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AC3Filter prerelease version (ac3/dts/lpcm support)
http://ac3filter.sourceforge.net/dow..._1_01a_rc1.exe
Whats new: * AC3/DTS/LPCM/MPEG Audio layer I/II decoding support * AVI/AC3 & AVI/DTS support * Bass redirection crossover frequency * AC3/DTS/MPEG Audio SPDIF passthrough * Real-time AC3 encoding for multichannel SPDIF output * full MatrixMixer replacement (can be used with any other audio stream too) ... (equalizer was removed but it will be back) Just want to test it before release... |
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: UK
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Great work! ac3 audio encoding will be really nice for anyone who doesn't have an nforce2 board. What kind of spec machine is needed for that to run in realtime? What's the quality like? Any testing?
I would give it a go out of interest, but I have analog speakers, so no need for it. |
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: The Sunshine Motel
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Thanky You Valex.
I can finally play DTS audio on my PC. Even my PowerDVD (which is supposed to include DTS support) never played it. Looks promising. Unfortunately I don't have DTS support on my amp to test the DTS pass through. But still, great stuff ![]() |
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Israel
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Looks like audio-encoding is freezing up on people and S/PDIF output doesn't always work properly. Here's more info:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...hreadid=403818 |
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From my observations in GraphEdit, I think the setting "Main > Options > SPDIF" is not being loaded when AC3Filter initially starts. If I launch GraphEdit with the SPDIF option already enabled and create a graph with AC3Filter decoding an AC3 stream, GraphEdit will not perform as expected: nothing happens if you click play, and if you click stop GraphEdit will hang for 10 seconds and give this error message: "The graph was unable to complete pause within 10 seconds. Press Retry to wait another 10 seconds for completion or Cancel to attempt to stop the graph". This will happen regardless of what "System > SPDIF passthrough > AC3" is set to. However, if then I access AC3Filter properties (from within GraphEdit, not the Start menu), disable and re-enable the SPDIF option, then press play, the graph will play as expected: passthrough will work fine if it is enabled; if passthrough is disabled, AC3 Encode will work but drops out after an undetermined amount of time, even with low (<10%) CPU usage. Also, if I load GraphEdit with the SPDIF option disabled, then enable it after starting GraphEdit, it will function as expected. This strategy does not seem to work in Zoom Player at all, and it works a little bit in Media Player Classic (I've done very little testing with either, though). I've tried this with a variety of sources (vob, ac3, mkv+ac3, avi+ac3) and filters (various splitters) and the behavior seems consistent, so other filters don't seem to have an effect on this. Some info on my PC: Win2K SP4, 2.2GHz AMD Barton, nforce2 motherboard (note: AC3 encoding is disabled in soundstorm), 512MB RAM. |
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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@sycho
> is it possible to have a 7.1 output from AC3filter. Generally it is possible, but it will require some work. Plus I can hardly imagine upmix equations for 7 channels. With using of HRTF techniques and spectral filtering it is possible to feed any number of channels but I'm still too far from all this things... |
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@The Belgain
> What kind of spec machine is needed for that to run in realtime? Encoding consumes about the same processor time as decoding. > What's the quality like? I got FFMPEG as basis for encoder (hardly rewrited and optimized) so quality is the same. Fixed bitrate used for output - now it is 448kbps (just for testing), release will use 640kbps. Of course, quality is worse than of specialied encoders. Bitrate factor is about 0.6, i.e. 640kbps quality of FFMPEG encoder ~= 384kbps quality of standalone encoder (it is theoretical value; it was no special quality tests). |
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@Monamona
> Could someone tell how to enable real-time AC3 encoding? AC3 encoding is used when SPDIF output is specified and passthrough mode for selected format is disabled. Current SPDIF output mode you can see near SPDIF checkbox (in parenthesis). But note that encoding may not be possible because some sound cards cannot transmit 44100Hz encoded audio, so if you have such source it will be encoded. |
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