Audio passthru option missing

[MrGC]

Description of problem or question:

Older versions of Handbrake allowed auto passthru of "aac_latm" soundtrack on EyeTV recordings but this isn't available (as far as I can see) in version 1.0 and newer.


Steps to reproduce the problem (If Applicable):

N/A


HandBrake version (e.g., 1.0.0):

1.0 and above


Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, macOS 10.13 High Sierra, Windows 10 Creators Update):

OS/X 10.13.4, but earlier releases too.


HandBrake Activity Log ***required*** (see How-to get an activity log)

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Log not available - this is a pre-encoding setting that is no longer available.

[mduell]

An Activity Log is required for support requests. Please read How-to get an activity log? for details on how and why this should be provided.

[s55]

There are no changes in the passthru options. Sac was never supported as a passthru options. Are you sure it's not AAC?

[MrGC]

My bad - mis-typed it! Have just corrected the post. The EyeTV recordings show as having aac_latm audio and earlier releases of Handbrake allowed it to be passed through. I always like to preserve the original audio but am currently using an old release to enable me to do this.

[rollin_eng]

Could you please post your logs, instructions can be found here:

https://handbrake.fr/docs/en/latest/hel ... y-log.html

[MrGC]

[18:19:37] macgui: Handbrake Version: 1.1.0 (2018040700)
[18:19:37] hb_init: starting libhb thread
[18:19:37] hb_init: starting libhb thread
[18:19:52] macgui: trying to open a package at: /Users/grahamcarter/Documents/EyeTV Archive/Banged up Abroad - 3, Dangerous Liaisons.eyetv
[18:19:52] macgui: trying to open eyetv package
[18:19:52] macgui: found mpeg in eyetv package
[18:19:52] macgui: ScanCore scanning titles with a duration of 10 seconds or more
[18:19:52] CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4308U CPU @ 2.80GHz
[18:19:52] - Intel microarchitecture Haswell
[18:19:52] - logical processor count: 4
[18:19:52] hb_scan: path=/Users/grahamcarter/Documents/EyeTV Archive/Banged up Abroad - 3, Dangerous Liaisons.eyetv/0000000020965bc1.mpg, title_index=0
udfread ERROR: ECMA 167 Volume Recognition failed
disc.c:323: failed opening UDF image /Users/grahamcarter/Documents/EyeTV Archive/Banged up Abroad - 3, Dangerous Liaisons.eyetv/0000000020965bc1.mpg
disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv
disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv
[18:19:52] bd: not a bd - trying as a stream/file instead
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 5.0.3
libdvdread:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdread:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
[18:19:52] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead
[18:19:52] file is MPEG Transport Stream with 188 byte packets offset 0 bytes
[18:19:52] Found the following PIDS
[18:19:52] Video PIDS :
[18:19:52] 0x12d type MPEG2 (0x2) (PCR)
[18:19:52] Audio PIDS :
[18:19:52] 0x12e type MPEG1 (0x3)
[18:19:52] 0x130 type MPEG1 (0x3)
[18:19:52] Subtitle PIDS :
[18:19:52] Other PIDS :
[18:19:52] 0x12f type DVB Subtitling (0x0)
[18:19:52] stream id 0x12e (type 0x3 substream 0x0) audio 0x12e
[18:19:52] stream id 0x130 (type 0x3 substream 0x0) audio 0x130
[18:19:53] scan: decoding previews for title 1
[18:19:53] file is MPEG Transport Stream with 188 byte packets offset 0 bytes
[18:19:53] stream: error near frame 7: continuity error: got 5 expected 2
[18:19:53] scan: audio 0x12e: mp2, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=200000 English (MPEG) (2.0 ch)
