Convert Audio 5.1 to Stereo

Question

I am having issues playing the MKV video files I download on my friends TV, the TV shows I download have been playing just fine with no issues. The video portion of the files play flawlessly however the audio is another story. I believe the issue is because the movie files have 5.1 DTS audio, while the TV shows have AC3 stereo audio.

Could someone recommend a program, preferably freeware, that can down mix and convert the audio from 5.1 DTS to AC3 stereo?

Solution

I was able to find what I was looking for, here is how I did it.

To convert the audio part of the mkv file I used - Pazera Free Audio Extractor - You could also use TFM Audio Tool

After you have converted the audio file you can recombine the audio file and video file with MKVToolNix - be sure to deselect the audio track that is already in the mkv file, or set the new audio track to default, before muxing it all together.

Comments

[Ben N]

We don't deal with software recommendations here; they tend to go out out of date quickly and attract spam. You might be able to get help at softwarerecs.stackexchange.com (after reading their documentation).