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Old 19th May 2004, 14:54   #1  |  Link
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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)
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(equalizer was removed but it will be back)

Just want to test it before release...
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Old 19th May 2004, 16:26   #2  |  Link
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Great news!

Thanks Valex!
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Old 19th May 2004, 16:39   #3  |  Link
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Wonderful!

So long's waiting...

PS: I found if I want WMP play a dts audio file, I still need a source like Gabest's dtsac3source.ax
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Old 19th May 2004, 19:35   #4  |  Link
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How will this work for analog out sound cards?
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Good news Valex. Why don't u add this file to the sourceforge page? You can add it under a 'development' branch or something similar.

cheers.
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is it possible to have a 7.1 output from AC3filter. I mean there's lots of new 6.1 and 7.1 soundcards, and different ways of upmixing to get the new surround back channels
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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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Real-time AC3 encoding

Great wrok!!

Well,
Could someone tell how to enable real-time AC3 encoding?
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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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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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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
I reported on the avsforum thread that I couldn't get passthrough to work, but I've since found that I can get it to work sometimes. I'm testing with GraphEdit because the behavior is intermittent with Zoom Player (WMV Pro v.4.00 beta pre RC1) and Media Player Classic (6.4.8.1).

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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If you can spend some time for several testings, please write to my email...
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PM sent... I couldn't find your email addy, sorry.
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Ofigetitelno!
So it's more like ffdshow of audio now!
Are you intersted in AAC? It's becoming more and more popular.
And Ahead is about release an improved version, as rumors say.
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>Are you intersted in AAC?

Planning (and OGG too)... Moreover it is no troubles to add new decoders anymore.
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> 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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> 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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> 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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Planning (and OGG too)... Moreover it is no troubles to add new decoders anymore.
Great!
You are real WIZARD!
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