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MKVtools Changelog

What's new in MKVtools 3.7.2

Oct 14, 2019
  • Updated binaries to 64-bit and added code to make the app macOS Catalina friendly

New in MKVtools 3.7.1 (Jan 6, 2019)

  • Updated the ffpmeg related binaries to 3.4.2
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the app from playing some movies with subtitles
  • Fixed a bug that made the app appear to freeze on the 2nd pass of 2-pass encoding

New in MKVtools 3.7.0 (Apr 12, 2018)

  • Fixed a number of bugs introduced with High Sierra
  • Code was updated to Swift 3

New in MKVtools 3.6.6 (Oct 13, 2017)

  • Updated the ffmpeg binary to the latest version.
  • The default audio option is set to pass thru if none is selected

New in MKVtools 3.6.5 (May 23, 2017)

  • Updated/Improved the transfer of subtitles to SUBtools
  • Fixed a bug that could cause an error when trying to mux in a subtitle file
  • In the Settings Presets, the "Add 2-Ch. Track" now correctly uses the "If Stereo" bitrate
  • Fixed a bug where log files were created for some processes regardless of preference settings

New in MKVtools 3.6.4 (Nov 22, 2016)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented files from opening for some users.

New in MKVtools 3.6.3 (Oct 23, 2016)

  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when a large number of files were edited
  • Some minor GUI changes with the Edit Files tab functionality
  • Added a Debug Mode option in preferences to turn on logging to the console app

New in MKVtools 3.6.2 (Sep 8, 2016)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented conversions when "Keep Log Files" was unchecked in preferences

New in MKVtools 3.6.1 (Sep 7, 2016)

  • Update ffmpeg to version 3
  • Numerous minor bug fixes
  • Added more logging for the file opening process to help track down a bug effecting the opening of files for some users

New in MKVtools 3.6.0 (Jul 12, 2016)

  • Updated to Swift 2
  • High potential for random bugs
  • Added a "Send Bug Report" option in the help menu
  • Turned off compiler optimizations that would cause random crashing
  • Added a pseudo store window to streamline the registration process
  • Can now double click in the jobs queue to go to the output file
  • Made various bug fixes with the "Q" popup
  • Fixed various bugs with adding multiple files to the jobs queue

New in MKVtools 3.5.3 (Dec 8, 2015)

  • Deleted a stray button matrix in the subtitle filter popup.
  • Fixed a bug that could change the username when updating on systems with macports installed.
  • Restored creation of default track titles.

New in MKVtools 3.5.2 (Nov 16, 2015)

  • Fixed some issues with registration status and usernames.
  • Fixed bugs that would cause crashes when some text fields were empty.
  • Fixed bug that could cause subtitles imported from SUBtools to be ignored when processed.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause crashing with some EyeTV files.

New in MKVtools 3.5.1 (Oct 24, 2015)

  • Fixed a bug that caused crashing on start up for some users.

New in MKVtools 3.5.0 (Oct 20, 2015)

  • The preferences has changed so you will need to re-enter your registration code and other preferences
  • Most of the code updated to Swift
  • Preference panel reorganized
  • Fixed and improved handling of files with problem tracks
  • Can now open eye tv packages
  • Developer ID signing added to make gatekeeper happy

New in MKVtools 3.4.5 (Nov 11, 2014)

  • Fixed an initial set of Yosemite related bugs
  • changed to ARC
  • Fixed a variety of bugs in the presets panel
  • Fixed bug that mislabeled filenames in the queue drawer
  • Fixed a bug that could cause crashes when editing jobs from the queue
  • Fixed bug where log files of identical processes get appended instead of rewritten

New in MKVtools 3.4.4 (Jun 25, 2014)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented graphical subitles from being extracted

New in MKVtools 3.4.3 (May 31, 2014)

  • Really fixed 2-pass encoding this time
  • Fixed a bug that could freeze processes as "Queued" on systems earlier than 10.9.x

New in MKVtools 3.4.2 (May 1, 2014)

  • Fixed bug that could cause some 2-pass conversions to fail
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the app to crash during track extractions
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent conversions from working properly after track extraction jobs

New in MKVtools 3.4.1 (Mar 5, 2014)

  • Fixed a bug that could make the convert button be ignored after a group of files had been added to the job queue
  • Fixed a bug that disabled the "Play" button
  • Fixed a Watch Mode bug that would prevent some files from being added to the queue

New in MKVtools 3.4 (Feb 25, 2014)

  • Can now send subtitles to SUBtools (must be v1.0.b6 or higher) and back for quick editing and formatting fixes
  • Added a "Q" button to allow the user to view and manipulate individual files when a group of files are opened
  • Users can now specify in preferences whether or not to use Dolby Pro Logic II when surround sound is down mixed to 2-channels
  • Fixed a bug that made the app appear to lock up while the fontconfig cache was being initialized
  • Improved handling of .ts files
  • Multiple bug fixes to track identification which should reduce issues when opening files
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes caused audio bitrates to being ignored.
  • Fixed bug that prevented the "add 2-ch. track" from being applied
  • Add the option to "keep" originals in presets
  • Fixed bug that ignored times for splitting
  • Threading related bug fixes that could cause freezes.
  • Numerous Mavericks bug fixes

