Uli Plank wrote:You could use .MOV as the container, it allows PCM.
I don’t think PCM is available on any of the format options in Handbrake (MP4, MKV, or WebM). I already have the container as .MOV from Resolve, and am trying to reduce the file size for upload to YouTube (from 1.22 TB down to something more manageable, like 5 GB).
peterjackson wrote:FFMPEG. - c:a copy flag or shutterencoder, which is a frontend. Also Mkvtoolnix for a GUI way.
Thanks for these suggestions- I’ll look into them!
Charles Bennett wrote:Linear PCM is not a supported audio codec in MP4 hence getting AAC with Handbrake. The .mov container does support Linear PCM audio.
Right, but unfortunately Handbrake doesn’t seem to have the option for Linear PCM pass thru, regardless of container. I think the closest lossless format it has is FLAC, which is available under the MKV format. For the sake of compatibility, I’d rather stick with MP4, but then am forced to compress the PCM into AAC. Now, this wouldn’t be much of an issue, since YouTube already compresses audio to AAC anyway, but uploading AAC to YouTube results in double compression (i.e., the AAC audio gets compressed to AAC again). I know the quality difference is probably negligible, but if I can avoid it, I will.