Use mkvtoolnix / mkvmerge to merge audio track with title

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I want to merge a .mkv video with a German audio track with an matching external English audio track.

When I use the basic commmand

mkvmerge -o output-with-two-tracks.mkv input-video-with-german-track.mkv english-track.dts

The German track keeps its name 'DTS 5.1 @ 1510 kbps – [Deutsch]' the English track is named 'Title 2'. How do I rename the English track when merging it?

I've tried the --language 1:ger --language 2:eng option and the --track-name 2:English but most certainly I did it wrong.

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Trial and error for the win. I had the order of the ids and file names mixed up.

mkvmerge -o output-with-two-tracks.mkv --language 0:ger input-video-with-german-track.mkv --language 0:eng --track-name "0:DTS 5.1 @ 1510 kbps" english-track.dts

…leads to the desired result. Both tracks named DTS 5.1 @ 1510 kbps + the language.

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You can use the -map and -codec options with stream specifiers to choose what streams you want and if you would like to stream copy or encode the streams:

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output.mp4

The mapping in this example goes from general to specific. At first all inputs are stream copied, but the later options refine the behavior so the subtitles are converted instead of copied and more maps are added to include the audio to be re-encoded.

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