Feature request: Increase AAC bitrate

[Arthur Melgoza]

Increase AAC bitrate per channel above 160 kbps, or possibility to choose other audio codec.

[Damiano Galassi]

160 kbps per channel is already 320 Kbps for a stereo track, the encoder can't use an higher bitrate. Do you want a higher bitrate for mono tracks?

[Arthur Melgoza]

My bluray backups use Dolby with higher bitrate, around 2000 kbps in 5.1 audio, and 640 kbps in stereo sound, so I feel 320 kbps cut quality in half. In most of cases 320 kbps is good, but for bluray quality I think not enough.

[Damiano Galassi]

You are comparing different codecs. AC-3 is a much less complex codec and needs higher bitrate. Btw you should keep the AC-3 track too so you won't lose any quality.