# How to automatically convert MKV to MP4 and retain the Subtitles and Chapters
**URL:** https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/how-to-automatically-convert-mkv-to-mp4-and-retain-the-subtitles-and-chapters/77
**Category:** General Support / Questions
**Tags:** documentation, commonissues
**Created:** [June 12, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/how-to-automatically-convert-mkv-to-mp4-and-retain-the-subtitles-and-chapters/77 "2017-06-12T17:35:24Z")
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### Author:  [@mcebuddy2x](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/mcebuddy2x)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/how-to-automatically-convert-mkv-to-mp4-and-retain-the-subtitles-and-chapters/77/1 "2017-06-12T17:35:24Z")
## How to transcode MKV to MP4 (change containers without recoding) and preserve subtitles and chapters
Here’s a great way to use MCEBuddy to transcode MKV files to MP4 files automatically using the power of MCEBuddy to batch process.
> 1. **Create a Monitor Task with the following settings**
> a. Set the `Monitor Path` to your folder full of MKV (or mixed) files
> b. Set the `Search Pattern` to \*.MKV in the Monitor Task
> c. (_Optionally_) select the option to `Delete Original File` in the Expert Settings page if you don’t want to keep the original MKV file after transcoding to MP4
> 1. **Create a Conversion Task with the following settings**
> a. Profile → MP4 Unprocessed
> b. Destination → (leaving it blank will place the transcoded file in the original directory)
> c. Ad remover → Select `None`
> d. Uncheck `Rename and sort by video information`
> e. (_Optionally_) check `Extract subtitles and closed captions` if you want to preserve any subtitle tracks
> f. Click on Expert Settings
> g. (_Optionally_) uncheck `Download information` if you don’t want MCEBuddy to download additional metadata from the internet (speeds it up)
> h. (_Optionally_) uncheck `Add information` if you won’t want MCEBuddy to add the metadata to the transcoded MP4 file (speeds it up)
> i. (_Optionally_) check `Add subtitles and chapters` if you want MCEBuddy to add the subtitle tracks and chapters (either from SRT files or those extracted from the MKV file) to the MP4 file
> j. Check `Skip remuxing files` (don’t forget this)
Click Start on the MCEBuddy application and you’re Done!!
Enjoy a totally seamless hasslefree automated conversion of your library from MKV to MP4 while, optionally, preserving your chapters and subtitles.
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### Author:  [@mcebuddy2x](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/mcebuddy2x)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/how-to-automatically-convert-mkv-to-mp4-and-retain-the-subtitles-and-chapters/77/2 "2017-06-12T17:35:36Z")
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### Author:  [@Titan\_Alpha](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Titan_Alpha)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/how-to-automatically-convert-mkv-to-mp4-and-retain-the-subtitles-and-chapters/77/4 "2020-04-24T16:09:40Z")
This is awesome but i have one question. Can i do this to my current profile, but it NOT run on anything it has already ran on? Case is, i have already run MCE on anything that was over 6mbps bitrate. If i do this, will it do those again or see that it has already encoded them once and not do it again. Hopefully the latter. Thank you!!!