sumrtym wrote:Thanks, I’ll

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Thanks, I’ll look into that.  I’m thinking that with BMT and Pheonix, the coverart / posters / backgrounds will get downloaded automatically in SageTV without needing to chose to do so during ripping.  Regarding audio, are you saying I have to make a choice of just one (or again, will there be some way to choose which I want to listen to)?

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That’s correct.  The cover art will absolutely get added via BMT, assuming it can correctly identify it.  I like to future proof as much as possible, so I wanted to add the cover art directly to the MKV.  This should allow me to take the file with me to any media manager and utilize the embedded cover art.  SageTV doesn’t actually use embedded cover art, BTW (hence the “should”).

As far as the audio goes, no, you certainly do not need to choose one or the other.  Adding the HD track will normally include the AC3 core audio, by default.  Add as many or as few audio tracks as you desire.  Most programs will allow you to choose whichever one you want to play back and will usually choose the proper one by default.  MKVs actually allow you to set default flags to assist with that, but support for those flags varies.  Again, with my future proofing attempts, I set the flags.  I’m not sure if SageTV supports those, either.  If you do decide to add multiple audio tracks, ensure you name them something which is obvious, so you know which one is being played back.  ffdshow will show you the name of the audio track, as will many other programs, but something like “audio track 1” isn’t very helpful.  🙂