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Convert LPCM->FLAC, leave DTS-HD MA & TrueHD untouched
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 8:34 pm
by paulster
I haven't played with custom conversion profiles yet as I really haven't had the need to, but now that MakeMKV can handle 24-bit FLAC conversion I'm wondering whether it's possible to set it to convert only LCPM tracks to FLAC, but to leave any DTS-HD (HRA or MA) and TrueHD tracks in their native format.
Since I extract more than one audio language from my discs generally I don't want everything ended up getting converted to FLAC.
Re: Convert LPCM->FLAC, leave DTS-HD MA & TrueHD untouched
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:33 pm
by Romansh
MakeMKV.app/Contents/Resources/flac.mmcp.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<profile>
<!-- profile name - Default -->
<name lang="eng">FLAC</name>
<!-- Common MKV flags -->
<mkvSettings
ignoreForcedSubtitlesFlag="true"
useISO639Type2T="false"
/>
<!-- Settings overridable in preferences -->
<profileSettings
app_DefaultSelectionString="-sel:all,+sel:(favlang|nolang),+sel:lossless,-sel:(havemulti|havelossless),-sel:mvcvideo,=100:all,-10:favlang"
/>
<!-- Output formats currently supported by MakeMKV -->
<outputSettings name="copy" outputFormat="directCopy">
<description lang="eng">Copy track as is</description>
<description lang="ger">Track 1:1 kopieren</description>
</outputSettings>
<outputSettings name="lpcm" outputFormat="LPCM-raw">
<description lang="eng">Save as raw LPCM</description>
<description lang="ger">Als RAW LPCM speichern</description>
</outputSettings>
<outputSettings name="wavex" outputFormat="LPCM-wavex">
<description lang="eng">Save as LPCM in WAV container</description>
<description lang="ger">Als LPCM im WAV-Container speichern</description>
</outputSettings>
<outputSettings name="flac-best" outputFormat="FLAC">
<description lang="eng">Save as FLAC (best compression)</description>
<description lang="ger">Als FLAC speichern (h?chste Komprimierungsstufe)</description>
<extraArgs>-compression_level 12</extraArgs>
</outputSettings>
<outputSettings name="flac-fast" outputFormat="FLAC">
<description lang="eng">Save as FLAC (fast compression)</description>
<extraArgs>-compression_level 5</extraArgs>
</outputSettings>
<!-- Default rule - copy as is -->
<trackSettings input="default">
<output outputSettingsName="copy"
defaultSelection="$app_DefaultSelectionString">
</output>
</trackSettings>
<!-- Save LPCM mono or stereo as FLAC -->
<trackSettings input="LPCM-stereo">
<output outputSettingsName="flac-fast"
defaultSelection="$app_DefaultSelectionString">
</output>
</trackSettings>
<!-- Save multi-channel LPCM as FLAC -->
<trackSettings input="LPCM-multi">
<output outputSettingsName="flac-fast"
defaultSelection="$app_DefaultSelectionString,+sel:true">
</output>
</trackSettings>
<!-- Save TRUEHD as FLAC -->
<trackSettings input="TRUEHD-stereo">
<output outputSettingsName="flac-fast"
defaultSelection="$app_DefaultSelectionString,+sel:true">
</output>
</trackSettings>
<trackSettings input="TRUEHD-multi">
<output outputSettingsName="flac-fast"
defaultSelection="$app_DefaultSelectionString,+sel:true">
</output>
</trackSettings>
<!-- Save DTS-HD as FLAC -->
<trackSettings input="DTSHDMA-stereo">
<output outputSettingsName="flac-fast"
defaultSelection="$app_DefaultSelectionString,+sel:true">
</output>
</trackSettings>
<trackSettings input="DTSHDMA-multi">
<output outputSettingsName="flac-fast"
defaultSelection="$app_DefaultSelectionString,+sel:true">
</output>
</trackSettings>
<!-- Save DTS-HD LBR (low quality) as FLAC (just to decode) -->
<trackSettings input="DTSHDLBR-stereo">
<output outputSettingsName="flac-fast"
defaultSelection="$app_DefaultSelectionString">
</output>
</trackSettings>
<trackSettings input="DTSHDLBR-multi">
<output outputSettingsName="flac-fast"
defaultSelection="$app_DefaultSelectionString">
</output>
</trackSettings>
</profile>
Change the TrueHD and DTS-HD rules from
outputSettingsName="flac-fast" to
outputSettingsName="copy" or simply remove them (in which case the
input="default" rule applies).
Re: Convert LPCM->FLAC, leave DTS-HD MA & TrueHD untouched
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:48 pm
by paulster
Thanks. I'll have a look at that later.
Re: Convert LPCM->FLAC, leave DTS-HD MA & TrueHD untouched
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:13 am
by paulster
That worked perfectly. I just added a third profile for LPCM->FLAC that left TrueHD and DTS-HD alone so I could use either of the standard profiles or my own.
Works great!