What to do with pcm_s16le audio tracks?

[mbmast]

I've ripped a blu-ray and one of the audio tracks contains a pcm_s16le 5.1 stream. What do I do with this in Handbrake? I don't see a PassThrough codec for this. Is Auto PassThrough my only choice? Should I convert (down convert?) it to 5.1? If so, with AAC (avcodec)?

[s55]

HandBrake doens't support pcm passthru, so your only option is to re-encode it with one of the encoders

[mbmast]

Which encoder (and its settings, if any) should I use for the highest quality audio? Or should I just use Auto Passthrough?

BTW, here's the Mediainfo for the track:

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Audio #2
ID                                       : 3
ID in the original source medium         : 4353 (0x1101)
Format                                   : PCM
Format settings                          : Little / Signed
Codec ID                                 : A_MS/ACM / 00000001-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71
Duration                                 : 2 h 21 min
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 4 608 kb/s / 4 608 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 30.000 FPS (1600 SPF)
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Stream size                              : 4.56 GiB (19%)
Title                                    : Surround 5.1
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

[Deleted User 11865]

FLAC 16-bit for pcm_s16le, FLAC 24-bit for pcm_s24le -- both are lossless encoders.