I got videos in ISO and BDMV files/folders on the unraid server and want to convert all to mkv, which will also be on the unraid sever.  I use Emby to paly videos and mkv works better for Emby.

 

I assume I can do it from my Win10 computer with an app running on the Win10 computer.  

But should I instead do it with an app on the unraid server? 

Does having the app and the files on the same machine make it faster? 

How do you do it - on Win10 or on unraid?

Any suggestion what app to use? 

 

Apps that require knowing linux, would not be good for me.

Edited December 11, 20214 yr by xrqp

Personally, I always do it on Windows (MakeMKV), but the MakeMKV app for Unraid will work.

7 hours ago, xrqp said:

But should I instead do it with an app on the unraid server? 

 

I'm using the jlesage/makemkv Docker Container on Unraid since years to do that exactly. If the ISO files are stored on Unraid it's the best solution. Why bother with network to transfer files twice?

 

Many years ago I did a search on google for "Batch ISO to MKV" and found a command line script to run in windows and converted 50-60 files in a loop. Sadly I don't recall exactly what I used. 

19 hours ago, kizer said:

Sadly I don't recall exactly what I used. 

 

In 2018 I wrote a Perl script to convert ISO files to MKV files automatically. It uses makemkvcon from the MakeMKV docker container and mkvpropedit from the MKVToolNix container. It uses some rules from my personal folder/file naming so some small corrections are neccessary. But someone with a little bit Perl knowledge can fix that easily. This script did process a complete ISO backup library in three months.

 

The ISOs were created by tsmuxer and did contain the relevant streams only. So no full DVD/BD backups.

 

Thanks for the excellent replies!

On 12/13/2021 at 7:56 AM, hawihoney said:

 

In 2018 I wrote a Perl script to convert ISO files to MKV files automatically. It uses makemkvcon from the MakeMKV docker container and mkvpropedit from the MKVToolNix container. It uses some rules from my personal folder/file naming so some small corrections are neccessary. But someone with a little bit Perl knowledge can fix that easily. This script did process a complete ISO backup library in three months.

 

The ISOs were created by tsmuxer and did contain the relevant streams only. So no full DVD/BD backups.

 

Hi.. i am crossing this same bridge and googling like a madman. If there is any way you still have the perl script then would you mind providing a copy of it please? 100% understand if that is not possible though, so no worries either way.

thanks all

Edited October 29, 2025Oct 29 by monza
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