according to some tests it works, but some hw decoders (in tv) migh refuse stream (<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ffmpeg/comments/k3z9i9/how_bad_is_ffmpegs_eac3_encoder/">https://www.reddit.com/r/ffmpeg/comments/k3z9i9/how_bad_is_ffmpegs_eac3_encoder/</a></div><div><br></div><div>it also does not support more than 6 channels</div><div><a href="https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/3595?cversion=0&amp;cnum_hist=7">https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/3595?cversion=0&amp;cnum_hist=7</a></div><div><br></div><div>command line and bitrates possible here:</div><div><a href="https://ffmpeg-user.ffmpeg.narkive.com/JJ0ohMKA/eac3-encoding">https://ffmpeg-user.ffmpeg.narkive.com/JJ0ohMKA/eac3-encoding</a></div><div> -acodec eac3, up to 6 mbps... </div><div><br></div><div>testing should be as simple as copying ffmpeg/audio ac3 profile with new name and replacing ac3 with eac3</div><div><br></div>