YOU’LL NEED THIS
MKVTOOLNIXGUI
Your Swiss army knife for editing, splitting and merging video files. Optional extras include BOX4 to remux your outputted MKV files back to MP4 after editing them
WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR MEDIA streaming toolkit, make sure you leave space for MKVToolNixGUI. There is MakeMKV for ripping discs and Handbrake for converting them to space-saving (and universally compatible) formats, but what happens when you want to perform surgery on a file? MKVToolNixGUI is the operating knife you need to splice, dice, and edit the attributes of your media files. Despite the name, MKVToolNixGUI can import most popular video formats.
Not only can you combine files into one single video or split a video into separate files, but you can edit their properties, rename commentary audio and subtitle tracks so they’re easier to spot and select in compatible players, remove unwanted tracks from your video to save space (or splice in a track from another source), and even construct your own chapter structure to help you navigate a lengthy movie quickly. MKVToolNixGUI is even the place to go to correct display issues with files due to incorrect aspect ratio settings. We’ll show you how to do all this and more, but your journey with MKVToolNixGUI won’t end there. We’ve barely had time to scratch the surface of what this powerful program can do.
1 FIRST STEPS
Head to https://mkvtoolnix.download/downloads.html, where you’ll find download links for all major operating systems. Click Windows to reveal both installer and portable versions are available. Installation is straightforward, while the .7z portable archive can be extracted using 7-Zip (www.7-zip.org) and then placed in your portable apps directory.
Once in place, open MKVToolNixGUI
