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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:

1. MKVToolNix
2. Python3

pip install mkvstrip

Posix:

mkvstrip -b /usr/bin/mkvmerge -l eng,fre /mnt/movies

Windows:

mkvstrip -b C:\\Program/ Files\MKVToolNix\mkvmerge.exe -l eng,fre \\nas\movies

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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.