Muxing profile - what does it mean?

[skypilotpete]

I'm looking at DVD Converter Ultimate for the purpose of converting DVDs so that I can play them via an external hard drive connected to a hardware media player and an HD monitor (not connected to a computer). The media player supports .mkv format. I've been looking at the various conversion profiles in the trial version of DVD converter, and of the various .mkv options offered "muxing profile" gives the message "The final video quality will be the best available" (all of the other options say "good"). However, I have no idea what "muxing profile" means. Can anyone help me understand this?

The DVDs I would be converting would be standard 720x576 PAL format.

[cedric]

Hi skypilotpete

The purpose of "muxing profiles" is to transform a file from a container type (like DVD) to another (like mkv...) without doing any encoding task.
In fact the "packets" from source file are extracted, updated to be compatible with new container, then remuxed in new file.

The bigger advantage to use remuxing profile is the time to process the file. You can remux a DVD source to an mkv file in only 10 minutes (depending on your hard drive read/write access speed).
The inconvenient is you can't change the size of the output size (will be the same as the source, if you keep all audio/subtitle tracks selected).
You can reduce the output size only by unselecting all unneeded audio/subtitle tracks.

Regards,

[skypilotpete]

Thanks. That's very helpful.

[coen99]

Hello,

When choosing MKV muxing profile will "audio compressor filter" still work ???

[cedric]

Hello,

No, like audio is not reencoded (exactly the same as source), the audio compressor can't be applied.

Regards,

[coen99]

ok, thnx!

[cedric]

But if you really want to use an audio compressor with remux profile, you can create your own custom profile by using remux for video codec, and a specific codec for audio (AAC, AC3...)

Regards,

[coen99]

Good idea! Saves quality and time.

Thnx