eac3to - audio conversion tool [Archive] - Page 106

nautilus7

26th June 2008, 20:26

No. I don't give ETAs... ;)
Well, I wont give you my DTS-HD samples then... :p
Seriously, is it much different from HD DVD sub demuxing that needs time to be implemented?

should we cut the first 5MB of EVOB/M2TS files or demux and then cut from the raw dts tracks? Raw dts tracks is fine.

Here's pack 1 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/82hdgd). Rambo4 sample is 7.1 ch but i named it 5.1 by mistake!!!

Here's pack 2 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/b6cpe4).

Here is a list of the samples included in the 2 packs:

* Rambo 2 HD DVD (Master Audio 5.1 16 bit 48 KHz)
* Rambo 3 HD DVD (Master Audio 5.1 16 bit 48 KHz)
* Studio Canal trailer from the above discs (Master Audio 2.0 16 bit 48 KHz)
* Rambo 4 Blu-ray (Master Audio 7.1 24 bit 48 KHz)
* Sexy Beast HD DVD (High Resolution 5.1 24 bit 48 KHz)
* Testosteron HD DVD (High Resolution 5.1 24 bit 48 KHz)
* Mr Brooks Blu-ray (US) (Master Audio 5.1 24 bit 48 KHz)
* Master & Commander Blu-ray (EUR) (Master Audio 5.1 24 bit 48 KHz)
* The Orphanage Blu-ray (Master Audio 7.1 24 bit 48 KHz)

I have a few more discs with DTS-HD sound and will upload if necessary.

madshi

26th June 2008, 23:22

Cool - thanks! (raw dts files are fine for this purpose, evo/m2ts is not needed)

BLKMGK

27th June 2008, 01:01

madshi

27th June 2008, 07:20

Stupid question - when ripping some audio - DTS I think it was - I get an error that Libav cannot handle it and that just the "core" is being ripped. What exactly is the core? Is it stereo or 5.1 or what? Just curious as occasionally this is all I'm able to use on some vids.
DTS-HD tracks have a conventional DTS core, which can be 5.1 or 6.1. The libav decoder cannot decode DTS-HD, it can however decode the core. If you just "rip" (which is a term commonly used for lossless extraction) libav is not involved at all. If you transcode audio by using libav then the additional DTS-HD information is been lost.

madshi

27th June 2008, 07:21

Does anybody have the "Queen Rock Montreal" Blu-Ray/HD DVD? This one is special cause the core is 48khz while the DTS-HD packages seem to be 96khz. Would be great to get a small sample of that DTS track!

umaximus

27th June 2008, 07:29

^^i have that one.. will try to upload it later on today, if someone doesn't beat me to it

rickardk

27th June 2008, 07:33

Cool - thanks! (raw dts files are fine for this purpose, evo/m2ts is not needed)
I can upload a few 7.1 tracks.

How do cut raw dts files?
How big?

Encoder888

27th June 2008, 08:04

@madshi

take a look at this:

eac3to v2.48
command line: D:\eac3to\eac3to.exe 00026.m2ts 4: TrueHD.flac
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M2TS, 1 video track, 6 audio tracks, 1:56:33
1: Chapters, 31 chapters
2: VC-1, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
3: AC3, English, 5.1 channels, 640kbit/s, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB
4: TrueHD/AC3, English, 5.1 channels, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB
5: AC3, French, 5.1 channels, 640kbit/s, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB
6: AC3, Spanish, 5.1 channels, 640kbit/s, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB
7: AC3, English, 2.0 channels, 192kbit/s, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB
8: RAW/PCM, English, 5.1 channels, 16 bits, 48khz
[a04] Extracting audio track number 4...
[a04] Extracting TrueHD stream...
[a04] Removing dialog normalization...
[a04] Encoding FLAC...
[a04] Creating file "TrueHD.24bit.flac"...
[libav] Lossless check failed - expected 0, calculated 69
[a04] This audio track contains only 16 bit of information.
[a04] The zero bytes were successfully removed.
Video track 2 contains 167654 frames.
eac3to processing took 34 minutes, 12 seconds.
Done.

im getting the lossless check failed error again when i tried to convert TrueHD to flac for some reason. i know this used to show up on the join spots of seamless branching movies, but it turned out to be a problem with nero and was fixed. Here however i got the error with a non-seamless branching movie (it's 300)... really weird, its the first time ive seen it like this and i was just wondering what could be causing it (i really doubt the TrueHD stream is damaged) or if it affected the flac in any way.

i dont think it did because 300 also comes with an uncompressed PCM and when i converted that to flac, i got no errors and the file size is completely identical to what i got from the truehd.

but... still pls look into it. if it turns out the error is irrelevant, u can have it not show up in your next release :)

oh and thx for u answer to my pcm gap question.

madshi

27th June 2008, 08:07

^^i have that one.. will try to upload it later on today, if someone doesn't beat me to it
Great - thanks!

