(multichannel) mp4 / aac playback ...newbieQuestion

[hk]

Hi,

I´ve got the aac parser and core aacfilter in order to play back my aac files. I´ve also executde the .bat files for registering.
Now where do I have to copy

- aac_parser.ax
- CoreAAC.ax and the file "COPYING" (included in the core.zip file)

in order the play aac-files in WMP9? Can´t possibly just let them sit in whatever directory!

Secondly, does anybody know of a Mp4 decoder capable of playing 5-channel mp4-files in WMP9? I´ve installed 3ivx ... but so far, it didn´t work!

Greetings to anybody with some advice,
HK

[hans-jürgen]

Originally posted by hk
Secondly, does anybody know of a Mp4 decoder capable of playing 5-channel mp4-files in WMP9? I´ve installed 3ivx ... but so far, it didn´t work! It's possible that you've installed it some time ago and now the demo version has expired. In that case you could either register it for US$ 6.99 or use CoreAAC together with the 3ivx DirectShow splitter where you would have to enable the option "Allow unsupported codecs". This is mentioned in the FAQ, by the way...

[hk]

Hi Hans-Jürgen,
thank you for your reply. I only installed 3ivX 2 days ago, so it should work.
From what I understood, 3ivx plus Winmediaplayer9 should be capable of playing those files, correct? Graphedit tells me that 3ivx is installed, so what´s wrong?

Anyway, I put AAC parser in a folder, did the same with Core´s AAC filter, put both folders in the Programme directory, registered both and both show up in Graphedit under Direct Show filters. Yet WMP9 refuses telling me:
"The codec with the formattag1 is unavailable."

So any more advice? Best regards from
Hans Kaspar

[hans-jürgen]

Originally posted by hk
From what I understood, 3ivx plus Winmediaplayer9 should be capable of playing those files, correct? Graphedit tells me that 3ivx is installed, so what´s wrong? Yes, theoretically it should work, but I don't know what could be wrong with that combination. Did you also try another DirectShow player, e.g. the older WMP 6.4 (mplayer2.exe) that comes with almost all Windows installations?

Anyway, I put AAC parser in a folder, did the same with Core´s AAC filter, put both folders in the Programme directory, registered both and both show up in Graphedit under Direct Show filters. Yet WMP9 refuses telling me:
"The codec with the formattag1 is unavailable." I'm not sure if the available AAC parser still works with the current CoreAAC filter, because I had no luck trying to play *.aac files with them some time ago, independent of the player.