Default output filename template using makemkvcon

[rakorm]

Is it possible to configure a default output filename for the commandline tool makemkvcon? I know, you can do that with the GUI-Version. How do I do that for makemkvcon?

Thanks and have a nice day

EDIT: Do I ask in the wrong forum?

[Woodstock]

No, it's not a case of "the wrong forum", but more a case of not many people know the answer.

[mike admin]

This setting is stored in preferences. You can edit them in GUI and makemkvcon would pick them. Or you can edit preferences by hand, but this is only recommended as a last resort, if you have no gui at all.

[rakorm]

This setting is stored in preferences. You can edit them in GUI and makemkvcon would pick them. Or you can edit preferences by hand, but this is only recommended as a last resort, if you have no gui at all.

Thanks for clearing this up. I have no gui, so I have to edit the preferences by hand. But: where do I find the preferences for the output filename template?
~/.MakeMKV has two files: settings.conf (written by me for app_Key) and update.conf (MakeMKV settings file, written by MakeMKV).
Are those files the 'preferences'?

[mike admin]

~/.MakeMKV has two files: settings.conf (written by me for app_Key) and update.conf (MakeMKV settings file, written by MakeMKV).

Which implies that your OS is Linux (settings are stored in different places on Windows, Mac and Linux).
The list of all settings can be (reliably) looked up in open-source part of MakeMKV - check the apdefs.h file. At the time of this writing the list is:

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typedef enum _ApSettingId
{
  apset_dvd_MinimumTitleLength ,
  apset_dvd_TestMTL ,
  apset_dvd_SPRemoveMethod ,
  apset_app_DataDir ,
  apset_app_Key ,
  apset_app_KeyHash ,
  apset_io_ErrorRetryCount ,
  apset_io_IgnoreReadErrors ,
  apset_io_RBufSizeMB ,
  apset_io_TIPS_Server ,
  apset_app_ExpertMode ,
  apset_io_DarwinK2Workaround ,
  apset_fs_ForceIsoForUDF102 ,
  apset_app_DestinationType ,
  apset_app_DestinationDir ,
  apset_app_ShowDebug ,
  apset_app_PreferredLanguage ,
  apset_app_BackupDecrypted ,
  apset_app_InterfaceLanguage ,
  apset_app_UpdateEnable ,
  apset_io_SingleDrive ,
  apset_app_ShowAVSyncMessages ,
  apset_bdplus_DumpAlways ,
  apset_app_DefaultProfileName ,
  apset_app_DefaultSelectionString ,
  apset_app_Java ,
  apset_app_ccextractor ,
  apset_path_OpenFile ,
  apset_path_DestDir ,
  apset_app_DefaultOutputFileName ,
  apset_sdf_Stop ,
} ApSettingId;

The setting you are asked for is called app_DefaultOutputFileName, so you have to add the following to ~/settings.conf:

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app_DefaultOutputFileName = "bla"

[rakorm]

Thank you mike, for answering in detail.
And: Thanks for MakeMKV!!!