Dolby Digital 5.1 Question

I used to have an Apple TV (Gen 1) that I streamed my ripped DVD collection to. I had create the files using Handbrake (AC3 Passthrough). Then, after a "patch" by Apple the Dolby Digital stopped working. Fed up, I sold the Apple TV in frustration.
Some time has passed and I've recently gotten an iPad 2 and I really like the potential of AirPlay. I am considering picking up the new Apple TV but only if I'll be able to play files with AC3 included. Can the new Apple TV play AC3 files either through the HDMI cable (preferably) or the optical cable?

The apple tv seems to be notoriously iffy about passing through Dolby Digital from non-iTunes bought material.
Since getting the ATV2 I have not been able to get it to work as it used to in the ATV1.
First problem was that you had to play a iTunes bought movie with DD which would then allow passthru to happen on all ripped material as well... weird but at least a work around. If you tried playing ripped material (from handbrake for instance) it would just fail unless you turn DD off or play an iTunes movie with DD first.
This week the ATV2 did another update and now even with DD on auto doesn't work for iTunes bought material. You have to explicitly turn it on for DD to work at all but then none of the ripped material will play any audio at all if it has a DD track.
Turn it on and iTunes will passthru DD from iTunes movies but ripped material won't. Turn it to auto and nothing with passthru DD. Turn it off and everything plays on PCM from AAC track (as expected)...
Seems a bit like we are going backwards here.
I'm starting to think Apple don't have any regression testing for this feature at all.
I read in another thread that apparently the trick is to set the DD track as disabled in the mp4 container and then it will work. I don't see why this is needed at all and seems very picky on the software's side. I still need to investigate this to see if it's true, but most tools out there will not do this and thus the material won't play on the ATV2 in surround. It a real bummer as that is my main reason for having it in the first place.
90% of my material is ripped DVD's and Blu-rays. I am forced to watch them all in stereo now or fall back to a DVD player...

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I am a longtime Photoshop and now Lightroom user but have done my video editing in another product for years.
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After 2 exceedingly frustrating Adobe support calls I gave up.
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As I'm undertanding (sorry but being italian, I've sometimes problems in translation) I hope this will help:
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Sorry in advance if I missed any in translation

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Airborne,
The output was the part of the question, that I needed clarification on too. I knew that through PrE 9, the output would be a 2-channel (stereo) mixdown, and Steve verified that PrE 10 was no different, regarding the output (Export/Share). However, as it has been for a few versions, PrE can easily Import DD 5.1 SS for editing. It is the Encoding to DD 5.1 SS, that is the limitation.
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On a sidenote: recording good 5.1 SS Audio is really tough. Many cameras that allow it, have mics placed very close together, but just pointing in different directions, while some do processing of a 2-channel Audio Stream, to create a faux 5.1 SS. In the first case, those multiple mics usually pick up a lot of Audio, that one will find not very usable, such as the camera operator's clothes rubbing together. To record true 5.1 SS, one needs 5 well-placed mics (the LFE channel is usually not recorded on location, but separated out, or added, in studio), The mics will be very narrow band, and run through a multi-channel mixer, so that the feed from each can be adjusted, easily. The result will be 5 discrete Audio Streams, one in each of 5 separate Audio files. The sound persons involved will need to be well-versed in 5.1 SS recording, and then the editor will need to be trained, as well. It is not as easy as just having a bunch of mics, pointed in different directions. It is the domain of skilled professionals, with proper and specialized equipment.
Offering DD 5.1 SS in-camera is more of a marketing tool, IMHO, and most users of such cameras actually fight the 5.1 SS, giving up on it, after just a bit.
Also, editing 5.1 SS is an art, even with the proper software, such as PrPro w/ the optional Minnetonka Audio SurCode DD 5.1 SS Encoder plug-in. There are so many considerations, beyond just stereo Audio.
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Good luck,
Hunt
* In NTSC DVD, only PCM/WAV, or DD AC3 can be used for the Primary Audio Stream, where with PAL, MPEG Audio is optional, though really falling out of favor. Besides those Primary Audio Streams, many others can be used on DVD, but MUST be Supplemental, and are accessed only via a Menu, or from the remote's Audio button.

Dolby Digital or Surcode Dolby Digital

Hello, i'm new here, have a question, don't know if it's been asked before, but here it goes:
Is there any big difference between Dolby Digital and Surcode Dolby Digital when you encode on Media Enconder, if i just encode with the regular Dolby Digital will it be 5.1? is it really a noticeable difference from the Surcode?

Jeff,
Thank you for the info. If I understood everything, then one would need a SurCode DD 5.1 SS plug-in specific to Encore too.
Also, as Encore only has passthrough capabilities for DD 5.1 SS, and it cannot be monitored there, it would also seem that Encore would have to be rewritten in the Preview module, to accommodate the 5.1 SS playback.
With the "old-fashioned" method, one could easily monitor their DD 5.1 SS in PrPro, just not once it is Imported (AC3 DD 5.1 SS) into Encore, though it will write to DVD/BD.
Now, one other consideration - $. The Minnetonka SurCode plug-in for PrPro prices out with little profit for Minnetonka. They pay enough in licensing fees to Dolby Labs, that even a second license is not discounted beyond the Adobe-user discount. Then, the user would have to acquire a separate plug-in for En, at about another US$250. I wonder how many would shell out a possible total of US$500 to use ADL for DD 5.1 SS, even if it WAS available?
Until such time, we can just Export/Import and go get that cup of coffee! At least for US$250, we do have a workflow, albeit one with a few more steps.
Appreciated,
Hunt
PS - all of a sudden ADL between PrPro & En does not temp me quite so much.

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