I can upload a few 7.1 tracks.
Appreciated!

How do cut raw dts files?
A hex editor would do. Just cut off the file after the first few MBs. E.g. this one is nice and freeware:

http://www.mh-nexus.de/

Or I think this one should work, too:

"eac3to source.dts dest.dts -5mb"

How big?
5MB would be plenty.

madshi

27th June 2008, 08:08

im getting the lossless check failed error again when i tried to convert TrueHD to flac for some reason.
Where is the progress bar when this complaint appears?

rickardk

27th June 2008, 09:01

www.earselect.se/dts.rar

Rush Hour 3 (DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, 24bit, 48kHz)
Shoot 'Em Up (DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, 24bit, 48kHz)

powerwow

27th June 2008, 09:48

Their are a couple of dts trailers with dts-ma 7.1 sound at http://www.demo-world.eu/trailers/high-definition-trailers.php

xkodi

27th June 2008, 10:47

Their are a couple of dts trailers with dts-ma 7.1 sound at http://www.demo-world.eu/trailers/high-definition-trailers.php

on this site "DTS - Orchestra" and "DTS - SFX" trailers are byte by byte identical respectively with 00022.m2ts and 00004.m2ts from "DTS-HD 2008 High Definition Audio Demonstration Blu-ray Disc", but on the disc covers the number of channels for these two demos are not marked. however, i managed to find out that they are 7.1 with simple test as i mentioned here:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1147644#post1147644

the site also says that they are 7.1, so it is double confirmation.

i have 3-4 DTS-HD MA samples that failed the test, i.e. ArcSoft can't decode them bit-perfectly.

madshi

27th June 2008, 11:09

www.earselect.se/dts.rar

Rush Hour 3 (DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, 24bit, 48kHz)
Shoot 'Em Up (DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, 24bit, 48kHz)
Their are a couple of dts trailers with dts-ma 7.1 sound at http://www.demo-world.eu/trailers/high-definition-trailers.php
Thanks!

It seems that I got proper DTS-HD channel, bitdepth and sample rate detection working now. At least it seems to work on all samples I've received as of yet.

I think I don't need any more 5.1 and 7.1 Master Audio samples. However, I'm a bit short on DTS-HD High Resolution tracks. Also if you can find some 6.1 DTS-HD tracks (either High Resolution or Master Audio), that would be nice, as well.

on this site "DTS - Orchestra" and "DTS - SFX" trailers are byte by byte identical respectively with 00022.m2ts and 00004.m2ts from "DTS-HD 2008 High Definition Audio Demonstration Blu-ray Disc", but on the disc covers the number of channels for these two demos are not marked. however, i managed to find out that they are 7.1
They are 7.1 with 96kHz. At least the latest eac3to work in progress version tells me that... ;)

i have 3-4 DTS-HD MA samples that fails with the test, i.e. ArcSoft can't decode them correctly.
Can you please upload those 3-4 samples? Thanks!

xkodi

27th June 2008, 11:52

Can you please upload those 3-4 samples? Thanks!

will upload them in a few hours.

nautilus7

27th June 2008, 13:12

I am preparing these samples:

DTS-HD MA 6.1 24 bit 48 KHz
DTS-HD MA 5.0 24 bit 96 KHz

xkodi

27th June 2008, 13:14

I am preparing these samples:

DTS-HD MA 6.1 24 bit 48 KHz
DTS-HD MA 5.0 24 bit 96 KHz

are they from "X-Men: The Last Stand" and "Nature's Journey"?

i am asking, so i don't upload them as well.

Thunderbolt8

27th June 2008, 13:31

xkodi

27th June 2008, 13:50

Can you please upload those 3-4 samples? Thanks!

here: http://rapidshare.de/files/39846389/dtshd_samples.rar.html

these should have very weird headers, because are the only DTS-HD MA 7.1 samples that i found so far that ArcSoft can't decode correctly, i.e. bit-perfect:

1) Title: Dragon Tiger Gate, Blu-ray, HK release
Studio: DELTAMAC, Mandarin Films
Format marked on the cover: DTS-HD MA 7.1 (has the same track also in TrueHD, so it is good for reference)

2) Title: Flash Point, Blu-ray, HK release
Studio: DELTAMAC, Mandarin Films
Format marked on the cover: DTS-HD MA 7.1 (has the same track also in LPCM, so it is good for reference)

3) Title: Hi-Definition Reference Disc, Blu-ray, Japan release
Studio: Qtec
Format marked on the cover: DTS-HD MA 7.1 (has the same track also in TrueHD, so it is good for reference)

nautilus7

27th June 2008, 13:55

are they from "X-Men: The Last Stand" and "Nature's Journey"?

