u/thebobby90

Help! I'm a relative novice here but I'm about to start digitizing my physical media collection and I'm running into a bit of a wall. Basically I just want to preserve the audio options from the disc in the files I make.

I see handbrake pushing me towards mixing everything down into AAC Stereo by default - in 2026 isn't that insane? I have a 5.1 setup and want to maximize that, and maybe some day I'll have a 7.1, but obviously I don't want to kneecap myself if I'm watching on my phone or wearing headphones or something that is truly stereo.

I'm also a bit lost on all the Dolby options.

Is there a braindead, flexible, future proof option I should choose or could bake into a preset?

Thanks!