Python script, that acts as a front end for mkvtoolnix to remove excess audio and subtitle streams from mkv files. Also correcting title information if needed. The intention is to allow someone to setup a cronjob, to run this script at regular intervals (for example, every night). Keeping your Movie collection from collecting excessive tracks.
Requirements:
- MKVToolNix
- Python3
pip install mkvstripPosix:
mkvstrip -b /usr/bin/mkvmerge -l eng,fre /mnt/moviesWindows:
mkvstrip -b C:\\Program/ Files\MKVToolNix\mkvmerge.exe -l eng,fre \\nas\movies- ::
- usage: mkvstrip.py [-h] [-t] [-b path] -l lang [-s subs-lang] [-n] [-v]
paths [paths ...]
Strips unnecessary tracks from MKV files.
positional arguments: paths Where your MKV files are stored. Can be a directories or files.
optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -t, --dry-run Enable mkvmerge dry run for testing. -b path, --mkvmerge-bin path The path to the MKVMerge executable. -l lang, --language lang Comma-separated list of subtitle and audio languages to retain. E.g. eng,fre. Language codes can be either the 3 letters bibliographic ISO-639-2 form (like "fre" for French), or such a language code followed by a dash and a country code for specialities in languages (like "fre-ca" for Canadian French). Country codes are the same as used for internet domains. -s subs-lang, --subs-language subs-lang If specified, defines subtitle languages to retain. See description of --language for syntax. -n, --no-subtitles If no subtitles match the languages to retain, strip all subtitles. -v, --verbose Verbose output.