[MPlayer-users] MEncoder & 6-channel audio: No dice

[Jason Tackaberry]

On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 01:25, Mark Fox wrote:
> 	This is probably really obvious but I can't find anything in
> the archives.  How do I get MEncoder to either encode audio from DVDs
> as ordinary 2-channel sterio or 5.1?

Unless you have a specific goal of ripping a movie to fit on a CD, do
yourself a favor and use "-oac copy" when ripping DVDs if there is an
AC3 stream available.  DD5.1 is either 384kbit or 448kbit AC3, which
isn't terribly huge considering, and your ears will thank you every
time.

Jason.

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