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Blu-ray Rips - AC3 vs AAC


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Now before people start screaming, PIRACY! It's totally legal in the UK to make back-up copies of your digital media.

When making a back-up copy of a Blu-ray disc, what do people prefer to use for the audio codec between AC3 and AAC. I'm trying to make MKV copies of some of my Blu-ray films so I can stream them through the network, and can't decide wether to use either of these two for the audio. Compatability is not a problem, but what would be the pro + cons of either?

From what I've read around the Internet, AAC supports smaller bit rate with the same audio quality giving you a smaller file size, not sure if it's true though.

What do you use?

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AAC should sound better at the same bitrate I think, but what format is the audio originally in on a Blu-Ray? If it's already AC3 then converting to anything else will only make it worse. If it's already AC3 I'd leave it alone, but if it's PCM or something I'd use AAC.

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