Muxing DD+ audio and x264 video in MKV?

[colinhunt]

I need to mux 7.1ch Dolby Digital Plus audio into a Matroska container with x264 video. Is that at all possible?

I tried the latest mkvmuxer, but it sees the eac3 file as AVC video with predictable results. RipBot finishes the project, but MediaInfo shows the audio stream has been flagged as video in the Matroska file, so that doesn't work. Haali's Matroska muxer complains about "No combination of intermediate filters could be found to make the connection" when I add the audio file. Does Matroska support DD+ audio at all?

Please, no questions about why I need to use DD+ audio; that's irrelevant. If DD+ can be muxed with x264 video in Matroska, please let me know what tools I need.

thanks,
:: colin

[setarip_old]

Hi!

Have you tried "tsMuxeR"?


**EDIT** Sorry, please disregard ("tsMuxeR" will accept MKV as INPUT, but will not generate MKV as OUTPUT - only ts, m2ts and two different BluRay-related formats)

[Inspector.Gadget]

MKVMergeGUI should do it. DD+ support was added to mkvmerge a while ago. (I made this same post in this same thread at noon today but apparently my PC barfed).

2007-08-15 Moritz Bunkus <moritz at bunkus.org>

* mkvextract: enhancement: Added support for extracting Dolby
Digital Plus (EAC3) tracks.

...

2007-03-02 Moritz Bunkus <moritz at bunkus.org>

* mkvmerge: new feature: Added support for EAC3 tracks in MPEG
program streams.

* mkvmerge: new feature: Added support for EAC3/DD+ (Dolby Digital
Plus) files and tracks (raw EAC3 files or inside Matroska with
CodecID A_EAC3).

[colinhunt]

MKVMergeGUI should do it. DD+ support was added to mkvmerge a while ago.
I'm using v2.9.8 of MKVMerge GUI and it does not work. When I drop the EAC3 file in, the app claims I'm trying to add an "AVC/h.264 elementary stream" and processes the file as video. MediaInfo reports the file's format as "E-AC-3", so the DD+ file appears to be OK.

[colinhunt]

Actually, I don't need to do this at all, if someone were to point me in the direction of a Matroska file with DD+ audio in it.

[poisondeathray]

Here is a h.264/5.1 EAC3/mkv sample
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gjyq2jmgdwy

[colinhunt]

Here is a h.264/5.1 EAC3/mkv sample
Fantastic, thank you very much!

[colinhunt]

Poisondeathray, did you create the sample file yourself? How did you do it, by using mkvmerge or some other way?

[poisondeathray]

Nope , this one was from eac3to thread but that link died so I reuploaded it

But that sample was made with mkvmerge. If you use mediainfo (view=>text) it even tells you the version in the header

[colinhunt]

Nope , this one was from eac3to thread but that link died so I reuploaded it
But that sample was made with mkvmerge. If you use mediainfo (view=>text) it even tells you the version in the header
Thank you. This leads me to think that the EAC3 file I tried earlier is borked. It's odd, however, that MediaInfo shows correct data from it. The sample you posted is a bit too short for my tests; I guess I'll have to dig up some old HD DVDs... ;)

[poisondeathray]

Yes, maybe your other audio sample is damaged. Maybe post some details in the audio section for some gurus to look over

Here is a longer 3min,34sec sample 7.1 EAC3 (audio only), used to test your speaker config. It has proper header and works with mkvmerge. You can add whatever video you want in

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?hvdtn4njqyn

Cheers