How to use eac3to to edit AC3 to avoid transcoding

[LucasGodzilla]

So a little tangential but a question related to editing without transcoding.

Whilst it's recommended / considered easier to just ditch this methodology for lossless codecs, I'm in a situation where I want to edit a Dolby Atmos mix without transcoding given the nebulous nature of the format. Is there a means of editing a THD file the same way like an AC3 or DTS without transcoding?

[stwd4nder2]

So a little tangential but a question related to editing without transcoding.

Whilst it's recommended / considered easier to just ditch this methodology for lossless codecs, I'm in a situation where I want to edit a Dolby Atmos mix without transcoding given the nebulous nature of the format. Is there a means of editing a THD file the same way like an AC3 or DTS without transcoding?

I thought eac3 could do THD? I've never tried it so maybe not but I thought that was a thing.

[LucasGodzilla]

I thought eac3 could do THD? I've never tried it so maybe not but I thought that was a thing.

When I tested it, all it seemed to do was just simply re-encode it without actually any edits? Or at least, I assume that's what's happening; there's not much of an indicator of what's occurring under the hood.

Unless I was an idiot and checked the final file wrong, I think the most EAC3TO really could do was add a delay (and not even a true delay, just one that gets written in the file name and not the audio itself).