Re: Feature request: Data stream support

Steve Lhomme <[email protected]> Sat, 2 Jan 2016 09:10:56 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.multimedia.matroska.devel
Message-ID <CAOXsMF+8CQJ77wV26h7qTVF5uDL8bjQWwVbffnVLQ16bUBQpjw@mail.gmail.com>
Yes, at some point we're likely going to formalize how to embed
timecode tracks into Matroska.

2015-12-27 20:11 GMT+01:00 Kieran O Leary <[email protected]>:
> Hello,
>
> Matroska does not currently support data tracks. From my experience working
> in a moving image archive, a lot of quicktime files from Final Cut Pro can
> end up with a timecode data track. I can't remember off the top of my head
> if AVID MC does this as well.
>
> The timecode always seems to exist as metadata in the actual AV streams so
> the information isn't lost when the data track doesn't exist. It would be
> nice if matroska supported it, though. It would be preferable to maintain
> all streams within the original file when migrating to the matroska
> container.
>
> If I'm converting a v210 quicktime with multiple audio tracks to ffv1.mkv
> with ffmpeg, I end up using `-map 0 -dn` (`-map 0:a -map 0:v` would also
> work, but an extra condition would have to be scripted if some embedded
> subtitles existed in some files).
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kieran O'Leary
>
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