How to convert audio to HD DTS or other HD types

[dzirkelb]

I am in the process of merging multiple mkv files (movie file, intro file, trailer files) into one file for a more theater experience. It will include roughly this:

Intro to theater
movie trailer
movie trailer
sit down and shut up type video
actual movie

I am starting to use mkvmerge to do this, but am running into problems out of the gate. I believe they are because many of the files I am trying to merge have different audio tracks.

So, is there a way to convert my intro movies into whatever the track is for the main movie? I do not want to change what the movie has, as they are generally all HD audio, so is there a way to change the track on my intros to HD audio? The actual sound aspect isn't as important on the intros, I just think I need to have them all the same for mkvmerge to work.

[dzirkelb]

At the moment, I am goign to scratch this idea as I will play around with XBMC to make my intros opposed to merging them into a mkv file

[Ghitulescu]

Why don't simply use a format that natively support this kind of stuff? For SD it would be the DVD, for HD it would be the BD.

[yetanotherid]

Why don't simply use a format that natively support this kind of stuff? For SD it would be the DVD, for HD it would be the BD.

Maybe he doesn't want to be storing his movies on optical discs and would prefer something more convenient?

[Ghitulescu]

I meant the structures of DVD/BD, not the medium thereupon these structures may be stored. Most HW players can read eg ISO files from almost any medium, yet they have difficulties in understanding subtitles from MKV, let alone menus and navigation.

[dzirkelb]

With using XBMC and media player classic as the player, I can bitstream hd audio with subtitles. It is, in all essence, watching the blu ray without the chapters and the menu. I use mkv because it is just easy to use, and I can compress them down to anywhere from 3-15gb without loosing any quality.

[EuropeanMan]

I use mkv because it is just easy to use, and I can compress them down to anywhere from 3-15gb without loosing any quality.

You ALWAYS lose quality with ANY time of compression. Please don't fool yourself into thinking that JUST because you have a smaller size file you are actually keeping something the same with respect to either video or audio or both.

[ramicio]

Unless you are using a lossless format...

[EuropeanMan]

^ Yes, forgot to mention that...but he wanted smaller sizes & thus didn't think about lossless :)

[ramicio]

Who are you trying to impress. It's like the episode of Family Guy when Joe built a theater room and made a wheelchair intro for the movie he was showing, to [try to but not really] impress what, a few friends?