Optimizing Your Workflow with Handbrake and FFMPEG for AC3 Passthru

... AC3 5.1 as a 2nd option? [RAY] Description=High profile, good quality 1 pass MP4 (H.264/AC3) conversion. order=handbrake,ffmpeg,mencoder 265 HEVC with Handbrake without having to know or understand all of ... AC3 as passthru and then a second AAC track down-mixed for stereo. 1 or DTS I used Handbrake to create MKVs of the main movie (ie the ... E-AC3/DD++ is better than AC3/AAC and DD5.1 as these are limited ... If you have an audio system that can decode AC3 and DTS (or ever think you might) then you should pass through those tracks – chosing ... ... AC3 but this is visible as one audio track with option "Prefer AC3 passthrough". I've compressed a movie in handbrake with AAC and AC3 audio ... To solve both problems, I have changed from ffmpeg to Handbrake and I am following the encoding guidance of Rokoding. ... Codec = AC3 Passthru. In ... I would recomend using Handbrake, select High Profile and then select AC3 Passthrough (or DTS passthrough if your DVD has it) for your Audio. ... pass through. The Apple TV 3 preset defaults to encoding these tracks using the AC3 (ffmpeg) option, along with a copy of each as AAC copies ... Still the problem with using Handbrake is that it cannot encode an ac3 audio file with 5.1 channels and a bitrate of 448kbps or less. Therefore ... mp4) video containers; H.264, MPEG-4 and Theora video codecs; and AAC, MP3 and Vorbis audio codecs (along with AC3 passthrough). Installation.