MKV and Audio Codecs

bburl · 25th August 2011, 16:03

I'm looking for opinions on which audio codec would be the best for using in MKV creation. By best I mean the one that produces good quality and has the least compatibility issues.

I'm creating 8-10 GB x264 rips of my BDs with 2 channel downmixed audio. I've been playing around with nero's AAC, lame MP3, FLAC, and OGG.

some of the problems I've found:

FLAC is huge.
AAC doesn't demux from MKV as well as others, especially if vbr.
OGG gets corrupted sometimes when mkclean.exe is used. I like using mkclean because it makes seeking really smooth and quick in my player of choice (j.river mediacenter).
AAC and MP3 aren't open source.

Any opinions would be appreciated.

b66pak · 25th August 2011, 18:29

use AC3 then...aften encoder is open source...
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mindbomb · 26th August 2011, 17:38

try different aac encoders maybe. like quicktime's or winamp's

quicktime appears to be CBR though.

Midzuki · 26th August 2011, 20:14

Since you're using 2.0 audio, why not choose MP2 ? Any bitrate between 224kbps and 384kbps will be fine.

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bburl 100% original title Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 3	MKV and Audio Codecs I'm looking for opinions on which audio codec would be the best for using in MKV creation. By best I mean the one that produces good quality and has the least compatibility issues. I'm creating 8-10 GB x264 rips of my BDs with 2 channel downmixed audio. I've been playing around with nero's AAC, lame MP3, FLAC, and OGG. some of the problems I've found: FLAC is huge. AAC doesn't demux from MKV as well as others, especially if vbr. OGG gets corrupted sometimes when mkclean.exe is used. I like using mkclean because it makes seeking really smooth and quick in my player of choice (j.river mediacenter). AAC and MP3 aren't open source. Any opinions would be appreciated.

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b66pak Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The Land Of Dracula (Romania - EU) Posts: 934	use AC3 then...aften encoder is open source... _ __________________ if you ask a question and somebody give you the correct answer don't forget to leave a "thank you" note... Visit The Land Of Dracula (Romania - EU)!

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mindbomb Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 576	try different aac encoders maybe. like quicktime's or winamp's quicktime appears to be CBR though. Last edited by mindbomb; 26th August 2011 at 18:25.

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Midzuki Unavailable Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: offline Posts: 1,480	Since you're using 2.0 audio, why not choose MP2 ? Any bitrate between 224kbps and 384kbps will be fine.