[ssamadhi97]

Multichannel audio. So there. :P


That aside, most available AC3 encoders suck badly which gives AC3 a worse reputation than it deserves, though the format itself isn't that bad (potentially even on par with DTS, seems nobody ever bothered do a proper formal test of this though). It certainly helps to use a good encoder and a sufficiently high bitrate.

On a related note, the same also helps when it comes to the video. (because, you know, mpeg2 video is lossy too, ohoho </Sherlock>) I'm very much not impressed with the performance of commonly used mpeg2 encoders. More often than not, throwing more bitrate at these doesn't help either - it's not all that uncommon that you could get away with significantly lower video bitrates and still end up with better quality by using a good encoder.


...my point? Err, I dunno... something like "I wish more people would actually know what they're doing or talking about when making codec and bitrate choices or recommendations," I guess.