i am asking, so i don't upload them as well.Yes they are. They are are from DTS Demo Disc:

File 00007.m2ts ----------------- DTS-HD MA 6.1 24 48 (X-Men: Last Stand)
File 00010.m2ts & 00011.m2ts --- DTS-HD MA 5.0 24 96 (Nature's Journey)
File 00004.m2ts & 00022.m2ts --- DTS-HD MA 5.1 24 96 (DTS logo)

If you have the disc please upload them as I don't have it in my HDD currently.

xkodi

27th June 2008, 14:18

Yes they are. If you have the disc please upload them as I don't have in my HDD currently.

i don't have the disc, but sound samples from those movies are included on "DTS-HD 2008 High Definition Audio Demonstration Blu-ray Disc". so, i am uploading the samples from there:

http://rapidshare.de/files/39846641/dtshd_samples_2.rar.html

madshi

27th June 2008, 15:24

Queen Rock Montreal Blu-ray DTS-HD 5.1 96kHz http://www.sendspace.com/file/c6xrdb :p
Herbert Grönemeyer 12 live HD DVD DTS-HD 7.1 96kHz http://www.sendspace.com/file/9a38wi
Basic Insinct Blu-ray DTS-HD 6.1 48kHz 24-bit http://www.sendspace.com/file/hw4vok
these should have very weird headers, because are the only DTS-HD MA 7.1 samples that i found so far that ArcSoft can't decode correctly
Thanks guys, good samples.

nautilus7

27th June 2008, 15:35

i don't have the disc, but sound samples from those movies are included on "DTS-HD 2008 High Definition Audio Demonstration Blu-ray Disc".I have that disc also. The files I mention before are from that disc.

Another DTS-HD MA 5.1 24bit 96 KHz with a 24/48 core (http://www.sendspace.com/file/dpxjmq)
(It turned out to be 7.1ch)

itsancho

27th June 2008, 15:57

C:\Documents and Settings\iTSAN>z\eac3to "J:\House of 1000 Corpses (2003) Blu-ray VC-1 DD-EX dts-HD Hi-Res 7.1\HOUSE_1000_CORPSES"
1) 00000.mpls, 00000.m2ts, 1:28:57
- VC-1, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
- DTS Hi-Res, English, multi-channel, 48khz
- AC3, English, multi-channel, 48khz
- AC3, English, stereo, 48khz

eac3to v2.48
command line: z\eac3to "J:\House of 1000 Corpses (2003) Blu-ray VC-1 DD-EX dts-HD Hi-Res 7.1\HOUSE_1000_CORPSES" 1) 3: e:\ho1000c.sample.dts -50mb
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M2TS, 1 video track, 3 audio tracks, 1:28:57
1: Chapters, 17 chapters
2: VC-1, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
3: DTS Master Audio, English, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 48khz
4: AC3, English, 5.1 channels, 640kbit/s, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB
5: AC3, English, 2.0 channels, 192kbit/s, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB
[a03] Extracting audio track number 3...
[a03] Creating file "e:\ho1000c.sample.dts"...
Video track 2 contains 354 frames.
eac3to processing took 1 second.
Done. http://rapidshare.de/files/39847478/ho1000c.sample.rar.html

i used -50mb 'couse with -5mb dest.dts was 470kb, now is 4.71MB ;-)

one more: C:\Documents and Settings\iTSAN>z\eac3to "J:\Saw II (2005) UnRated Blu-ray MPEG-2 dts-HD Hi-Res DD-EX"
1) 00010.mpls, 00013.m2ts, 1:34:33
- MPEG2, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
- AC3, English, multi-channel, 48khz
- DTS Hi-Res, English, multi-channel, 48khz
- AC3, English, stereo, 48khz
- AC3, English, stereo, 48khz

eac3to v2.48
command line: z\eac3to "J:\Saw II (2005) UnRated Blu-ray MPEG-2 dts-HD Hi-Res DD-EX" 1) 4: e:\sawII.sample.dts -50mb
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M2TS, 1 video track, 4 audio tracks, 1:34:32
1: Chapters, 22 chapters
2: MPEG2, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
3: AC3, English, 5.1 channels, 640kbit/s, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB
4: DTS Hi-Res, English, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 3093kbit/s, 48khz, dialnorm: -4dB
5: AC3, English, 2.0 channels, 192kbit/s, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB
6: AC3, English, 2.0 channels, 192kbit/s, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB
[a04] Extracting audio track number 4...
[a04] Removing dialog normalization...
[a04] Creating file "e:\sawII.sample.dts"...
Video track 2 contains 427 frames.
eac3to processing took 1 second.
Done. http://rapidshare.de/files/39847537/sawII.sample.rar.html

