[HowTo] Convert mkv video to mp4

[cpedretti]

In this HowTo i show you 2 ways to convert an mkv video file to mp4.


First method in GUI with VLC.

To convert correctly we need two programms, VLC and ffmpeg.


Open a terminal and enter the line:

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sudo apt install vlc ffmpeg -y

Now we can open VLC:




Got to the Media Menu and select "converting/save":




Add your mkv file:




We need to choose the converting and output profile:




Go to the wrench for the advanced options, select the MP4/MOV encapsulation method:




Go to the video codec and select H264:




And the audio codec, select MPEG-4 Audio and 44100Hz sampling frequency:



Save your profile.


Now we can select the destrination for our file and start the converting, we can follow the progress bar:





The conversion will take some time depending on the size of your file, just be patient


When the task are ended VLC are still:




And at least we have a new file in mp4 output:




Second Method in CLI.


We need to open an termical window and add this line:

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ffmpeg -i path_to_my_mkv -strict -2 -r 44100 -codec copy my_file.mp4

Done!

[Flemur]

In this HowTo i show you 2 ways to convert an mkv video file to mp4.

Here's another way which works on .mkv files created by handbrake, but won't play on the (not so) smart Roku TV:

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mv filename.mkv filename.mp4

Just changing the extension from mkv to mp4 lets the TV play them.

[ToutAlu]

My solution : a script, named "Mkv_to_mp4.sh"

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#!/bin/bash
for a in `ls *.mkv` ; do ffmpeg -i $a -vcodec libx264 -b:v 3000k -acodec libmp3lame -ar 44100 -ab 320k `echo "$a" | cut -d'.' -f1`.mp4 ; done
exit