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Transcode Tools — User Guide

Welcome! This is the user guide for Transcode Tools, a Windows GUI for remuxing and transcoding MKV video files. It wraps mkvmerge, ffmpeg, ffprobe, and robocopy behind a single interface focused on shrinking your media library without sacrificing quality you'd actually notice.

If you're brand new, start with the Quick Start. If you've used the app for a while and want to dig into something specific, jump straight to the relevant section below.

Quick Start

• Quick Start — Get from "I just downloaded this" to your first finished file in under 15 minutes.

Concepts

• Concepts — The folder model, settings files, Remux vs Transcode, hardware acceleration. Read this once and the rest of the guide makes more sense.

Workflows

• Remux Workflow — Step-by-step walkthrough of the remux side.
• Transcode Workflow — Step-by-step walkthrough of the transcode side.

Reference

• File Name Corrections — Title case, resolution append, missing year detection.
• User Preferences — Overview of the Preferences window, with detail pages per tab:
  • Tool Paths
  • Remux
  • Encode
  • File Names
  • Logging
• HDR, Dolby Vision, and Special Cases — HDR10/HDR10+/DoVi, interlaced sources, the visual indicators.
• Logging & Troubleshooting — Where logs live, how to read them, common issues.
• Auto-Move and Output Verification — Completed folders, color flashes, output checkmarks.
• Reference Tables — Quality flags, bitrate options, file suffixes.

Appendices

• A. Glossary
• B. Plex Naming Cheat Sheet
• C. Recommended Source Quality
• D. Changelog — See the GitHub Releases page.

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Need to install it?

See the main README for download links and dependency setup.