ac3filter & ffdshow Filters...

[retroborg]

Hello,
I’ve been using these 2 Filters for quite some time now with no noticeable problem:

ac3filter_0_70b
ffdshow-20041012

But I noticed here:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/AC3_Filter.htm
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/FFDShow.htm

That there are two newer versions:
ac3filter_1_01a_rc5
ffdshow-20060202-icc-sse2
(Which supports the SSE & SSE2 instructions found in the Pentium 4 CPUs)

Also it is mentioned that there is a bug in ac3filter_0_70b that can be fixed with the AC3 Filter 0.7b FIX found here:
http://www.free-codecs.com/AC3_Filter_download.htm

So has anybody tried the 2 newer versions & are they stable, or should I stick to the older 2 versions?

Thanks in advance.

[foxyshadis]

Before you get the sse2 version make sure you actually have sse2. It's been stable for me and none of the bugs I've seen pop up over the last year are in it, although I'm not sure if they entirely fixed the ICL9 AVC decoding bugs. (Non-see2 builds are available from http://esby.free.fr/CelticDruid/)

AC3filter in my experience has more stable release cycles than ffdshow with its biannual stable build and haphazard nightlies. I barely watch DVDs though so I might not see any bugs.

[setarip_old]

Hi!

V. 1.02a8 of the AC Filter appears to be rock solid...

[retroborg]

Yes, I have a P4 2.4GHZ CPU that support SSE2
I mostly just watch DivX, Xvid, mpeg1,2,4, etc… I don't encode anything.
So, if I install both (Latest or older) ac3filter & ffdshow, will they have any effect?

[foxyshadis]

Yeah, you'll get AVC (H.264) and Snow support for one. 2004 versions had buggy and incomplete support. Plus some speed improvements, and other random formats hardly anyone uses. :p