Using Handbrake with the mixdown set to 5.1 channels (using E-AC3), the mkv produced was recognised by the Arc to be 5.1 channel Dolby Digital Plus.Īs a result, I could experience much better sound than PCM/stereo. ![]() 960kbps isn't great when we are downmixing from HD sound, but better than 640kbps. I tested this many times with many discs.Į-AC3/DD++ is better than AC3/AAC and DD5.1 as these are limited to a bitrate of 640kbps. I don’t know why 960kbps as DD+ (which the Arc supports) is up to 1.5mbps but I only got silence once I exceeded 960kbps. Re-coding to DD+ uses the E-AC3 codec and it works on the Arc with a bitrate of up to 960kbps. All other open source applications did not only to DD5.1 using AC3, with a bitrate limit of 640kbps. Why Handbrake? It was the only software which definitely converted DTS-HD to Dolby Digital Plus. To play DTS-HD, DTS5.1 or DTS I used Handbrake to create MKVs of the main movie (ie the single title on the disk-Handbrake will usually find it for you). Highly recommended Atmos film: First Man-skip to the take off scene. Really towers above the PlayBar kudos to Sonos. However, even by itself, it is very impressive. The Arc is absolutely magnificent, with a Sub and two rear Play 1s. I was able to play all Dolby encoded discs from the Hard Disk and experience TrueHD, Atmos etc. If you don’t want 1:1 copies for your media system/set up, you can skip this. ![]() I made 1:1 copies of the disc using AnyDisc and MakeMKV. I even though about returning the Arc or buying a second one to use for DTS alone, which was a bit mad.Īs it happened I just bought the Zappiti 4k system (which is amazing!!) and was in the process of transferring my BDs to it when the Arc arrived and presented this problem. Before I went this route, I looked for every transcoder, box, set-up going but there is nothing. Bit it does require you to be much more technical and basically, be capable of ‘ripping’ or copying your Blu-ray Discs. I say most with good reason, out of the 100 discs I have of the most popular and mainstream films, 80% are DTS-HD.įor the Play Bar I had a decent work around which produced DD5.1 or DD Stereo (see here: ).įor the Arc it was really annoying to have to even look for a work around, however, I think I have a solid one. So called, because, it does not support the sound encoding used on *most* Blu-ray Discs.
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