When I add multiple queue tasks to handbrake, the program executes the queue one task after another automatically. Is there a way to do the same with mkvtoolnix-gui in Linux?
Using Ctrl+A to select all tasks and clicking “start automatically” starts them all at the same time and even though the target dir is on another device (SSD), it can’t handle this kind of load and takes too long time to process 10 files simultaneously.
That’s why I’m hoping there would be a way to run them all one by one automatically.
Welcome!
The default is to run only a single job at a time, one after the other, the exact same thing you want. Setting them all to “start automatically” is exactly the right thing. What you’re describing sounds more like “start jobs immediately”, which does run them all in parallel.
That being said, there’s a setting in the preferences of how many jobs to run in parallel (Preferences → Jobs & job queue → Maximum number of concurrent jobs). Ensure that this value is set to 1 (which is also its default).
I’ve just verified that with a maximum number of concurrent jobs set to 1, the GUI will indeed only run one job at a time, even if you select five jobs & set them all to “start automatically” in one go.
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Yes, I just tried your way and it seems to be running one job at a time. Apparently my mistake was running “start jobs immediately”. With your way it works the way I needed it.
Thanks!
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