[FFmpeg-user] Input 5.1 DTS, output 2.0 MP3: Atrocious Quality

[Bazza]

On Sun, 17 May 2015 02:16:56 -0500, John L <orionfyre at hotmail.com>
wrote:

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>the resulting wav file is significantly distorted, but qualitatively doesn't 'feel' as harsh
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Just FYI John, _some_ of those channels in the 5.1 are already
flattening at peak levels so the sound overall, will never be
great. Of course, this is not an FFMPEG thing or even related to
your transcode issue.