Question 2: What program should I use to convert the aac to an ac3? Please suggest ideal settings like Encapsulation (in VLC I picked RAW), bit rate, and sample rate for great 5.1 playback. I have downloaded and installed the ac3 filter and tried to use dBpoweramp and VLC player to convert the aac to ac3 but no luck. I have never worked with codecs or demux’ed and mux’ed anything before. I am having trouble finding a program to convert the aac into an ac3. I have not had much luck with this method so far, here is what I have accomplished:įor my first attempt, I have used a program called YAMB to Demux an mp4 into 2 streams: Question 1: Is this the most efficient/easiest method? If not please suggest otherwise. The easiest way I think to do this is to demux the mp4 in to its separate video and audio streams, converting the aac into and ac3 and mux the original video stream and the new ac3 stream together. The majority of movies seem to include an aac stream and not an ac3, but I am determined to have 5.1 playback. When I switch to stereo I get 2ch playback as expected. I attempted to playback an mp4 ( 2 streams: h264 and aac) with WDMP audio output set to digital I get no sound as expected. My ultimate goal is to convert all of my movies so that I can utilize the SPDIF pass thru connection on my WD Media Player to achieve 5.1 surround playback via my DTS and DD compatible audio receiver. I am new to this forum and the Western Digital HD Media Player.

Vlc ac3 filter