How to: Convert Blu-ray Discs for Audio File Playback (Atmos supported)

[quadrifonico]

Forgive if I'm missing something...but neither 5.1 or 7.1 have height channels. (I know some ripping programs show 7.1 TrueHD for Atmos tracks)
If you mean you're playing an Atmos track and you get no heights then I have to ask is your AVR indicating Atmos?
What AVR do you have?

7.1 is actually Atmos

 

[quadrifonico]

Glad I was able to help somewhat! As for your other issue I’m not completely sure about it as I personally don’t have an Atmos system.

Only thing I can suggest is making sure your Blu-Ray player is set to “Bitstream” and disabling BD Secondary Audio, both should be found in settings.

Hi, in the meantime if I want to directly burn it to blu-ray , you suggest me to just copy the folders? The MKV file, or? Thanks

 

[DuncanS]

7.1 is actually Atmos

Neither 5.1 or 7.1 the two common Atmos beds are Atmos unless the Meta data is seen by the AVR, if the Meta data doesn't get to your AVR you will get no heights extracted from the 5.1/7.1 bed. Have you set your player to output 'Bitstream'?

 

[quadrifonico]

Neither 5.1 or 7.1 the two common Atmos beds are Atmos unless the Meta data is seen by the AVR, if the Meta data doesn't get to your AVR you will get no heights extracted from the 5.1/7.1 bed. Have you set your player to output 'Bitstream'?

Thank you for the clarification... I will double check and report. Thanks to everyone

 

[quadrifonico]

Thank you for the clarification... I will double check and report. Thanks to everyone

Anyway given that when I play an Atmos disc I get native Atmos from receiver in direct mode.....I assumed all settings are correct

 

[SeeMoreDigital]

To repeat @mandrix's question... What's the make and model of your AVR @quadrifonico?

 

[bookofsaturdays]

Hi, in the meantime if I want to directly burn it to blu-ray , you suggest me to just copy the folders? The MKV file, or? Thanks

Depends, if you want the menu and everything intact you’ll want to copy the entire BDMV folder. If you just care about the music you can rip just the MKV file.

Both can be done using the program ImgBurn.

 

[HomerJAU]

So worked for me halfway blu-ray player detects all the audio streams but when sending 5.1 or 7.1 amplifier plays both of them as 5.1 in direct mode.

Tell us how you ‘send’ audio to your AVR, what is the source media. USB stick with a file? A member asked but you didn’t reply.

If you are playing an MKV file with Atmos stream the BD player may not recognise the stream as Atmos as the MKV stream does not contain the embedded AC3 (5.1) stream used for backward compatibility with old players.

Ripping from disc splits the AC3 stream out of the TrueHD Atmos stream. You need to merge them back into a new TrueHD+AC3 stream or use a media player and not a BD player to play MKV files

 

[mandrix]

Could try playing the MKV file in VLC media player. Set in the options to bitstream, and as long as your connected from the pc to the AVR with an HDMI cable, The AVR should indicate what codec it's playing.
For some AVR's an indicator light will come on showing e.g. Atmos, DTS-HD, etc, and the remote for some AVR's have an information button to push that will show on the display, monitor/TV.

If playing an MKV file from a USB stick in the hardware player, as HomerJAU said, it may not be recognized as Atmos.

Need more information. On my AVR, playing Atmos or DTS-HD the unit will automatically decode; if I set it on Direct Mode it still decodes but bypasses the calibration settings.

 

[mandrix]

Hi, in the meantime if I want to directly burn it to blu-ray , you suggest me to just copy the folders? The MKV file, or? Thanks

If you have the decrypted folders, you can use ImgBurn (free) to burn to a disc.