Can't find AC3 pass-thru
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Can't find AC3 pass-thru
I am running handbrake 0.9.1 in GUI mode on Windows and don't see AC3 pass-thru as an audio option. Is this only available in command-line mode?
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Thanks for the link. I read the wiki page, but was unable to get AC3 pass-through. I am using 0.9.1 GUI build 2.4.1. If I select a DVD input and an mkv output, I don't see an AC3 pass-through option.
Audio Encoder does give me AC3, but it like it may be re-encoding. The Audio section still has bitrate, sample rate and mix. I'm following the instructions in the wiki, but I just don't see it. My source is 448 kbps 5.1 AC3 and that bitrate isn't an option. If I select AC3, will it just ignore bitrate, sample rate and mix?
Audio Encoder does give me AC3, but it like it may be re-encoding. The Audio section still has bitrate, sample rate and mix. I'm following the instructions in the wiki, but I just don't see it. My source is 448 kbps 5.1 AC3 and that bitrate isn't an option. If I select AC3, will it just ignore bitrate, sample rate and mix?
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"Try choosing the proper Codec from the drop-down, under Output Settings first."
There are 4 choices. The closest to sounding correct is "AC3". There is no pass-through option. I tried an encoding with AC3 to see what would happen. It took my DD 5.1 input and produced an AC3 2-channel output.
Has anyone done AC3 pass-through with 0.9.1? Am I the only one that doesn't see the option.
The Surround Sound Guide says it is possible, but stops short of actually telling you what Output Settings->Audio Encoder and the "Audio & Subtitles" tab should be set to.
I guess every page in the wiki could just say to use "the proper settings"
There are 4 choices. The closest to sounding correct is "AC3". There is no pass-through option. I tried an encoding with AC3 to see what would happen. It took my DD 5.1 input and produced an AC3 2-channel output.
Has anyone done AC3 pass-through with 0.9.1? Am I the only one that doesn't see the option.
The Surround Sound Guide says it is possible, but stops short of actually telling you what Output Settings->Audio Encoder and the "Audio & Subtitles" tab should be set to.
I guess every page in the wiki could just say to use "the proper settings"
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Nor should you be expected to, when the user doesn't have the decency to even post in the right forum section.Cavalicious wrote:Ah...Didn't catch that you were using windows.
*moving to the Windows forum*
Oh, and cpelliot? There is no way in hell HandBrake took your "DD 5.1 input and produced an AC3 2-channel output." You obviously didn't even play it back to check, before running to the forums to complain it didn't work.
Pardon the incorrect location for my first post. Will direct all future GUI and CLI questions to Windows forum.jbrjake wrote:Nor should you be expected to, when the user doesn't have the decency to even post in the right forum section.Cavalicious wrote:Ah...Didn't catch that you were using windows.
*moving to the Windows forum*
Not quite accurate assessment of my actions, but I'll continue.jbrjake wrote:Oh, and cpelliot? There is no way in hell HandBrake took your "DD 5.1 input and produced an AC3 2-channel output." You obviously didn't even play it back to check, before running to the forums to complain it didn't work.
I'm now using hbcli in order to avoid GUI-related issues. I used MediaInfo 0.7.5.5 to analyze the Handbrake-created mkv files and the original VOB files. I would be happy to use different analysis software if there is a "standard" for these boards. Perhaps MediaInfo is giving me bad information regarding the audio track for the mkv file. FYI the files are headed to a Sigma Designs SMP8635 chip and I would like to verify the audio stream first. Any tips on mkv file analysis would be greatly appreciated. Apologies for angering jbrjake!
For future searchers, here's what I have found from this thread and others. Because, "pass-through" can be spelled many ways, I missed a post the day before mine that answered the file analysis issue.
If you select "AC3" as you audio codec, it will pass-thru. The appropriate audio values are ignored (bit rate, etc.). The latest version (0.9.1) incorrectly fills out the audio tag fields. I tried the latest code from subversion (1087) and the issue is partially fixed. The "Channel(s)" tag is right. I did notice that the "Sampling rate" tag is different, but that is not an issue for this forum.
I think that most devices don't care what the value of the tags are, so it will work fine.
If you select "AC3" as you audio codec, it will pass-thru. The appropriate audio values are ignored (bit rate, etc.). The latest version (0.9.1) incorrectly fills out the audio tag fields. I tried the latest code from subversion (1087) and the issue is partially fixed. The "Channel(s)" tag is right. I did notice that the "Sampling rate" tag is different, but that is not an issue for this forum.
I think that most devices don't care what the value of the tags are, so it will work fine.
There's only one standard way, on this forum or anywhere else, of finding out how many channels are in an AC3 track. It's what I already told you to do: play it.cpelliott wrote:Not quite accurate assessment of my actionsjbrjake wrote:You obviously didn't even play it back to check, before running to the forums to complain it didn't work.
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I used MediaInfo 0.7.5.5 to analyze the Handbrake-created mkv files and the original VOB files. I would be happy to use different analysis software if there is a "standard" for these boards.