How to MKVmerge DTS(express) audio?

[tkmops]

Does anyone know how to merge DTS(express) audio using MKVmerge. I'm able to rip out the DTS audio stream, but am getting an error when trying to use MKVmerge(6.3.0. You can't stop me). Will upgrading to mkvtoolnix-64bit-7.9.0 resolve this? I'm able to merge regular DTS audio, but not the express type.

Thanks!

[Baldrick]

Try it and tell us? You can use the portable version of mkvtoolnix 7.9.0 so you can keep your 6.3.0 installed version...

[El Heggunte]

You need at least the build 2015-04-03 of MKVtoolnix 7.8.0.

Also, thus far only the Arcsoft DLL (or some other payware) can decode DTS Express,
there is no free++open_source solution for that yet.

[tkmops]

Whoa! Fast response! I'll try 7.9.0 and post back. I'm trying to use the audio from a 'picture-in-picture' overlay bonus. I was able to rip out the overlay video, and the DTS(express) audio, but MKVmerge won't merge them together. The merged video has no audio track. Hmmmm....could I play the video, record the audio via a PC recording program, then merge that with the ripped VLC file? Does MKVmerge allow WMA files? If it does, this may work...although there could be sync issues...eh, better than no audio at all!

[El Heggunte]

Does MKVmerge allow WMA files?

Nope. You would have to use the MPC-BE standalone Matroska Muxer, or Haali's Matroska multiplexer.
Anyway, WMA is an abomination, and WMA in Matroska is a double-abomination

[tkmops]

What type(s) of audio files does MKVmerge allow? Maybe I can record my DTS(express) audio via a recording program in a different format from WMA?
Or, convert the WMA audio file to a useable format?

[El Heggunte]

Why complicate things
LAV Audio can use the Arcsoft DLL, and any DirectShow-based media player can use LAV Audio ---
--- just make sure you have the version 1.1.0.8 of the file DTSDecoderdll.DLL.

As for MKVmerge, it supports AC3, DTS, DTS-HD (including Master Audio and Pure Lossless), AAC, MP2, MP3, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, ALAC, MLP/TrueHD, TTA, WavPack, RealAudio, ......

[Selur]

What type(s) of audio files does MKVmerge allow?

Supported file types:
  A/52 (aka AC3) [ac3 eac3]
  AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) [aac m4a mp4]
  AVC/h.264 elementary streams [264 avc h264 x264]
  AVI (Audio/Video Interleaved) [avi]
  ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) [caf m4a mp4]
  Dirac [drc]
  Dolby TrueHD [thd thd+ac3 truehd true-hd]
  DTS/DTS-HD (Digital Theater System) [dts dtshd dts-hd]
  FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) [flac ogg]
  FLV (Flash Video) [flv]
  HEVC/h.265 elementary streams [265 hevc h265 x265]
  IVF with VP8 video files [ivf]
  MP4 audio/video files [mp4 m4v]
  MPEG audio files [mp2 mp3]
  MPEG program streams [mpg mpeg m2v mpv evo evob vob]
  MPEG transport streams [ts m2ts mts]
  MPEG video elementary streams [m1v m2v mpv]
  MPLS Blu-ray playlist [mpls]
  Matroska audio/video files [mka mks mkv mk3d webm webmv webma]
  PGS/SUP subtitles [sup]
  QuickTime audio/video files [mov]
  Ogg/OGM audio/video files [ogg ogm ogv]
  Opus (in Ogg) audio files [opus ogg]
  RealMedia audio/video files [ra ram rm rmvb rv]
  SRT text subtitles [srt]
  SSA/ASS text subtitles [ass ssa]
  TTA (The lossless True Audio codec) [tta]
  USF text subtitles [usf xml]
  VC1 elementary streams [vc1]
  VobButtons [btn]
  VobSub subtitles [idx]
  WAVE (uncompressed PCM audio) [wav]
  WAVPACK v4 audio [wv]
  WebM audio/video files [webm webmv webma]

source: "mkvmerge -l"