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Loss conversion of MKV to MPEG4
A linux/unix guide
This example script will convert an H.264/AAC based .mkv file into an .mp4 (iso-mpeg4)
file without loosing any quality at all. Please notice that you'll need to
know the exact framerate of the original file before converting.
Simply copy the following code into a text file called "convert.sh", then set
the +x permissions on the file, and run ./convert.sh
#!/bin/sh
# lossless mkv to mp4 guide
# usage: reencode <input file> <framerate>
# requires: "media-video/mkvtoolnix", "media-video/mpeg4ip"
# todo: make it automatically figure out the framerate to avoid AV sync issues
rm video.264 audio.aac output.srt output.mp4 >/dev/null
mkvextract tracks "$1" 1:video.264 2:audio.aac 3:output.srt 4:more_tracks_than_expected
mp4creator -rate=$2 -create=video.264 output.mp4
mp4creator -create=audio.aac output.mp4
rm video.264 audio.aac
This will result in a file called "output.mp4" and perhaps in a file
called "output.srt" if track 3 happens to be a subtitle track.
If you also get a file called "more_tracks_than_expected" it means that the
original .mkv file had more than 4 tracks, and you'll need to modify this
the way this script handles the different tracks of that file.
Website by Joachim Michaelis
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