Hello. I have been reading about a lot of mac software that can remux mkv into iTunes format for the iPad. But does anyone know what windows software can be used that only takes minutes? Handbrake takes ages.
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I don't know much about this topic, but I doubt you can convert a mkv to an mp4/mpv in minutes. You also have to remember that converting movies/shows highly depends on your computers hardware. Luckily, I have a 2011 MBP, so converting 720P videos doesn't take too long, in my opinion.
BrettJ said:After two weeks of downloading trialware, I have yet to find (on OS X or Windows) a single app that can remux mkv to m4v, passing the H.264 video and AC3 audio untouched, while mixing down a 2-ch AAC track. MP4Tools comes very close, but I get wacky audio sync issues because it either doesn't read my frame rate info correctly, or my original mkvs aren't really 23.976fps, despite saying so in VLC, QT, Plex, and XBMC. It's starting to really piss me off.
Try rebox.net
It works in a couple of minutes and changes the container to mp4 for use in iTunes.
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/rebox.NET
I hate how apple only lets us use mp4's. I'd get an android tablet to watch some of these videos but it would get redundant.
This just isn't possible in a reliable manner, in my long experience.
How many have you done using these apps in your "long" experience? I'm guessing none, I have hundreds I have done on both mac and windows using both of these apps and to this date not a single, solitary problen. Still have every one in itunes. So I'm guessing you don't actually have experience with these.
There is no video loss whatsoever so it's better than transcoding. Mkv and mp4 contain the same components exactly. The only difference is the container, the same is not true for avi. Removing the internals and inserting them into a mp4 container is remuxing and nothing unreliable at all about it. You are not placing internals in a mp4 that do not belong there.
Just renaming the container works sometimes but IS unreliable. This changes it.
To the op I suggest trying it yourself.
Wow. Just followed your advice and tried this and it worked beautifully. So easy too!
I so wish i'd known this years ago. I feel so foolish now having faffed around with Handbrake for so long.
Thanks a bunch for the advice.
No problem. Quick, easy and in no way unreliable no matter what someone may say. I actually no longer have handbrake installed as everything I deal with is either mkv or mp4. Adding or removing subtitles or audio source if it has multiple can be done at the same time and takes the same amount of time.
I might even pay the four quid!
Why buy an app when you can change the container to mp4 in seconds for free and add it ti itunes drag and drop?Why not just buy a player from the app store that will play almost any format like Infuse for example, that's what i did.
You can also also upload the native movie files to Infuse though iTunes if you don't want to download/stream the file though WiFi.
Why buy an app when you can change the container to mp4 in seconds for free and add it ti itunes drag and drop?
For you, but those of us watching them on atv this is easier and anything else is messing about. At best infuse would only work with airplay, which I'm not sure if it does, and that sucks in comparison to accessing the library with atv through itunes. It would be dumb to do it any other way to avoid 12 seconds work.Because it's an extra step of messing about that I would have too do.