[18:20:51] macgui: ScanCore scan canceled
[18:21:23] scan: audio 0x130: mp2, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=200000 English (MPEG) (1.0 ch)
[18:21:23] stream: 91668 good frames, 2 errors (0%)
[18:21:23] scan: Too few previews (0), trying harder
[18:21:23] scan: decoding previews for title 1
[18:21:23] file is MPEG Transport Stream with 188 byte packets offset 0 bytes
[18:21:23] hb_scan: canceled
[18:21:23] macgui: ScanCore scan done
[18:46:49] macgui: trying to open a package at: /Users/grahamcarter/Documents/EyeTV Archive/Ordeal by Innocence[1].eyetv
[18:46:49] macgui: trying to open eyetv package
[18:46:49] macgui: found mpeg in eyetv package
[18:46:49] macgui: ScanCore scanning titles with a duration of 10 seconds or more
[18:46:49] CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4308U CPU @ 2.80GHz
[18:46:49] - Intel microarchitecture Haswell
[18:46:49] - logical processor count: 4
[18:46:49] hb_scan: path=/Users/grahamcarter/Documents/EyeTV Archive/Ordeal by Innocence[1].eyetv/00000000207aac24.mpg, title_index=0
udfread ERROR: ECMA 167 Volume Recognition failed
disc.c:323: failed opening UDF image /Users/grahamcarter/Documents/EyeTV Archive/Ordeal by Innocence[1].eyetv/00000000207aac24.mpg
disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv
disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv
[18:46:49] bd: not a bd - trying as a stream/file instead
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 5.0.3
libdvdread:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdread:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
[18:46:49] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead
[18:46:49] file is MPEG Transport Stream with 188 byte packets offset 0 bytes
[18:46:49] Found the following PIDS
[18:46:49] Video PIDS :
[18:46:49] 0x19c9 type H.264 (0x1b) (PCR)
[18:46:49] Audio PIDS :
[18:46:49] 0x19ca type LATM AAC (0x11)
[18:46:49] 0x19ce type LATM AAC (0x11)
[18:46:49] Subtitle PIDS :
[18:46:49] Other PIDS :
[18:46:49] 0x19cd type DVB Subtitling (0x0)
[18:46:49] 0x1c86 type ISO 13818-6 DSM-CC U-N msgs (0xb)
[18:46:49] 0x1c97 type ISO 13818-6 DSM-CC U-N msgs (0xb)
[18:46:49] 0x1bc4 type ISO 13818-1 private section (0x5)
[18:46:49] 0x1bc6 type ISO 13818-1 private section (0x5)
[18:46:49] stream id 0x19ca (type 0x11 substream 0x0) audio 0x19ca
[18:46:49] stream id 0x19ce (type 0x11 substream 0x0) audio 0x19ce
[18:46:49] scan: decoding previews for title 1
[18:46:49] file is MPEG Transport Stream with 188 byte packets offset 0 bytes
[aac_latm @ 0x7fdfd726d000] audio config changed
[18:46:49] scan: audio 0x19ca: aac_latm, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=200000 English (aac_latm) (2.0 ch)
[aac_latm @ 0x7fdfd78df600] audio config changed
[18:46:49] scan: audio 0x19ce: aac_latm, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=200000 English (aac_latm) (2.0 ch)
[18:46:51] stream: 37 good frames, 0 errors (0%)
[18:46:51] scan: 10 previews, 1920x1080, 25.000 fps, autocrop = 60/60/0/0, aspect 16:9, PAR 1:1
[18:46:51] libhb: scan thread found 1 valid title(s)
[18:46:51] macgui: ScanCore scan done

[rollin_eng]

Can you also post your logs of a successful and unsuccessful encode.

[MrGC]

Hi,

I never get a successful encode with passthru on the latest versions of Handbrake. Only the older releases allow passthru of this audio format. Would you like me to send a log for a successful encode from an older version of Handbrake? On the current release, there's no option to allow passthru with this audio format. Other input sources allow passthru.

[rollin_eng]

Yes

[MrGC]

