HomeHow to keep best audio quality when ripping Blu-ray Disc to PC? This is a frequently asked question. In the Blu-ray specification, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-MA, LPCM, Dolby Digital, DTS and PCM are optional codecs for Blu-ray audio encoding. Earlier Blu-ray Discs save audio in Dolby Digital and DTS codec, most recent Blu-ray movies usually comes with Dolby TrueHD and DTS-MA audio tracks to deliver higher quality audio with 7.1 channels. Not every AV receiver/amplifier can decode Dolby TrueHD and DTS-MA audio, but most of them support Dolby Digital, i.e., AC-3 5.1 audio codec. When ripping Blu-ray Disc for playing back with PC and HD media players, better check the supported codec of your device first to set a best fit for your player. Refer to below how to keep Dolby Digital 5.1/Dolby TrueHD 7.1 audio when ripping Blu-ray Discs with Pavtube ByteCopy, a new released BD ripping tool with lossless video output and multiple audio & subtitle options.
Software availability :
1. Pavtube ByteCopy Trial version. A trial is free but functional-restricted. Lossless output can be used 3 times only. You may download a trial and see how it works.
2. Pavtube ByteCopy Retail version. A full version is offered at $42 by Pavtube Studio.
Guide of how to keep Dolby Digital 5.1/Dolby True HD 7.1 audio when ripping Blu-ray movie:
Step 1: Load Blu-ray Movies
Hook up an external BD drive with my desktop (if there is not an internal one), and place a Blu-ray Disc into the BD drive. Run Pavtube ByteCopy software and click the “Load BD/DVD” icon to import movie files from Blu-ray Disc.
Step 2: Choose output format to keep Dolby Digital 5.1/Dolby True HD 7.1 audio
To pass-through original TrueHD/Dolby Digital/DTS/PCM audio, just select “lossless MKV” format in “Multi-track Video” catelog from "Format" box. In this way you get lossless audio streams as they are burned into BD. Dolby TrueHD track will be copied and packed into generated MKV file without transcoding. But note that the original BD may not contain Dolby TrueHD audio.
To transcode the BD audio streams into Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks, you may select “HD Media Player” and press “Settings”. In this way you get H.264/AC3 encoded MKV file.
Step 3: Start to rip Blu-ray with Dolby Digital 5.1/Dolby True HD 7.1 audio
Click the “Convert” button to start ripping the Blu-ray movie to MKV file. After conversion you can click “Open Output Folder” and get an MKV file. Pavtube ByteCopy extracts the main movie with all subtitles from disc and seals the contents with encoded AC3 audio streams into MKV container, which preserves the best possible quality.
Pavtube ByteCopy lets you rip Blu-ray with Dolby Digital 5.1/Dolby True HD 7.1 audio to meet your high demand on lossless audio. Besides Blu-ray, it also can convert DVD to 1080p HD Video for HTPC Playing with 5.1 Channels.
Note: Pavtube ByteCopy only can be used on Windows, if you are using a Mac, please use the equivalent Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac to rip Blu-ray disc with DTS-HD Master Audio on Mac. ByteCopy for Mac is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.12 macOS Sierra, OS X 10.11 El Capitan, 10.10 Yosemite,, etc.
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