[Solved] MKV Files Have no Sound

[csmdew]

Some of my recently acquired mkv files do not play sound on both of my dvd players but will on tv and pc.  So I figure it's a codec problem and was wondering if I can fix with a video/audio converter program; if so which is the best, thanks.

[chlorophyll]

which player you are using ?

[csmdew]

Whatever is on the dvd player, but I have no idea  what that is.

[v8commodore]

I have used this in the past- https://www.videohelp.com/software/BOX4

[flash48]

I use Hand Brake to convert my video files..  Here is the web site:

 

https://handbrake.fr/

 

[Captain Caveman]

12 hours ago, csmdew said:

Some of my recently acquired mkv files do not play sound on both of my dvd players but will on tv and pc.  So I figure it's a codec problem and was wondering if I can fix with a video/audio converter program; if so which is the best, thanks.

 

 

I use to have the same issue with my old WDTV Player.. I used ffmpeg to fix the audio which takes like 30 seconds..

 

Here is my cmd file that i use..

 

FOR %%f IN (*.mkv) DO C:\tools\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -i "%%f" -map 0 -vcodec copy -scodec copy -acodec ac3 -b:a 640k "%%~nf"-AC3.mkv

[csmdew]

33 minutes ago, Captain Caveman said:

 

 

I use to have the same issue with my old WDTV Player.. I used ffmpeg to fix the audio which takes like 30 seconds..

 

Here is my cmd file that i use..

 

FOR %%f IN (*.mkv) DO C:\tools\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -i "%%f" -map 0 -vcodec copy -scodec copy -acodec ac3 -b:a 640k "%%~nf"-AC3.mkv

Exactly how would I use that; if not in a program I'm not experienced on doing this stuff.

 

 

Downloaded both other prgs referenced above with hope I can convert at least 1 movie and see if sound works correctly, thanks.

[debebee]

1 hour ago, csmdew said:

Exactly how would I use that; if not in a program I'm not experienced on doing this stuff.

 

Put it in a batch file

FOR %%f IN (*.mkv) DO C:\tools\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -i "%%f" -map 0 -vcodec copy -scodec copy -acodec ac3 -b:a 640k "%%~nf"-AC3.mkv

makecs sure you have the paths to ffmpeg.exe are right

drag and drop files to the batch file

[csmdew]

9 hours ago, bayer said:

Put it in a batch file

FOR %%f IN (*.mkv) DO C:\tools\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -i "%%f" -map 0 -vcodec copy -scodec copy -acodec ac3 -b:a 640k "%%~nf"-AC3.mkv

makecs sure you have the paths to ffmpeg.exe are right

drag and drop files to the batch file

not sure I know how to do that; say movie was at g;movies and had name red river, what would the cmd look like. thanks

[Matrix]

Here is a solution to your problem its very fast also go for mp4 is most common format for Tv's etc

 

 

[TrojanK]

14 hours ago, csmdew said:

15 hours ago, Captain Caveman said:

 

 

I use to have the same issue with my old WDTV Player.. I used ffmpeg to fix the audio which takes like 30 seconds..

 

Here is my cmd file that i use..

 

FOR %%f IN (*.mkv) DO C:\tools\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -i "%%f" -map 0 -vcodec copy -scodec copy -acodec ac3 -b:a 640k "%%~nf"-AC3.mkv

Exactly how would I use that; if not in a program I'm not experienced on doing this stuff.

 

 

Downloaded both other prgs referenced above with hope I can convert at least 1 movie and see if sound works correctly

banana.zip

1. Extract to get banana.bat
2. Copy & paste such that banana.bat, video.mkv and ffmpeg.exe are in the same folder
3. Drag & drop video.mkv onto banana.bat to get the output named video-AC3.mkv

 

PS:

I tried it with 8 MB file to get 16 MB file as output.

[csmdew]

I downloaded the ffmpeg but got no exe file;  7089 files but no executable.

 

Found that file in box4 program and ran it; now to check if works, thanks.

[csmdew]

Converted several mkvs that didn't work and the bat file worked; tested 4 and got perfect sound, thanks.

[Matrix]

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