[18:21:03] hb_init: starting libhb thread
[18:21:04] macgui: Handbrake Version: 0.9.8 x86_64 (2012071800)
[18:21:04] hb_init: starting libhb thread
[18:21:04] hb_init: starting libhb thread
[18:21:04] macgui: hbInstances path to this instance: /Applications/Handbrake - Official/HandBrake.app
[18:21:04] macgui: hbInstance found instance pidnum:1040 at path: /Applications/HandBrake.app
[18:21:04] macgui: hbInstance found instance pidnum:1053 at path: /Applications/Handbrake - Official/HandBrake.app
[18:21:04] macgui: hbInstance MATCH FOUND, our pidnum is:1053
[18:21:04] macgui: Pid for this instance:1053
[18:21:04] macgui: HBQueueController : My Pidnum is 1053
[18:21:07] macgui: didDimissReloadQueue number of hb instances:2
[18:21:07] macgui: didDimissReloadQueue First Button Chosen
[19:56:53] macgui: trying to open a package at: /Users/grahamcarter/Documents/EyeTV Archive/Ordeal by Innocence[1].eyetv
[19:56:53] macgui: trying to open eyetv package
[19:56:53] macgui: found mpeg in eyetv package
[19:56:53] macgui: Preview: Disabling HUD Controls
[19:56:53] macgui: Minimum length of title for scan: 900000
[19:56:53] hb_scan: path=/Users/grahamcarter/Documents/EyeTV Archive/Ordeal by Innocence[1].eyetv/00000000207aac24.mpg, title_index=0
libbluray/bdnav/index_parse.c:157: indx_parse(): error opening /Users/grahamcarter/Documents/EyeTV Archive/Ordeal by Innocence[1].eyetv/00000000207aac24.mpg/BDMV/index.bdmv
libbluray/bluray.c:1471: nav_get_title_list(/Users/grahamcarter/Documents/EyeTV Archive/Ordeal by Innocence[1].eyetv/00000000207aac24.mpg) failed (0x102bd4000)
[19:56:53] bd: not a bd - trying as a stream/file instead
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.1.3
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.11 for DVD access
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
[19:56:53] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead
[19:56:53] file is MPEG Transport Stream with 188 byte packets offset 0 bytes
[19:56:53] Found the following PIDS
[19:56:53] Video PIDS :
[19:56:53] 0x19c9 type H.264 (0x1b) (PCR)
[19:56:53] Audio PIDS :
[19:56:53] 0x19ca type LATM AAC (0x11)
[19:56:53] 0x19ce type LATM AAC (0x11)
[19:56:53] Other PIDS :
[19:56:53] 0x19cd type DVB Subtitling (0x0)
[19:56:53] 0x1c86 type ISO 13818-6 DSM-CC U-N msgs (0xb)
[19:56:53] 0x1c97 type ISO 13818-6 DSM-CC U-N msgs (0xb)
[19:56:53] 0x1bc4 type ISO 13818-1 private section (0x5)
[19:56:53] 0x1bc6 type ISO 13818-1 private section (0x5)
[19:56:53] stream id 0x19ca (type 0x11 substream 0x0) audio 0x19ca
[19:56:53] stream id 0x19ce (type 0x11 substream 0x0) audio 0x19ce
[19:56:53] scan: decoding previews for title 1
[19:56:53] scan: audio 0x19ca: aac_latm, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=200000 English (LATM AAC) (2.0 ch)
[19:56:53] Channels reported by Libav (2) != computed layout channels (1). Guessing layout from channel count.
[19:56:53] scan: audio 0x19ce: aac_latm, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=200000 English (LATM AAC) (2.0 ch)
[19:56:55] scan: 10 previews, 1920x1080, 25.000 fps, autocrop = 60/60/0/0, aspect 16:9, PAR 1:1
[19:56:55] scan: title (0) job->width:1920, job->height:960
[19:56:55] stream: 26 good frames, 0 errors (0%)
[19:56:55] libhb: scan thread found 1 valid title(s)
[19:56:55] macgui: showNewScan: This is a new source item scan
[19:56:55] macgui: Preview: Enabling HUD Controls
[19:57:27] macgui: Rip: Pending queue count is 0
[19:57:27] macgui: createQueueFileItem: Getting Audio from prepareAudioForQueueFileJob ...
[19:57:27] macgui: createQueueFileItem: Returned getting audio from prepareAudioForQueueFileJob
[19:57:27] macgui: getNextPendingQueueIndex next pending encode index is:39
