DTS-MA converted to DTS-MA + flac

[mjw1999]

I know some of you will think I'm mad but i would like to convert my .mkv movies that have DTS-MA audio to flac while keeping a copy the DTS-MA too.
Is this possible? if so how do i do it?

My reason for this is i use plex which cannot software decode DTSMA, so if i convert my .mkv's to flac then plex will now decode to LPCM which my non DTSMA Receiver will accept as 7.1 LPCM. I would like to keep DTSMA in my .mkv's for when i change my Receiver to one which will decode DTSMA.

Thanks
Mike

[Romansh]

Not directly. Possible workaround:

Blu-ray -> MKV #1 (DTSHD passthrough)

MKV #1 -> MKV #2 (DTSHD to FLAC)

MKV #1 + MKV #2 -> MKV #3 (both DTSHD and FLAC) (using mkvmerge or mkvmerge GUI)

[mike admin]

I know some of you will think I'm mad but i would like to convert my .mkv movies that have DTS-MA audio to flac while keeping a copy the DTS-MA too.
Is this possible? if so how do i do it?

Yes, but you have to write a custom profile. In a profile each track has at least one output. The trick is that you can specify multiple outputs per track, however most of the time there is a single output per track. You'll have to write something like the code below, assuming that you're editing the FLAC profile.

Code: Select all

    <trackSettings input="DTSHDMA-stereo">
        <output outputSettingsName="copy" 
                defaultSelection="$app_DefaultSelectionString">
        </output>
        <output outputSettingsName="flac-fast"
                defaultSelection="$app_DefaultSelectionString,+sel:true">
        </output>
    </trackSettings>
    <trackSettings input="DTSHDMA-multi">
        <output outputSettingsName="copy" 
                defaultSelection="$app_DefaultSelectionString">
        </output>
        <output outputSettingsName="flac-fast"
                defaultSelection="$app_DefaultSelectionString,+sel:true">
        </output>
    </trackSettings>