Video container switcher GPL Reviews

Very handy utility - once you get it working! I used this a couple of years ago but recently couldn't get it working again. I'm not sure if this was down to my move to Windows 11. Anyway - right click on the .exe and select properties then select the compatibility tab. On here I changed both the mode to Windows 8 and Run as Administrator (I think only run as admin was required though). Worked like a charm after that! I reverted these compatibility settings and ran it again and it was fine. Maybe it had to add a reg key? Whatever - great bit of kit if a little bit of a pain to get running! btw ffmpeg will be needed to run it as well (I went for the 32 bit version).

I'm not sure why those saying it doesn't work when it works just fine! I use it daily, and have for over a year now. One thing I wish it did was include any subtitles that are included with mkv's. Unfortunately it strips it when converting to mp4.

Windows version does not work it does the same as marcolopes states. I ended up writing a bat file that does the same. @echo off mkdir converting for %%f in (*.mkv) do ffmpeg.exe -i "%%~nf.mkv" -c:v copy -c:a copy "converting\%%~nf.mp4" move converting\* rmdir \q converting cls set /p userinp=Delete originals?(y/n) set userinp=%userinp:~0,1% if "%userinp%"=="y" goto delete goto end :delete del *.mkv :end

Windows interface does not work. FFmpeg folder is well defined, Video folder also, input files are loaded, then, it just quits when doing OK...

Unfortunately, I failed using video container switcher to convert a "modern video" from the container "transport stream" (.ts) to MP4 (.mp4) ... This video is UHD HDR HEVC type and I would have to convert it to MP4 to be correctly played by my TV set. Samples can be found at demo-uhd3d.com site into HDR UHD Videos category. It seems that this application requires an update to support this type of files that will quickly become widespread

Perfect. I use it on OSX to switch from mp4 to mkv. Works like a breeze. The end of useless re-encodings.

Hi there, I can't get the converted files to play on a ps3. Once converted from MKV they are saved as .mkv.mp4. Media info shows the files are mp4 but the ps3 says the files are unsupported, for that matter I can't play them on a USB capable TV either, for the same reason. Any thoughts on what I maybe doing wrong. I have ffmpeg installed and VCS is referenced to it and sees it as I get a cmd window showing the conversion.

Fantastic little program for quick container switching without lossy conversion.

Very useful. A minor problem is that the "Drag videos here" option does not work in Windows 7 64-bit.

Nice and to the point. A good tool to try if you simply need to switch formats or refresh your headers. Top tip: on Windows, if you screw up the file or ffmpeg location, simply delete the .ini file.