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Convert avi to mkv and set audio lang tags with MKVToolNix
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avi_to_mkv_set_lang.sh
# convert avi to mkv and set audio lang tags
# brew install mkvtoolnix
# loop all avi files in current folder
for file in *.avi; do
# replace original avi ext by mkv ext
mkv="${file%.*}.mkv"
# convert avi to mkv
mkvmerge -o "${mkv}" "${file}"
# edit converted mkv and set audio channel 1 to "es", 2 to "ca" and 3 to "en"
mkvpropedit "${mkv}" --edit track:a1 --set language=es --edit track:a2 --set language=ca --edit track:a3 --set language=en
done
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