[19:57:27] macgui: scanning specifically for title: 1
[19:57:27] hb_scan: path=/Users/grahamcarter/Documents/EyeTV Archive/Ordeal by Innocence[1].eyetv/00000000207aac24.mpg, title_index=1
libbluray/bdnav/index_parse.c:157: indx_parse(): error opening /Users/grahamcarter/Documents/EyeTV Archive/Ordeal by Innocence[1].eyetv/00000000207aac24.mpg/BDMV/index.bdmv
libbluray/bluray.c:1471: nav_get_title_list(/Users/grahamcarter/Documents/EyeTV Archive/Ordeal by Innocence[1].eyetv/00000000207aac24.mpg) failed (0x102157800)
[19:57:27] bd: not a bd - trying as a stream/file instead
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.1.3
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.11 for DVD access
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
[19:57:27] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead
[19:57:27] file is MPEG Transport Stream with 188 byte packets offset 0 bytes
[19:57:27] Found the following PIDS
[19:57:27] Video PIDS :
[19:57:27] 0x19c9 type H.264 (0x1b) (PCR)
[19:57:27] Audio PIDS :
[19:57:27] 0x19ca type LATM AAC (0x11)
[19:57:27] 0x19ce type LATM AAC (0x11)
[19:57:27] Other PIDS :
[19:57:27] 0x19cd type DVB Subtitling (0x0)
[19:57:27] 0x1c86 type ISO 13818-6 DSM-CC U-N msgs (0xb)
[19:57:27] 0x1c97 type ISO 13818-6 DSM-CC U-N msgs (0xb)
[19:57:27] 0x1bc4 type ISO 13818-1 private section (0x5)
[19:57:27] 0x1bc6 type ISO 13818-1 private section (0x5)
[19:57:27] stream id 0x19ca (type 0x11 substream 0x0) audio 0x19ca
[19:57:27] stream id 0x19ce (type 0x11 substream 0x0) audio 0x19ce
[19:57:27] scan: decoding previews for title 1
[19:57:27] scan: audio 0x19ca: aac_latm, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=200000 English (LATM AAC) (2.0 ch)
[19:57:27] Channels reported by Libav (2) != computed layout channels (1). Guessing layout from channel count.
[19:57:27] scan: audio 0x19ce: aac_latm, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=200000 English (LATM AAC) (2.0 ch)
[19:57:28] scan: 10 previews, 1920x1080, 25.000 fps, autocrop = 60/60/0/0, aspect 16:9, PAR 1:1
[19:57:28] scan: title (0) job->width:1920, job->height:960
[19:57:28] stream: 26 good frames, 0 errors (0%)
[19:57:28] libhb: scan thread found 1 valid title(s)
[19:57:28] macgui: ScanDone state received from fQueueEncodeLibhb
[19:57:28] macgui: Preset: Custom
[19:57:28] macgui: processNewQueueEncode number of passes expected is: 1
[19:57:28] macgui: Start / Stop set to seconds ...
[19:57:28] macgui: prepareJob exiting
[19:57:28] 1 job(s) to process
[19:57:28] starting job
[19:57:28] Auto Passthru: allowed codecs are AAC, AC3, DTS, DTS-HD, MP3
[19:57:28] Auto Passthru: fallback is AC3 (ffmpeg)
[19:57:28] Auto Passthru: passthru not possible for track 1, using fallback
[19:57:28] sync: expecting 525 video frames
[19:57:28] work: only 1 chapter, disabling chapter markers
[19:57:28] job configuration:
[19:57:28] * source
[19:57:28] + /Users/grahamcarter/Documents/EyeTV Archive/Ordeal by Innocence[1].eyetv/00000000207aac24.mpg
[19:57:28] + title 1, start 0:0:0.00 stop 0:0:20.00
[19:57:28] * destination
[19:57:28] + /Users/grahamcarter/Desktop/To copy/Move then delete/Ordeal by Innocence[1].mkv
[19:57:28] + container: Matroska (.mkv)
[19:57:28] * video track
[19:57:28] + decoder: h264
[19:57:28] + bitrate 200 kbps
[19:57:28] + frame rate: same as source (around 25.000 fps)
[19:57:28] + strict anamorphic
[19:57:28] + storage dimensions: 1920 * 1080 -> 1920 * 960, crop 60/60/0/0, mod 16
[19:57:28] + pixel aspect ratio: 1 / 1
[19:57:28] + display dimensions: 1920 * 960
[19:57:28] + encoder: H.264 (x264)
[19:57:28] + options: ref=1:weightp=1:subq=2:rc-lookahead=10:trellis=0:8x8dct=0
[19:57:28] + quality: 20.00 (RF)
[19:57:28] * audio track 1
