmerge not to remove the last chapter entry from a Blu-ray play list file which mkvmerge normally does if that entry’s timecode is within five seconds of the movie’s end. implementations #1226†
• MKVToolNix GUI: fixed updating the number of pending jobs info in the status bar when manually starting jobs. Fixes #1236†
• MKVToolNix GUI: merge tool bug fix: fixed a crash when removing source files. Fixes #1235†
• MKVToolNix GUI: new watch jobs tool feature: implemented estimating the remaining time for both the current job and the whole queue.
• MKVToolNix GUI: merge tool bug fix: the default settings for the »output directory policy« was changed to »same directory as the first input file«. Fixes #1234†
• MKVToolNix GUI: enhancement: the following dialogs can now be maximized: the »preferences« dialog; the »additional command line options« dialog; the dialog showing the command line; the dialog where the user selects the play list to add. implementations #1231†
• MKVToolNix GUI: merge tool enhancement: pressing delete when the source files view is focused will cause the selected source files to be removed. implementations #1225†
• MKVToolNix GUI: merge tool enhancement: implemented toggling of »mux this« for all selected tracks by either double-clicking on the tracks or pressing enter/return when the tracks view is currently focused. implementations #1225†
• MKVToolNix GUI: job queue enhancement: added a menu entry for starting all jobs pending manual start. implementations #1228†
• MKVToolNix GUI: enhancement: the text in all message box dialogs can now be selected & copied, even on Windows. implementations #1230†
• all: the detection whether or not the applications are installed on Windows is done by checking for the presence of a special file in the program folder instead of checking for an entry in the registry written by the installer. This enables users to try new portable versions without having to uninstall an installed version first as their settings will be kept separate now. A side effect is that compatibility with Windows XP should be restored. implementations #1229†
• MKVToolNix GUI: bug fix: on Windows the job queue was accidentally always saved to and loaded from the registry even if the portable version was used.
• MKVToolNix GUI: job queue bug fix: fixed accidental duplication of lines when using drag & drop in certain ways. Fixes #1221†
• MKVToolNix GUI: bug fix: if a job is running when the user wants to quit requires confirmation from the user that the running job should be aborted. Fixes #1219†
• MKVToolNix GUI: bug fix: fixed the initial status display when viewing a job’s output from the queue.
• MKVToolNix GUI: bug fix: running jobs cannot be removed from the job queue anymore. Fixes #1220†
• MKVToolNix GUI: bug fix: when starting the GUI old jobs from the queue were silently discarded if they included additional parts (eg VOBs).
• MKVToolNix GUI: bug fix: job queue: when saving the job queue jobs removed in the GUI were not removed from the stored settings.
• MKVToolNix GUI: bug fix: when viewing the job output of a job that hasn’t been run yet the »save output« button was enabled.
• mkvmerge, mkvpropedit: bug fix: fixed an invalid memory access leading to a crash in the Base 64 decoder. Fixes #1222†
• MKVToolNix GUI: bug fix: fixed progress parsing for interface languages ​​other than English.
• mkvmerge: enhancement: if running in GUI mode (parameter »–gui-mode«) then the progress will be output as the untranslated »#GUI#progress …%« in order to facilitate parsing of progress by GUIs.
• mkvmerge: bug fix: fixed key frame designation for video tracks in MP4 DASH files.
• mkvmerge: bug fix: the track statistics tags of Matroska source files are always discarded, no matter whether or not they’re to be created for the output file. That way they won’t be reported as track tags by mkvmerge’s identification mode. This makes it easier for the user to create output files without track statistics tags as (s)he only has to use the option »–disable-track-statistics-tags« and not disable all the track tags as well anymore. Fixes #1186†
• mkvmerge, mkvinfo, mkvextract: bug fix: fixed a crash with certain types of invalid Matroska files. fix for #1183†
• all: bug fix: removed some unused code thereby fixing compilation on OpenBSD (#1215†
• MKVToolNix GUI: bug fix: fix alignment of the tool contents with the tool selector at the bottom. Fixes #1194†
• MKVToolNix GUI: new feature: added a »help« menu with links to several parts of the MKVToolNix documentation. implementations #1195†
• MKVToolNix GUI: job output tool: added a button for acknowleding the warnings/errors produced for the job shown. implementations #1210 and is the last part of the implementation of #1196†
• MKVToolNix GUI: merge tool: the »save« button has been removed in favor of the »save…« menu entries. This also improves consistency with the other tools.
