Audio AAC 5.1 to AC3 5.1 plex firstick not readable
Problem Description
hello, I'm making this bug report here, because I carried out encoding tests and this reading problem only occurs with handbrake, I tried the same encoding with ffmpeg from AAC 5.1 to AC3 5.1 and no problem.
when I convert an aac 5.1 video to ac3 5.1 with handbrake, the videos are unreadable on firestick
video test :
AAC 5.1 => OK
AC3 5.1 => KO
Activity Log, Crash Log or any other details
activity_log_main.11292.txt :
HandBrake 1.9.0 (2024120100)
OS: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19045.0
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz
Ram: 32671 MB,
GPU Information:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 - 32.0.15.6094
Screen: 1920x1080
Temp Dir: C:\Users\dvt-salon\AppData\Local\Temp\
Install Dir: C:\Users\dvt-salon\Downloads\HandBrake-1.9.0-x86_64-Win_GUI (2)\HandBrake\
Data Dir: C:\Users\dvt-salon\AppData\Roaming\HandBrake
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[16:04:52] hb_init: starting libhb thread
# Starting Scan ...
[16:04:52] CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz
[16:04:52] - Intel microarchitecture Haswell
[16:04:52] - logical processor count: 12
[16:04:52] Intel Quick Sync Video support: no
[16:04:52] hb_scan: path=Z:\test audio\AAC 5.1 fichier original.mp4, title_index=0
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'Z:\test audio\AAC 5.1 fichier original.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : avc1
minor_version : 0
compatible_brands: isomavc1
creation_time : 2012-05-17T00:54:33.000000Z
Duration: 00:00:46.63, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 188 kb/s
Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(progressive), 800x600, 26 kb/s, 8 fps, 8 tbr, 8 tbn (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2012-05-17T00:54:33.000000Z
handler_name : GPAC ISO Video Handler
vendor_id : [0][0][0][0]
Stream #0:1[0x2](und): Audio: aac (HE-AAC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, 5.1, fltp, 159 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2012-05-17T00:56:13.000000Z
handler_name : GPAC ISO Audio Handler
vendor_id : [0][0][0][0]
[16:04:52] scan: decoding previews for title 1
[16:04:52] scan: audio 0x1: aac, rate=44100Hz, bitrate=159999 Unknown (HE-AAC, 5.1 ch, 159 kbps)
[16:04:53] scan: 10 previews, 800x600, 8.000 fps, autocrop = 0/0/0/0, aspect 4:3, PAR 1:1, color profile: 1-1-1, chroma location: left
[16:04:53] scan: supported video decoders: avcodec hwaccel
[16:04:53] libhb: scan thread found 1 valid title(s)
# Scan Finished ...
Aac 5.1 Fichier Original-1_encode_01.26.2025 16-05-06 :
HandBrake 1.9.0 (2024120100)
OS: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19045.0
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz
Ram: 32671 MB,
GPU Information:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 - 32.0.15.6094
Screen: 1920x1080
Temp Dir: C:\Users\dvt-salon\AppData\Local\Temp\
Install Dir: C:\Users\dvt-salon\Downloads\HandBrake-1.9.0-x86_64-Win_GUI (2)\HandBrake\
Data Dir: C:\Users\dvt-salon\AppData\Roaming\HandBrake
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# Starting Encode ...
[16:05:06] base preset: hdlight 1080p v2
[16:05:06] Remote Process started with Process ID: 10100 using port: 8037. Max Allowed Instances: 1
[16:05:07] Worker: Starting HandBrake Engine ...
[16:05:07] Worker: Parent Process Id 11292
[16:05:07] Worker: Starting Web Server on port 8037 ...
[16:05:07] Worker: Starting Listener: 1
[16:05:07] Worker: Server Started
[16:05:07] Worker: Disconnected worker monitoring enabled!