New in MKVtools 3.4 Beta 3 (Feb 18, 2014)

  • Added a "Q" button to allow the user to view and manipulate individual files when a group of files are opened
  • Fixed bug that made the app appear to lock up while the fontconfig cache was being initialized
  • Improved handling of .ts files
  • Multiple bug fixes to track identification which should reduce issues when opening files

New in MKVtools 3.4 Beta 2 (Feb 13, 2014)

  • Fixed a bug that sometimes caused audio bitrates to being ignored.
  • Users can now specify in preferences whether or not to use Dolby Pro Logic II when surround sound is down mixed to 2-channels
  • Fixed bug that prevented the "add 2-ch. track" from being applied
  • Add the option to "keep" originals in presets
  • fixed a bug that prevented the track language information from being copied to processed file

New in MKVtools 3.4 Beta 1 (Dec 30, 2013)

  • Can now send subtitles to SUBtools (must be v1.0.b6 or higher)
  • Fixed bug that ignored times for splitting
  • Some random Mavericks bug fixes

New in MKVtools 3.3.2 (Dec 12, 2013)

  • Fixed a library bug that may happen for OS X 10.6 users.
  • Fixed a bug that may cause the app to freeze for OS X 10.8 users.
  • Fixed a bug in the registration window that would prevent the user name from displaying properly

New in MKVtools 3.3.1 (Dec 12, 2013)

  • Fixed a bug preventing the preferences panel from opening in OS X 10.6

New in MKVtools 3.3.0 (Dec 12, 2013)

  • The bulk of the processing code has been updated to match the improvements in MP4tools
  • A number of improvements to burning subtitles (e.g., internal pgs should now be supported)
  • Code for identifying tracks has been updated to reduce some "MP4tools could not identify ..." messages.
  • Added code to produce error log files for occurrences of "MP4tools could not identify ..." messages.
  • Improved handling of M2TS/MTS/TS videos
  • The Edit Tracks Tab has been removed. Most of it's functionality was redundant (Extract Tracks is now in the MP4 tab).
  • Fixed a bug that could cause 2-pass encoding to fail
  • Various bug fixes

New in MKVtools 3.2.4 (Dec 12, 2013)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented the "Split" button from being enabled in Snow Leopard
  • Fixed some permission issues that could effect users on computers with mulitple accounts

New in MKVtools 3.2.3 (Jan 23, 2013)

  • Fixed a bug that sometimes occurred when multiple audio tracks were selected
  • Fixed a bug that could cause MKVtools to crash during the muxing step

New in MKVtools 3.2.2 (Jan 9, 2013)

  • Numerous watch mode fixes

New in MKVtools 2.4.4 (Dec 14, 2010)

  • Improved processing of vorbis audio tracks.
  • Enabled processing of flac audio tracks.
  • Enabled processing of Wavpack audio tracks.
  • Improved conversion of avi videos.
  • Fixed a bug where audio would not be converted to 2-Ch. for xbox.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in MKVtools 2.4.3 (Nov 16, 2010)

  • Fixed error that sometimes occured when opening the preferences window.
  • Improved processing of hard subtitles.
  • Improved processing of soft subtitles for iPhone/iPod, iPad and Apple TV.
  • SSA/ASS subtitles will now be converted to a format that can me muxed into .m4v videos.
  • Files destined for iTunes are given an .m4v extension.
  • Fixed potential errors when deleting tracks from MP4 files.
  • Fixed potential errors when deleting tracks from MKV files.
  • Various minor bug fixes

New in MKVtools 2.4.2 (Oct 19, 2010)

  • New binaries for mencoder, mplayer, and mkvextract. Let me know if they're working OK.
  • Should be able to extract (but not burn) pgs subtitle tracks into .sup files
  • MKVtools now recognizes and can re-encode videos with VC-1 video track often found in makeMKV videos.
  • Splitting by time interval is again an option.

New in MKVtools 2.4.1 (Oct 6, 2010)

  • Major changes to the user interface.
  • Improved handling of non-mkv videos.
  • MKVtools will recognize MKV videos that have been created with header removal compression, which can cause problems with conversion and hardware/software playback. MKVtools can create a copy of these videos with this header compression removed.
  • Can now add tracks from external files (e.g., subtitle files, audio tracks, ...) to the file to be processed.
  • Can now extract and delete tracks from mp4 files.
  • AVI videos can now be scaled.
  • Users have the option to create mp4 files with dual audio (e.g., 5.1 track for apple TV and stereo for iphone)
  • When able, MKVtools will now launch multiple threads.
  • Fixed numerous bugs with the mp4 editing capabilities of MKVtools.
  • Improved tool tips and codec warnings.
  • Numerous under the hood bug fixes and a general streamlining of code.
  • tsMuxer control is gone. Sorry. It may return in future versions.
  • Improved the downmixing of 5.1 DTS audio.
  • Fixed issues with the editing of mp4 pixel aspect ratios.
  • Improved adjustments of AVC profile levels.
  • Fixed localization issues to led to "xxx is not a number" errors.

