CLI audio Auto Passthru

[littlejeem]

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Hello Folks

I've been trying to create a HandBrakeCLI equivalent of a preset I made in HandBrakeGUI. What I want to achieve is to have a command that will take an input file (bluray backup) and convert it to a mkv with the highest quality available sound and very high quality video as well as extrating and including any forced subtitles or short english subtitles (for foreign language sections).

I was using the following CLI command:

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HandBrakeCLI -i ~/Movies/TESTFILES/DualAudio-test-Track1-AC3-Track2-DTS.mkv -o CONVERTED-DualAudio-test-Track1-AC3-Track2-DTS.mkv -m -E copy:truehd,dtshd,dts,ac3 –audio-copy-mask truehd,dtshd,dts,ac3 –audio-fallback ffac3 -q 20 -F --audio-lang-list eng > CONVERTED-DualAudio-test-Track1-AC3-Track2-DTS.log 2>&1

but I couldn't get tracks like DTS-HD or TrueHD to pass through if they weren't on track one. I spent a few weeks on google and on this forum and came across a post response from John Stebbins stating that the GUI had an option called AutoPassthru so thought I'd play with that as I'd already found another post that said you could save your own presents and then export these and use them in the command line. So I came up with this:

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HandBrakeCLI -i $TRACKIN -o $TRACKOUT -v --preset-import-file ~/TESTFILES/Test10.txt > $TRACKOUT.log 2>&1

which give the log

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http://pastebin.com/UAuTDv0M

the same preset via the MacGui give this log

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http://pastebin.com/eB904MJK

I'm now really confused and need some help to untangle my thinking, research. Any help would be much appreciated. Tanks

Tell us about your environment. What version of HandBrake? What operating system are you running. etc.
Running HandbrakeCLI on Linux (Ubuntu base)
Handbrake-cli=Version: 7412svnppa1~trusty1
Handbrake=Version: 0.9.9+dfsg-2~2.gbpa4c3e9build1
Ubuntu=Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS(Trusty)

Running HandbrakeGUI on MacBook, OSX Sierra
HandbrakeGUI=Version 1.0.1 (2016122900)

If there was any exception or error displayed, please copy it and paste it here:
I have had no error logs, I suspect this is because the audio fallback option is picking up any error

Please include the scan or encode log:
Please find links here

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http://pastebin.com/eB904MJK

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http://pastebin.com/UAuTDv0M

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 Paste a log of the scan or encode between these code brackets, or use a pastebin website and provide us with the URL it gives you. Logs are required for all support requests.

[s55]

Handbrake-cli=Version: 7412svnppa1~trusty1
Handbrake=Version: 0.9.9+dfsg-2~2.gbpa4c3e9build1

These are very old and unsupported builds. You'll want to get the offical 1.0.1 from the website. pre 1.0 don't support truehd passthru for example.

[littlejeem]

Hello s55

Thanks for the quick reply on this, I'll update and check back in when I have.

Littlejeem

[littlejeem]

Hello Folks

I updated CLI on ubuntu and now my version reads:

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Version: 1.0.1-zhb-1ppa1~trusty1

, thanks for the pointer s55

I've re-read the help file and constructed the following command which seems to be working for me. Could anyone pass their eye over it and suggest any improvements.

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HandBrakeCLI -i $TRACKIN -o $TRACKOUT -v -e x264 --encoder-preset fast --encoder-tune film --encoder-profile high --encoder-level 4.0 -q 20 --rate 23.976 --pfr -a 1,2,3 -E copy --audio-copy-mask truehd,dtshd,dts,ac3,eac3 --audio-fallback ac3 --mixdown 5point1 --subtitle-lang-list eng --subtitle scan --subtitle-forced 1,2,3 --native-language eng --native-dub

Littlejeem