[16:05:07] Compile-time hardening features are enabled
[16:05:07] nvenc: version 12.2 is available
[16:05:07] nvdec: is available
[16:05:07] CUDA Version: 8.6
[16:05:07] vcn: not available on this system
[16:05:07] qsv: not available on this system
[16:05:07] hb_init: starting libhb thread
[16:05:07] Starting work at: Sun Jan 26 16:05:07 2025
[16:05:07] 1 job(s) to process
[16:05:07] json job:
{
"Audio": {
"AudioList": [
{
"Bitrate": 384,
"DRC": 0,
"Encoder": "ac3",
"Gain": 0,
"Mixdown": 7,
"NormalizeMixLevel": false,
"Samplerate": 0,
"Track": 0,
"DitherMethod": 0
}
],
"CopyMask": [],
"FallbackEncoder": "av_aac"
},
"Destination": {
"ChapterList": [
{
"Name": "Chapitre1"
}
],
"ChapterMarkers": true,
"AlignAVStart": false,
"File": "C:\\Users\\dvt-salon\\Videos\\Aac 5.1 Fichier Original-1.mkv",
"Options": {
"IpodAtom": false,
"Optimize": false
},
"Mux": "av_mkv"
},
"Filters": {
"FilterList": [
{
"ID": 6,
"Settings": {
"mode": "7"
}
},
{
"ID": 4,
"Settings": {
"block-height": "16",
"block-thresh": "80",
"block-width": "16",
"filter-mode": "1",
"mode": "0",
"motion-thresh": "2",
"spatial-metric": "2",
"spatial-thresh": "3"
}
},
{
"ID": 20,
"Settings": {
"crop-bottom": "0",
"crop-left": "0",
"crop-right": "0",
"crop-top": "0",
"height": "600",
"width": "800"
}
},
{
"ID": 11,
"Settings": {
"mode": "2",
"rate": "27000000/900000"
}
}
]
},
"PAR": {
"Num": 1,
"Den": 1
},
"Metadata": {},
"SequenceID": 0,
"Source": {
"Angle": 1,
"Range": {
"Type": "chapter",
"Start": 1,
"End": 1
},
"Title": 1,
"Path": "Z:\\test audio\\AAC 5.1 fichier original.mp4",
"HWDecode": 4,
"KeepDuplicateTitles": false
},
"Subtitle": {
"Search": {
"Burn": false,
"Default": false,
"Enable": false,
"Forced": false
},
"SubtitleList": []
},
"Video": {
"Encoder": "x264",
"Level": "4.0",
"MultiPass": true,
"Turbo": true,
"ColorMatrixCode": 0,
"Options": "",
"Preset": "veryfast",
"Profile": "main",
"Quality": 24,
"QSV": {
"Decode": false
},
"HardwareDecode": 0
}
}
[16:05:07] CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz
[16:05:07] - Intel microarchitecture Haswell
[16:05:07] - logical processor count: 12
[16:05:07] Intel Quick Sync Video support: no
[16:05:07] hb_scan: path=Z:\test audio\AAC 5.1 fichier original.mp4, title_index=1
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'Z:\test audio\AAC 5.1 fichier original.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : avc1
minor_version : 0
compatible_brands: isomavc1
creation_time : 2012-05-17T00:54:33.000000Z
Duration: 00:00:46.63, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 188 kb/s
Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(progressive), 800x600, 26 kb/s, 8 fps, 8 tbr, 8 tbn (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2012-05-17T00:54:33.000000Z
handler_name : GPAC ISO Video Handler
vendor_id : [0][0][0][0]
Stream #0:1[0x2](und): Audio: aac (HE-AAC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, 5.1, fltp, 159 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2012-05-17T00:56:13.000000Z
handler_name : GPAC ISO Audio Handler
vendor_id : [0][0][0][0]
[16:05:08] scan: decoding previews for title 1
[16:05:08] scan: audio 0x1: aac, rate=44100Hz, bitrate=159999 Unknown (HE-AAC, 5.1 ch, 159 kbps)
[16:05:08] scan: 10 previews, 800x600, 8.000 fps, autocrop = 0/0/0/0, aspect 4:3, PAR 1:1, color profile: 1-1-1, chroma location: left
[16:05:08] scan: supported video decoders: avcodec hwaccel
[16:05:08] libhb: scan thread found 1 valid title(s)
[16:05:08] Starting Task: Encoding Pass
[16:05:08] work: skipping crop/scale filter
[16:05:08] work: track 1, dithering not supported by codec
[16:05:08] work: only 1 chapter, disabling chapter markers
[16:05:08] job configuration:
[16:05:08] * source
[16:05:08] + Z:\test audio\AAC 5.1 fichier original.mp4
[16:05:08] + title 1, chapter(s) 1 to 1
[16:05:08] + container: mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2