New in MKVtools 2.4 (Oct 6, 2010)

  • Major changes to the user interface.
  • Improved handling of non-mkv videos.
  • MKVtools will recognize MKV videos that have been created with header removal compression, which can cause problems with conversion and hardware/software playback. MKVtools can create a copy of these videos with this header compression removed.
  • Can now add tracks from external files (e.g., subtitle files, audio tracks, ...) to the file to be processed.
  • Can now extract and delete tracks from mp4 files.
  • AVI videos can now be scaled.
  • Users have the option to create mp4 files with dual audio (e.g., 5.1 track for apple TV and stereo for iphone)
  • When able, MKVtools will now launch multiple threads.
  • Fixed numerous bugs with the mp4 editing capabilities of MKVtools.
  • Improved tool tips and codec warnings.
  • Numerous under the hood bug fixes and a general streamlining of code.
  • tsMuxer control is gone. Sorry. It may return in future versions.
  • Improved the downmixing of 5.1 DTS audio.
  • Fixed issues with the editing of mp4 pixel aspect ratios.
  • Improved adjustments of AVC profile levels.
  • Fixed localization issues to led to "xxx is not a number" errors.

New in MKVtools 2.3.1 (Jul 15, 2010)

  • Subtitles from external files should now be displayed properly.

New in MKVtools 2.3 (Jul 8, 2010)

  • MKVtools now accepts any type of video file that mencoder can process (avi, mp4, ... but not VIDEO_TS folders). So you can, for example, now burn srt subtitles into an avi file.
  • MKVtools is now intel-only and will probably not work on systems before 10.5. Sorry!
  • Lots of rewritten code so lots of potential places for bugs :-).
  • MKVtools can be used to control tsMuxer to create .m2ts videos for imroved PS3 playback: Need to download tsMuxer from the beta page and select the install tsMuxer option from MKVtools' help menu
  • Fixed a bug that might cause stuttering on large mp4 files.
  • 5.1 DTS and 5.1 AAC audio is now converted to 5.1 AC3 audio for Apple TV and DivX certified DVD players.
  • Downmixing of 5.1 DTS audio to stereo is improved.
  • 5.1 AC3 and 5.1 DTS audio is now converted to 5.1 AAC audio for PS3
  • Can now "burn" external subtitle files into the output: the subtitle file must have the same name and be in the same location as the video file.
  • Improved presets in a "Quick Conversion" box with one button conversions. MKVtools will guess at the best settings for the selected hardware output.
  • Enabled "tool tips" for contextual help
  • New version of mp4box should fix a variety of issues.
  • New preferences window and options.

New in MKVtools 2.2.5 (Mar 7, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug that sometimes caused muxing to fail with mpeg4 encoding.
  • Fixed various other issues with encoding using the mpeg4 codec.
  • Improved the changing of AVC profile levels for playback on PS3/xbox 360/ Apple TV
  • Fixed an error where unwanted subtitles would be burned into some videos.
  • Improved the progress reporting of jobs.

New in MKVtools 2.2.1 (Sep 1, 2009)

  • Added Snow Leopard compatibility.

New in MKVtools 2.2 (Jul 21, 2009)

  • Hacked together a newer version of mencoder for faster encoding.
  • Can now process DTS audio.
  • (Intel only) Eliminated the 2GB limit for mp4 file creation (there may still be a 4GB limit)
  • AC3 audio can now be passed through to mp4 files. Note that only limited players can handle these files. The extension is changed to .m4v which tricks quicktime and itunes into playing the files (w/ perian installed).
  • Updated the components of MKVtoolnix (mkvextract and mkvmerge) to version 2.3
  • Alerts should now timeout so that batch jobs will continue
  • Improved the handling of profile levels
  • Various bug fixes

New in MKVtools 2.1 (Aug 19, 2008)

  • Can now mux tracks/files into .mp4 files.
  • Can now split mkv files and join mp4 files which may prove useful for processing very large mkv files.
  • Added the abiltiy to delete tracks from mkv files and change the pixel aspect ratio of mp4 videos.
  • Improved video information gathering and checking.
  • Improved muxing speed.
  • Added pass thru video for mp4 conversions.
  • Will change the avc level of passed thru h264 videos to 4.1 which may trick your device into playing the video without the need to re-encode.
  • Added presets for Apple TV, PS3 and Xbox 360.