MKVtools 3.7

MKVTools is actually a graphical interface that allows using various video editing tools without needing to use the command line. It is intended to process MKV files specifically and there are other similar apps for other video extensions, such as MP4 and AVI.

Unluckily, the app’s interface is not as user-friendly as those of other similar tools. In this respect, it fails to give a sense of unity. For instance, conversion and editing features are separated into two different tabs. Thus, it is required to load the same file twice in case you want to edit it and then convert it.

MKVTools is very powerful thanks to the tools running under the hood and, in this regard, the developers made a great selection. In terms of conversion, for example, it supports transcoding files from multiple popular video formats into MKV. One of its best advantages is that it does not reencode video or audio tracks unless it is strictly necessary, which saves a lot of processing time and maintains the original quality.

Good news is that MKVTools supports automating conversions in Watch Mode. For this purpose, it lets you create profiles which are used for automatically transcoding any video file you send to a specific folder.

The app takes advantage of the possibility of MKV files to contain different audio, video and subtitle tracks. Regarding this, it lets you pick the tracks you want to process, which may serve to make files lighter by eliminating unnecessary tracks, like those containing foreign language audio or subtitles. Likewise, it may come in handy if you need to include subtitles in your movie, with support of both the hard and the soft methods.

Fortunately, various simple, though useful, editing operations are supported. MKVTools allows splitting source files into segments according to criteria such as time and file size. Similarly, it helps you merge various MKV videos.

All in all, MKVTools is certainly a great selection of tools to process video. Although the product is not free, its trial version is generous enough to let you use all the features, with the exception of batch processing.