Just one more question, if it’s alright: having just got my hands on some Blu-Rays of The Hobbit and LOTR (don’t ask how, but up till now I’ve only had the 4K Blu-Rays and DVDs), so I intend to rebuild my edit from the ground up in HD. That being said, I’m having trouble figuring out what audio format to encode it with.

To get the video file I rip it from the Blu-Ray with MakeMKV and then encode it using HandBrake, but I’m not sure whether to encode it with Stereo or 5.1 audio. For the DVD it was just Stereo, but now I’m not sure what’s best. Since we’re likely working off similar discs, what settings did you use?

Sorry if the repeated questions are bugging you.