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MKVToolNix is a set of tools to create, alter and inspect Matroska files.

Install

  1. Connect to your slot through SSH

  2. Create the bin directory and add it to your PATH (if you've done this previously, you do not need to do it again)

     mkdir -p ~/bin
 echo "PATH=\$HOME/bin:\$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc

  3. Download the main program

     wget https://mkvtoolnix.download/appimage/MKVToolNix_GUI-92.0-x86_64.AppImage -O ~/bin/mkvtoolnix-gui

  4. Create the links to the command line utilities

     ln -s ~/bin/mkvtoolnix-gui ~/bin/mkvmerge
 ln -s ~/bin/mkvtoolnix-gui ~/bin/mkvinfo
 ln -s ~/bin/mkvtoolnix-gui ~/bin/mkvextract
 ln -s ~/bin/mkvtoolnix-gui ~/bin/mkvpropedit

You can now use MKVToolNix's command line utilities like mkvmerge and mkvextract You can view MKVToolNix's documentation for more information.