HandBrake help....well just a Quick Question actually

[Mucx]

Hey,

I'm having or coming across a bit of a weird quirk when using Handbrake (0.7 beta3). I have been going back slowly and encoding all my movies so that they can contain AC3 or surround sound, so before I go any further just want to check if anyone else has spotted this...

This issue is this; I encode a movie with the following settings:-

ffmpeg
1800 kbps
AVI
mpeg4/AC-3 audio

which works fine and I get a great looking rip and it is roughly 900mb for every hour of the movie which I am happy enough with. The worrying aspect is that I always check in Quicktime to make sure it has ripped ok and I like to jump around and see if it is alright. When I press command + I to bring up the info it seems to show varied results in terms of the audio.

I have ripped 'Spy Game' and the following information is present in Quicktime:-

MPEG4 Decompressor (libavcodec),
720 x 304, Millions
AC3 Decompressor, Stereo, 48.000 kHz

So it says AC3 Decompressor...but Stereo? I know the original movie has a surround sound track. I can't tell if the rip is playing in surround sound or not when I watch it as my amp doesnt have any function to let me know and it does a very very good job or mixing simple stereo tracks to be outputed from my speakers.

The reason I am unsure of this is because I have ripped recently both 'Apocalypse Now - Redux' and 'Aliens' (from the Qudrilogy set) and I see the following:-

MPEG4 Decompressor (libavcodec),
720 x 384, Millions
AC3 Decompressor, 5 Channels, 48.000 kHz

5 channels this time? ...I can't figure out what is going on there. Also Quicktime refuses to play the audio on these rips which is weird and worrying (I have the AC3 codec installed by teh way). When I think back to when I ripped Aliens I literally finished doing Alien (Alien One) didnt change a single setting and started on Aliens (Alien Two) so not sure why there is a difference...Sorry speaking out loud figuring it out.

So just wondering if anyone has an idea, if I'm just being weird or this has some signifigance? Anyone else experiencing that or any ideas?

Mucx

[Mucx]

Anyone?

Is it possibly because some of my discs have DTS audio and that is the one being captured and not the Dolby?

[dr9553]

are you checking to make sure you select the multi-channel audio track? Under audio you get your language 1 choice with a pull down of all of the options.. make sure the 5 channel source is selected.

[Mucx]

Yeah, I'm always selecting the 5 channel track...looking at my DVD jackets though it seems to be only happeniong on the DTS audio Discs.

What should quicktime tell me if it is 5.1 audio? VLC and its info tells me it is 5 channel but Quicktime states AC3 stereo?

I digress lol.??

Mucx