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Use FFmpeg to convert a DTS soundtrack to AC3 without re-encoding video

Problem:
Some Plex players do not give Plex full access to the OS/hardware for DTS decoding. This means that Plex will then have to transcode the audio which can mean lots of buffering or in the case of the Xbox One X will force 4K video to be transcoded to 1080p.  You may also find that If you don’t have a true 5.1 channel audio system (such as some soundbars) you may find that DTS soundtracks are quiet when used with media players suck as Kodi, Plex or Windows media player.  As the Xbox One X fully supports Plex using AC3 the solution below also solved many audio sync issues for me that seemed to occur when the DTS audio was being transcoded.  After running my .mkv files through the below script I had an .mkv file that I could play on Xbox One X which had clear/loud audio, would direct play (including 4K HDR) and had no audio sync issues.

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Sky Go Windows 10 “Something went wrong, try reinstalling the app”

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It is no secret that Sky have an absolutely diabolical software development department.  Over the years I have used Sky Go I have seen it devolve into the mess that it is now.  It never really worked well with IE (why did we have to use IE anyway?!).  Now it has it’s very own Windows 10 app it comes with the usual compliment of bugs.  The error many of you will get is Something went wrong, try reinstalling the app. If you’re still having trouble, please contact our customer services team for help and quote the error code below to get things going again. Code 7005.  It seems that Sky (bless them) are more than a little worried about us thieving customers pirating the material – that we er already paid for.  To that end they have spent more time and money implementing Cisco VideoGuard (an anti-piracy app) than they did making the app a nice experience for us users.

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Reset your DSRM or Directory Services Restore Mode password

I recently had to reset a DSRM password as the existing password had been lost.  There is absolutely no implications or downside to doing this at all (but there could have been if we needed it and had no access to the DCs).

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