• MKVToolNix GUI: enhancement: header editor: made the meaning of the »Reset« button clearer with a better label and an additional tool tip. implementations #1212†
• MKVToolNix GUI: enhancement: the tabs for the tools that haven’t been implemented yet (extraction, info and the tag editor) are not shown anymore.
• MKVToolNix GUI: bug fix: header editor: fixed the track language shown if the element is not present in the file.
• MKVToolNix GUI: bug fix: when browsing the output file name the currently entered file name is pre-selected in the dialog. Fixes #1207†
• MKVToolNix GUI: enhancement: the update check dialog showing the change log can now be maximized. implementations #1204†
• MKVToolNix GUI: new feature: implemented viewing the output of any job in the job queue.
• MKVToolNix GUI: new feature: implemented saving the job output to a file.
• MKVToolNix GUI: enhancement: language and country drop-down boxes will contain the common languages/countries both at the top as well as in the full list. Part of the implementation of #1200†
• MKVToolNix GUI: enhancement: the entry »Undefined (und)« is always shown at the top of the language drop-down boxes. Part of the implementation of #1200†
• MKVToolNix GUI: enhancement: the number of new warnings and errors are shown in the status bar. Both counters can be acknowledged via context menus on the status bar and in the job queue view. Part of the implementation of #1199†
• MKVToolNix GUI: enhancement: the number of jobs pending automatic/manual execution is listed in the status bar. Part of the implementation of #1199†
• MKVToolNix GUI: enhancement: the progress widget in the stats bar is not reset to 0 once all the jobs have been processed in order to signal the user that the jobs have actually been processed. Part of the implementation of #1198†
• MKVToolNix GUI: merge tool enhancement: a short animation of a moving icon is shown when a job is started or added to the job queue as a clue to the user what’s happening and where to look for output. This animation can be disabled in the preferences. implementations #1198†
• MKVToolNix GUI: job output bug fix: fixed superfluous empty lines in job output/warning/error output.
• MKVToolNix GUI: merge tool bug fix: when adding a VOB from a DVD the tree items for the additional parts (the other VOBs processed automatically) weren’t shown.
• MKVToolNix GUI: merge tool: fixed the scroll bar not disappearing in the input tab if the window is high enough. Fixes #1193†
• MKVToolNix GUI: chapter editor enhancements: when selecting a chapter the the chapter name closest to the previously selected chapter name (or the first if there wasn’t a previously selected one) is selected automatically.
• MKVToolNix GUI: chapter editor enhancements: when starting a new file a single edition and a single chapter are added automatically.
• MKVToolNix GUI: merge tool enhancement: the »add files« button has been re-labeled »add source files« in order to make it clearer that it cannot be used for adding attachments, even if the attachments tab is the currently selected tab.
• MKVToolNix GUI: merge tool & job queue tool enhancement: short tool tips will be shown for the files, tracks, attachments and jobs views telling the user to right-click for adding files and similar actions.
• MKVToolNix GUI: new feature for the merge tool, the header and chapter editors: if no file is open then »new« and »open file« buttons are shown.
• build system: desktop files and icons were only installed if wxWidgets was enabled. Fixes #1188†
• man pages: clarify functionality of –default-duration. Fixes #1191†
• build system: bug fix: fixed running rake if no locale or one with an encoding other than UTF-8 is set. Fixes #1189†