I know what you are saying. You lost the DV because you used the video after processing in ffmpeg. I am saying use the video from makemkv and only the audio from ffmpeg. You use mkvtoolnix to mux them together and de-select the DTS-HD audio at the same time. You then end up with a DV MKV with AC3.Larrikin wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 1:17 amThat's for taking the time to reply. Unfortunately that's overly complicated for me to do. I did have a look into it though.MartyMcNuts wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 12:51 am1. Create your MKV using MakeMKV
2. Use ffmpeg to convert the audio track to AC3
3. Use mkvtoolnix to mux the audio to the mkv.
Also, when playing with ffmpeg with the originally ripped MKV fro MakeMKV, I lose Dolby Vision. It must be something the way ffmpeg works. I did some testing when I converted the audio with ffmpeg but didn't touch the video. It still killed Dolby Vision.
I truly was hoping that MakeMKV could do it in one shot. Rip the disc and convert the audio simultaneously. I have Casino Royale as a great example. It's in Dolby Vision with DTS-HD. I need the DTS-HD converted to AC3 5.1
Steps:
- Create MKV using MakeMKV.
- Use ffmpeg to convert the audio only. Here is a simple command for you.. (ffmpeg.exe -i "your/newly/created/mkv/file.mkv" -vn -sn -c:a ac3 -b:a 640k -map 0:1 "output/your/encoded/audio.ac3") Now the audio wil be converted and you should have an audio.ac3 file.
- Now open mkvtoolnix, add the mkv you created with MakeMKV, deselect the DTS-HD audio track, add the audio.ac3 file and mux to a new mkv file. This file should retain the DV (as you are using the MakeMKV generated mkv file) and now have only an ac3 audio track.