[mythtv-users] Audio in dvd rips

[Allan Wilson]

>From my understanding if you do a perfect rip you get all the sound streams 
and you can choose which one you want to use when you start the movie with 
the -aid= flag. Maybe this will help

Allan

On 9/16/05, Ryan Steffes <rbsteffes at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This is just something confusing me that problem indicates I'm not sure 
> how it really works. I'm in the process of ripping all my vhs and dvds so I 
> can store them away and just use the ripped version. I'm trying to preserve 
> the AC3 sound for playback over my newly working (and at the time of this 
> writing, one of the ONLY parts of my system working) digital sound. What's 
> getting me is I'm ripping a dvd and dumping the audio track as is, and the 
> file command reports:
> 
> file frameno.avi:
> frameno.avi: ATSC A/52 aka AC-3 aka Dolby Digital stream, 48 kHz,, 
> complete main (CM) 3 front/2 rear, LFE on,, 384 kbit/s reserved Dolby 
> Surround mode
> 
> but once I encode the video to go with it, file reports stereo sound:
> file Golden_Eye_Bond.avi:
> dvd_vobs/GOLDEYEX1-1.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 720 x 480, ~30 
> fps, video: XviD, audio: Dolby AC3 (stereo, 48000 Hz)
> 
> I do have other avi's that report as
> RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 720 x 304, 25.00 fps, video: XviD, audio: 
> Dolby AC3 (5 channels, 48000 Hz)
> 
> So it's just bugging me. I don't want to rip all my dvd's wrong, and then 
> have to go back and rip the sound different to have it sound right through 
> the stereo. Any one know what's going on with that?
> 
> Ryan
> 
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