Sat Dec 08, 2018 12:40 am by tonypate
The bottom line is that I want the best quality video and audio that I can get within an mp4 format. I have used VSO DVD ultimate to convert my dvds into mp4 format. The only option sound wise is AAC.
The problem is that I am playing it through my sonos system and the sonos system does not support AAC files. I get only stereo sound. Sonos has told me the following –
" For home theater audio, Sonos supports stereo PCM and Dolby Digital
(AC3) audio formats. As long as the audio track is encoded to Dolby Digital
by the video player, Sonos will play the sound"
When I look at the options in VSO software for mp4 AAC is the only option.
I have experimented with Handbrake And if I choose mp4 and AC3 pass through as, then I get 5.1 out of my sonos system. I am just not sure whether the quality of the audio is high quality i.e. at least equal to my current files.
So, in summary my preferred option would be to be able to put my mp4 files on my serviio server but in order to play in 5.1 sound Sergio would need to transcode the audio to a sonos compatible format. Is this possible? Or!!!
If I have to convert my dvds again bearing in mind that I want the highest quality for picture and sound in mp4 format, which is the best format and best settings, bearing in mind the sonos sound requirements. I have over 900 dvds to convert so to do it in batch format is important. Handbrake offers this although I don't seem to be able to get the batch process to work. Although I loaded 10 it only did the first one and stopped. Anyone with any advice much appreciated.
Preferably I would prefer to be able to get Serviio to transcode my existing mp4 files.
Any comments/suggestions welcome!