[16:05:08] + data rate: 188 kbps
[16:05:08] * destination
[16:05:08] + C:\Users\dvt-salon\Videos\Aac 5.1 Fichier Original-1.mkv
[16:05:08] + container: Matroska (libavformat)
[16:05:08] * video track
[16:05:08] + decoder: h264 8-bit (yuv420p)
[16:05:08] + bitrate 26 kbps
[16:05:08] + filters
[16:05:08] + Comb Detect (mode=0:spatial-metric=2:motion-thresh=2:spatial-thresh=3:filter-mode=1:block-thresh=80:block-width=16:block-height=16)
[16:05:08] + Decomb (mode=39)
[16:05:08] + Framerate Shaper (mode=2:rate=27000000/900000)
[16:05:08] + frame rate: 8.000 fps -> peak rate limited to 30.000 fps
[16:05:08] + Output geometry
[16:05:08] + storage dimensions: 800 x 600
[16:05:08] + pixel aspect ratio: 1 : 1
[16:05:08] + display dimensions: 800 x 600
[16:05:08] + encoder: H.264 (libx264)
[16:05:08] + preset: veryfast
[16:05:08] + profile: main
[16:05:08] + level: 4.0
[16:05:08] + quality: 24.00 (RF)
[16:05:08] + color profile: 1-1-1
[16:05:08] + color range: tv
[16:05:08] + chroma location: left
[16:05:08] * audio track 1
[16:05:08] + decoder: Unknown (HE-AAC, 5.1 ch, 159 kbps) (track 1, id 0x1)
[16:05:08] + bitrate: 159 kbps, samplerate: 44100 Hz
[16:05:08] + mixdown: 5.1 Channels
[16:05:08] + encoder: AC3 (libavcodec)
[16:05:08] + bitrate: 384 kbps, samplerate: 44100 Hz
[16:05:08] sync: expecting 373 video frames
[16:05:08] encx264: min-keyint: 8, keyint: 80
[16:05:08] encx264: encoding at constant RF 24.000000
[16:05:08] encx264: unparsed options: level=4.0:ref=1:8x8dct=0:weightp=1:subme=2:mixed-refs=0:trellis=0:vbv-bufsize=25000:vbv-maxrate=20000:rc-lookahead=10
x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX FMA3 BMI2 AVX2 UnalignedStack
x264 [info]: profile Main, level 4.0, 4:2:0, 8-bit
[16:05:08] sync: first pts video is 0
[16:05:08] sync: "Chapitre1" (1) at frame 1 time 0
[16:05:08] sync: first pts audio 0x1 is 0
[16:05:09] reader: done. 1 scr changes
[16:05:09] work: average encoding speed for job is 0.000000 fps
[16:05:09] comb detect: heavy 0 | light 0 | uncombed 373 | total 373
[16:05:09] decomb: deinterlaced 0 | blended 0 | unfiltered 373 | total 373
[16:05:09] vfr: 373 frames output, 0 dropped and 0 duped for CFR/PFR
[16:05:09] vfr: lost time: 0 (0 frames)
[16:05:09] vfr: gained time: 0 (0 frames) (0 not accounted for)
[16:05:09] aac-decoder done: 1004 frames, 0 decoder errors
[16:05:09] h264-decoder done: 373 frames, 0 decoder errors
[16:05:09] sync: got 373 frames, 373 expected
[16:05:09] sync: framerate min 8.000 fps, max 8.000 fps, avg 8.000 fps
x264 [info]: frame I:5 Avg QP: 7.87 size: 17957
x264 [info]: frame P:93 Avg QP:13.45 size: 987
x264 [info]: frame B:275 Avg QP:11.86 size: 50
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 1.3% 0.0% 3.2% 95.4%
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 83.3% 0.0% 16.7%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 1.4% 0.0% 0.5% P16..4: 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip:97.7%
x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% direct: 0.0% skip:99.5% L0:72.6% L1:27.3% BI: 0.2%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 15.3% 12.8% 10.4% inter: 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 87% 9% 3% 1%
x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 20% 21% 23% 3% 9% 6% 6% 6% 7%
x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 89% 5% 5% 1%
x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:1.1% UV:1.1%
x264 [info]: kb/s:33.50
[16:05:09] mux: track 0, 373 frames, 195037 bytes, 33.38 kbps, fifo 512
[16:05:09] mux: track 1, 1338 frames, 2236916 bytes, 382.79 kbps, fifo 2048
[16:05:09] Finished work at: Sun Jan 26 16:05:09 2025
[16:05:09] libhb: work result = 0
# Job Completed!
What Operating System are you running?
windows 10
What version of HandBrake are you running?
1.9.0
Where did you download HandBrake from?
https://handbrake.fr/rotation.php?file=HandBrake-1.9.0-x86_64-Win_GUI.zip