[19:57:28] + decoder: English (LATM AAC) (2.0 ch) (track 1, id 0x19ca)
[19:57:28] + mixdown: Stereo
[19:57:28] + encoder: AC3 (ffmpeg)
[19:57:28] + bitrate: 224 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[19:57:28] file is MPEG Transport Stream with 188 byte packets offset 0 bytes
[19:57:28] reader: first SCR 2343729010 id 0x19c9 DTS 2343729010
[19:57:28] h264: "Chapter 1" (1) at frame 0 time 36000
[19:57:29] encx264: encoding with stored aspect 1/1
[19:57:29] encx264: Encoding at constant RF 20.000000
x264 [warning]: --psnr used with psy on: results will be invalid!
x264 [warning]: --tune psnr should be used if attempting to benchmark psnr!
x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
x264 [info]: profile Main, level 4.0
[19:57:29] sync: first pts is 36000
[19:57:38] sync: reached pts 1801393, exiting early
[19:57:40] work: average encoding speed for job is 47.085667 fps
[19:57:40] reader: done. 2 scr changes
[19:57:40] sync: got 476 frames, 525 expected
[19:57:40] h264-decoder done: 640 frames, 0 decoder errors, 0 drops
[19:57:40] render: lost time: 0 (0 frames)
[19:57:40] render: gained time: 0 (0 frames) (0 not accounted for)
x264 [info]: frame I:22 Avg QP:13.81 size:105133 PSNR Mean Y:50.40 U:52.86 V:53.14 Avg:51.09 Global:50.64
x264 [info]: frame P:188 Avg QP:17.72 size: 16912 PSNR Mean Y:49.70 U:52.38 V:52.27 Avg:50.38 Global:49.40
x264 [info]: frame B:266 Avg QP:19.59 size: 3700 PSNR Mean Y:48.62 U:51.78 V:51.83 Avg:49.42 Global:48.92
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 19.3% 17.2% 3.8% 59.7%
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 53.9% 0.0% 46.1%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 21.7% 0.0% 1.1% P16..4: 25.2% 9.6% 3.7% 0.0% 0.0% skip:38.6%
x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 11.1% 2.2% 0.1% direct: 5.9% skip:79.5% L0:45.6% L1:46.6% BI: 7.9%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 29.2% 54.3% 27.7% inter: 4.3% 9.2% 0.1%
x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 53% 24% 16% 7%
x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 28% 21% 17% 6% 7% 6% 6% 5% 5%
x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 58% 17% 22% 3%
x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:6.9% UV:5.3%
x264 [info]: SSIM Mean Y:0.9922580 (21.111db)
x264 [info]: PSNR Mean Y:49.189 U:52.103 V:52.116 Avg:49.931 Global:49.231 kb/s:2588.61
[19:57:40] aac_latm-decoder done: 0 frames, 0 decoder errors, 0 drops
[19:57:40] mux: track 0, 476 frames, 6475967 bytes, 2590.39 kbps, fifo 512
[19:57:40] mux: track 1, 626 frames, 560896 bytes, 224.36 kbps, fifo 1024
[19:57:40] stream: 678 good frames, 0 errors (0%)
[19:57:40] libhb: work result = 0
[19:57:41] macgui: incrementQueueItemDone there are no more pending encodes

[MrGC]

Ah, maybe passthru doesn't work on older versions after all?

[s55]

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[19:57:28] Auto Passthru: allowed codecs are AAC, AC3, DTS, DTS-HD, MP3
[19:57:28] Auto Passthru: fallback is AC3 (ffmpeg)
[19:57:28] Auto Passthru: passthru not possible for track 1, using fallback
...
[19:57:28] + decoder: English (LATM AAC) (2.0 ch) (track 1, id 0x19ca)
[19:57:28] + mixdown: Stereo
[19:57:28] + encoder: AC3 (ffmpeg)

Looks like it used a fallback encoder. And not a good one at that.

[MrGC]

I'd always assumed that it was doing passthru as there were no warnings in the older versions. So... the newer releases are explicitly showing that passthru is not possible by not listing it as an option? Makes sense.

[MrGC]

Which encoder would you suggest is best, when passthru is not possible, please?

[s55]

Be as well using AAC (Core Audio)

[MrGC]

Thank you - I'll check what the newest version does. Thanks again for your help.