Ok, thanks for the feedback @RESET_9999, I'll discard definitively DEE use.RESET_9999 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 6:37 pmIf you have a 7.1 audio system. Use 7.1 DD+ otherwise use 5.1 1536kbps.yossSP wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 6:09 pmI would want to launch a question:
Which conversion from a lossless 7.1 audio track is better? EAC3 5.1@1536kbps or EAC3 7.1@1024kbps.
It could be really noticiable the loss of quality from the reduced bitrate? I prefer to loose the extra channels if the lack of quality is noticiable.
PS: I'm aware of the limitation of not having dee.exe.
The quality difference between 1024 and 1536kbps is VERY small.
I have DEE and can encode 7.1 @1536kbps but I think the quality sucks and I prefer FFmpeg and EAE. DEE does some DRC and it cannot be disabled (not to mention it also swaps channels by default).
audio test file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wRlklh ... share_link
https://ibb.co/f2w4MhG
My Onkyo AV Receiver is 7.1 capable but it's connected to a 5.0 speaker setup, so for me it's necesary to downmix always to 5.0, but I will try to use DD+ 7.1@1024, because of the very small quality difference with DD+ 5.1@1536 and beacause I think that is preferible to keep all the original channels and let my Onkyo downmix better than do it via software (Fmpeg + EAE).