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coolamasta · 5th Mar 2012, 15:32

Hi Guys,

Wonder if anyone can help me, I've been digitalising my BluRay collection onto my home NAS and have been using a program called MakeMKV, it works brilliantly and converts my BluRays to an MKV file etc...

The problem is when its finished converting I end up with the MKV being anywhere between 20-30GB and while they are amazing quality I just can't spare that amount of space per film so I need a converter that will let me Re-encode the MKV at a lower bit-rate but one of my main concerns is keeping the audio quality at DTS or DD in 5.1 etc.

Most of the Re-encoding software I have tried so far will happily drop the bit-rate of the picture and I'm getting 10-12GB~ish sized files with great picture quality still BUT the best option I can find for the Audio re-encoding is AAC/AC3 which sounds crap on my surround sound compared to having the proper DTS or Dolby soundtrack!

Does anyone know of any good software that can keep the Audio in its original format but drop the picture bit-rate etc?

Any help is much appreciated

noizdaemon666 · 5th Mar 2012, 15:35

Try Freemake Video Converter. It's been a while since I used it for MKV but I'm pretty sure it'll allow to to keep the original audio. I know it can on AVI/XVID stuff if you choose the right preset.

Fantus · 5th Mar 2012, 15:36

I've been using this (linky), you'll be able to pass the audio straight through as AC3 (5.1) without changing it at all -or whatever the source audio is.
It's natively German but haven't had any problems with the English install.

coolamasta · 5th Mar 2012, 16:21

Cheers chaps, will give them a go and see what the results are like

5th Mar 2012, 15:32	#1
coolamasta Folding@Home CC Captain 2010/11/12 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sunny Brizzol! Posts: 2,346	MKV to MKV Re-Encoding Software? Hi Guys, Wonder if anyone can help me, I've been digitalising my BluRay collection onto my home NAS and have been using a program called MakeMKV, it works brilliantly and converts my BluRays to an MKV file etc... The problem is when its finished converting I end up with the MKV being anywhere between 20-30GB and while they are amazing quality I just can't spare that amount of space per film so I need a converter that will let me Re-encode the MKV at a lower bit-rate but one of my main concerns is keeping the audio quality at DTS or DD in 5.1 etc. Most of the Re-encoding software I have tried so far will happily drop the bit-rate of the picture and I'm getting 10-12GB~ish sized files with great picture quality still BUT the best option I can find for the Audio re-encoding is AAC/AC3 which sounds crap on my surround sound compared to having the proper DTS or Dolby soundtrack! Does anyone know of any good software that can keep the Audio in its original format but drop the picture bit-rate etc? Any help is much appreciated __________________ My Main Rigs:~ H2O'd i7 3770K @ 4.5 - 16GB - H2O'd GTX 670 \| Asus Z9PE-W8, EP-Xeon 2670 @ 3.2 - 16GB \| ~~~ My Current Dual EP-Xeon 2670 Project ~~~ \| ~~~ My Mitsubishi Evo Track Car Project ~~~ \|

5th Mar 2012, 15:35	#2
noizdaemon666 I've been away far too long Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Castleford Posts: 4,274	Try Freemake Video Converter. It's been a while since I used it for MKV but I'm pretty sure it'll allow to to keep the original audio. I know it can on AVI/XVID stuff if you choose the right preset. __________________ AMD A4 5300 @ 4GHz \| \| 4GB 1600 Patriot \| 128GB SSD \| 500GB Samsung HD501LJ \| 320GB Hitachi 2.5" \| CX430 PSU

5th Mar 2012, 16:21	#4
coolamasta Folding@Home CC Captain 2010/11/12 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sunny Brizzol! Posts: 2,346	Cheers chaps, will give them a go and see what the results are like __________________ My Main Rigs:~ H2O'd i7 3770K @ 4.5 - 16GB - H2O'd GTX 670 \| Asus Z9PE-W8, EP-Xeon 2670 @ 3.2 - 16GB \| ~~~ My Current Dual EP-Xeon 2670 Project ~~~ \| ~~~ My Mitsubishi Evo Track Car Project ~~~ \|

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5th Mar 2012, 15:36	#3
Fantus Nothing to see here... <_< Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Ipswich, UK Posts: 541	I've been using this (linky), you'll be able to pass the audio straight through as AC3 (5.1) without changing it at all -or whatever the source audio is. It's natively German but haven't had any problems with the English install.