Transcoding Audio with Transparency Handbrake AC3 Passthrough vs FFmpeg

Bearing in mind that the Audio track was E-AC3 Dolby Atmos so that's why I have had to chose 'E-AC3 Passthrough' or 'copy:eac3'. If your ... From what I can find, Handbrake and ffmpeg use the same engine under the hood to do the aac encoding (faac), so it makes sense that whatever ... Tips for creating good video encodings or DVD/BluRay rips, specifically when using HandBrake ... FFmpeg would be a better tool for this. Remove ... For aac encoding with stereo downmix. Note that both of these will re-encode even if source is already ac3/aac. So use -c:a copy if that is ... libav AC3: Encodes your audio to AC3 using ffmpeg's libav codec library. Passthru(AAC, MP3, AC3, DTS, DTS- HD): These would pass through the ... Regarding to Handbrake, I can't find equivalent for ffmpeg's '-acodec copy'. ... Audio > Encoder > AC3 Passthru (5.1 ch) bitrate: 384. Now that I ... As for the audio, Probably your best bet would be to encode in either AAC or AC3, which leads me to another issue. You need a minimum of 320 to ... Settings for all encodes were 22 quality using 1080p, DTS-HD AC3 256 bit stereo (limited options). ... passthru to see if the audio is possibly ... Right, but unfortunately Handbrake doesn't seem to have the option for Linear PCM pass thru, regardless of container. I think the closest ... Using Handbrake, I recommend taking the AC3 5.1 sound track and down-mixing it into Dolby Pro Logic 2. The encoder will use half the bitrate for ...