Music Media Helper (Tools for Multichannel Audio & Music Videos)

[Mickb]

I should add another new Remix tool to remix any 8 channel file to 5.1 FLAC, that would allow a user to converts the core Atmos 7.1 to 5.1 FLAC at any sample rate/bit depth (useful for those that don't have an Atmos system maybe?

Not sure if that's necessary, my understanding is that an Atmos-encoded audio should play correctly in a 5.1 system (ie backwards compatible), as it just ignores the meta-data for the additional channels. However, not sure if anything is "lost" by doing so, so maybe there is a use case for this?

 

[HomerJAU]

You are correct, but there a number of users here without AVRs that can’t decode TruehD, and some without HDMI at all.

Edit: And those that can’t play Atmos/DTS on car audio and other systems that can play multichannel FLAC or AAC (but can’t decode any Dolby or DTS formats).

 

[Asklia]

Exactly. For example, I have an Oppo Player connected to a Bose Quad Preamp. And surprisingly, the Oppo decodes physical media (i.e. a simple DTS encoded CD), but not the same ripped data set when played via network.

So I would like to pre-decode my files into 4.0 FLAC files.

 

[HomerJAU]

So I would like to pre-decode my files into 4.0 FLAC files.

So the new tool should take Atmos (core), 8 or 6 channel files and remix to 5.1, 5.0 or Quad (at 24/16bit and 48k/44.1k)

 

[M-K]

There was (still is) a discussion about dial norm. May be there is a lot of discussion about this. Is it possible to include those values in the media file manager report?

Probably to modify it? I like to decide myself to which level I set my volume knob.
(The same, I like to do with CDs. But currently most of them are compress to **ck. But this is offtopic.)

 

[HomerJAU]

There was (still is) a discussion about dial norm. May be there is a lot of discussion about this. Is it possible to include those values in the media file manager report?

Probably to modify it? I like to decide myself to which level I set my volume knob.
(The same, I like to do with CDs. But currently most of them are compress to **ck. But this is offtopic.)

There is no way to modify Dialnorm, someone made a claim it could be done but I tried and it can’t, it’s baked in throughout the encoded file and seems Dolby decoder does a checksum, if that fails it rejects the file as corrupt (it’s been tampered with)

 

[M-K]

I thought this isn't possible, but wasn't sure.
So only displaying it and hopefully you can switch off this "feature" on your AVR.

 

[marpow]

Hi Garry, All is working fine on my 9.0 Beta 3, except song tracks from Music Brainz.
This is a brand new thing. The choices of tracks is good as always, select/copy tracks, and when do that, new and now the artist name comes up and quite a hassle as you have to select and delete before copying to the list, almost easier to type tracks manually.
I do not know if it is MMH or Music Brainz?
Sequence of screen shots.
Pic 1 so far so good
Pic 2 all messed up
Pic 3 after i fixed.

 

[HomerJAU]

Looks like the formatting is mucked up in MMH 9.

Can you not just use ‘Copy Tags’ from the main MusicBrainz dialog and use ‘Edit Tags’?

I’ll take a look today

 

[marpow]

Looks like the formatting is mucked up in MMH 9.

Can you not just use ‘Copy Tags’ from the main MusicBrainz dialog and use ‘Edit Tags’?

I’ll take a look today

My simple fix was going to Discogs, copying track list and back to MMH, very simple.

 

[HomerJAU]

But why are you using Edit Tags?

 

[HomerJAU]

Also you are not using latest MMH 9 beta 3 by the look, there’s been a couple of refreshes.

 

[leefarber]

I can confirm the same issue with MusicBrainz. In MMH8, only the track titles come up, but in MMH9 beta, the artist comes up as well, and has to be edited out of each track before copying over.

Also, is there a way to get the track time column back in the Extract MKV window? That made it easy to see when the rip included an extraneous track at the end. Thanks!

 

[HomerJAU]

I will fix that today and get a new beta up.

 

[marpow]

I can confirm the same issue with MusicBrainz. In MMH8, only the track titles come up, but in MMH9 beta, the artist comes up as well, and has to be edited out of each track before copying over.

Also, is there a way to get the track time column back in the Extract MKV window? That made it easy to see when the rip included an extraneous track at the end. Thanks!

Oh yes, that too, I forgot.
Thanks in advance Garry.

Also you are not using latest MMH 9 beta 3 by the look, there’s been a couple of refreshes.

I just opened 9.0.0 Beta 3- Check for updates- You are Using Current Version.
Maybe because I just keep doing the same as I have done for a decade with MMH I should not use Beta?

But why are you using Edit Tags?

I am not, just click the MusicBrainz as I always have, but @leefarber confirms so I feel better.