[fangorn]

If you are interested in a "fire and forget" solution for the command line, I provide a collection of scripts (see my Sig.) (utilizing mencoder, x264, and many other programs). All my scripts run on all UNIXoid systems (on the command line that includes OS X), the ones written in Perl should run also on Windows. I don't know about the dependencies though. And I cannot test, as I do not own a Mac.

My program collection supports multiple audio, subtitles, chapter marks and multiple output container formats. mkv is supported best with all features mentioned, but also output to .ts, .m2ts, .avchd, .mp4 or .ogm is possible. Including automatic audio format conversion if the output container does not support the source format.