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Inspecting and relabelling Matroska tracks with MKVToolNix: what the man pages state…
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What this guide covers
A source note for editors who need to read, relabel or unpack tracks in Matroska files they own. It summarises what the mkvinfo, mkvpropedit and mkvextract man-page sources describe and quotes the licence lines. Nothing was installed or run, and mkvmerge was not read.
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Guide title
Inspecting and relabelling Matroska tracks with MKVToolNix: what the man pages state (documentation only)
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A source note for editors who need to read, relabel or unpack tracks in Matroska files they own. It summarises what the mkvinfo, mkvpropedit and mkvextract man-page sources describe and quotes the licence lines. Nothing was installed or run, and mkvmerge was not read.
Useful starting points
- Edit a copy first; the man pages say nothing about backups when properties are changed in place.
- Setting a default track flag on one track does not clear it on the others, so clear the old one yourself.
- Check exit codes and the output files; code 1 means warnings were printed but the run continued.
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