

When things like "the school year" are as much a part of a culture as "family" and "sunrise," it's a radical departure to consider that maybe one of those three is unnatural.

Those who went to school (and that's over 99% of those reading this) have based half their lives, give or take a decade, on school's rhythm and labels and categorizations. The real test is whether people can apply what they've learned to everyday situations. I could take a class on philosophy, but I've picked up so much "ground fall" philosophy that it's starting to fit together like a 1500 piece jigsaw puzzle, and I never had to People attack what they don't understand. Why do you think it's difficult to understand the concept of unschooling and why are many folks aggressive in their attacks of its philosophy? Unschooling may appear overwhelming to some people who misunderstand its fundamentals. Our subsequent e-mail correspondence led to the following interview. Recently, I was able to attend Sandra's workshops at a homeschooling conference and as a new unschooler, I was struck with the depth of her conviction. With clarity, certainty and humor, Sandra's wisdom reminds us to keep asking questions and maintain flexibility when looking at the world. Sandra travels the country spreading the word about unschooling whenever she can and is currently writing her first book. She serves as editor of the HEM Online Newsletter, and is host of the weekly HEM Unschooling chat. Her three children have never been to school. Her mind is a virtual box of magic, her innovative ideas for learning are just plain fun, and her passionate belief in unschooling articulates a philosophy of life.Ī former junior high school teacher, Sandra lives with her family in New Mexico. We may strain to hear a voice that solidifies our ideas concisely and fortunately for many unschoolers, Sandra Dodd's vocal presence is a bright spot of lucidity. You can then open this file in Subler, turn off any audio conversion features, and add whatever metadata, subtitles, artwork etc you want to the file.Published in a shorter version in Home Education Magazineįinding clear ideas and a philosophy of learning is a daunting task. This copies the video, converts the audio to a stereo AAC track as the first audio track and copies the AC3 audio as a second audio track without alteration.

The command to take an MKV with a single video track and a single AC3 audio track is as follows: ffmpeg -i nameofmkv.mkv -map 0:v -c:v copy -map 0:a -strict experimental -c:a:0 aac -ac 2 -b:a:0 256k -map 0:a -c:a:1 copy nameofm4v.m4v

It will only pass the AC3 track directly through HDMI or optical to a receiver.
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Additionally, an Apple TV will not attempt to downmix AC3 audio to stereo, which is why the extra AAC audio is needed. mp4) file with a video track, an AAC stereo track and a AC3 surround track and the AAC track must come before the AC3 track:ĪC3 audio will not work if there is no AAC track ahead of it in the file.
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I'll leave you to Google how to install it (hint: 'ffmpeg install youroperatingsystem') but it's the best tool for this job.Īpple TV's are remarkably fiddly in this department.