and last one i have, and it's 6.1 :-)
eac3to v2.48
command line: z\eac3to "E:\Weeds (2005) The Complete First Season (2005) Blu-ray MPEG-2 dts-HD Hi-Res" 2) 3: c:\weeds.sample.dts -35mb
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M2TS, 1 video track, 3 audio tracks, 0:31:42
1: Chapters, 6 chapters
2: MPEG2, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
3: DTS Hi-Res, English, 6.1 channels, 24 bits, 3093kbit/s, 48khz, dialnorm: -4dB
4: AC3, English, 5.1 channels, 640kbit/s, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB
5: AC3, English, 2.0 channels, 192kbit/s, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB
[a03] Extracting audio track number 3...
[a03] Removing dialog normalization...
[a03] Creating file "c:\weeds.sample.dts"...
Video track 2 contains 389 frames.
eac3to processing took 1 second.
Done. http://rapidshare.de/files/39847597/weeds.sample.rar.html

Jaja1

27th June 2008, 16:14

What does "eac3to sourcefile -logpids" say?

Here's the log.
eac3to v2.48
command line: eac3to Broken_Part1.ts -logpids
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PID: 256/4129 ($1b), h264/AVC
PID: 256/4133 ($81), "AC-3", eng, AC3
This is a TrueHD/AC3 stream and not an AC3 stream.
TS, 1 video track, 1:32:53
1: h264/AVC, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)

eac3to is currently not able to properly detect the correct channel configuration of DTS-HD tracks.I hope this doesn't mean that conversion of those tracks to DTS or AC3 could be wrong.

madshi

27th June 2008, 19:15

http://rapidshare.de/files/39847478/ho1000c.sample.rar.html

i used -50mb 'couse with -5mb dest.dts was 470kb, now is 4.71MB ;-)

one more: http://rapidshare.de/files/39847537/sawII.sample.rar.html

and last one i have, and it's 6.1 :-)
http://rapidshare.de/files/39847597/weeds.sample.rar.html
Thanks, these are good samples. Especially the first one: It was misidentified by the current official eac3to version as being Master Audio while in reality it's High-Resolution. The next eac3to version will identify it correctly.

Here's the log.
The file is clearly incorrectly structured. The TrueHD track is stored under the ID "0x81" which is the ID commonly used for AC3 tracks. TrueHD tracks are supposed to use the ID "0x83". That's why eac3to complains.

I hope this doesn't mean that conversion of those tracks to DTS or AC3 could be wrong.
Not really. But the next eac3to version will properly detect the channel configuration etc, anyway.

madshi

27th June 2008, 19:58

eac3to v2.49 released

http://madshi.net/eac3to.zip

* DTS parser sets correct channel mask now
* DTS-HD parser now properly detects format, channels and samplerate
* added support for ArcSoft DTS(-HD) Decoder
* added several tweaks to make ArcSoft Decoder behave correctly
* added ArcSoft test to the "-test" processing
* made ArcSoft Decoder default for DTS and DTS-HD decoding
As xkodi already found out, the ArcSoft DTS-HD decoder decodes everything we throw at it. So now we finally have full 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio decoding!

If you guys find any DTS-HD tracks which are not properly detected by eac3to or which do not decode correctly, please let me know. All the samples that have been uploaded seem to work fine, though.

xkodi

27th June 2008, 20:29

eac3to v2.49 released

thank you, madshi! the changelog looks amazing!

i am so eager to use it, but run into troubles:

first, time when i run with "-test" switch:

C:\eac3to249>eac3to.exe -test
Nero Audio Decoder (Nero 7 or older) doesn't seem to be installed
Sonic Audio Decoder (4.3.0.169) works fine
ArcSoft Audio Decoder (1.3.2.49, 1.1.0.0) is not working correctly
.....

second, time when i run with "-test" switch:

C:\eac3to249>eac3to.exe -test
Sonic Audio Decoder (4.3.0.169) works fine
ArcSoft Audio Decoder (1.3.2.49, 2.49.0.0) is not working correctly
.....

what should i do in order to get ArcSoft working? ASAudioHD.ax on the system is version 1.3.2.49, but which files should be 1.1.0.0 and/or 2.49.0.0?

madshi

27th June 2008, 20:37

@xkodi, I'm slightly confused. The "1.1.0.0" version number is correct. That's the version number of the ArcSoft "dtsdecoderdll.dll" which is doing all the work. The "2.49.0.0" indicates that eac3to didn't even find the "dtsdecoderdll.dll" dll. As a result (that's a bug) eac3to lists its own version number. Very strange. Why does it sometimes find the dll and sometimes not?

You could try adding search paths to these 2 directories:

C:\Program Files\ArcSoft\TotalMedia Theatre
C:\Program Files\Common Files\ArcSoft\MPEG Engine

Maybe that helps? FWIW, I had some trouble to get the decoder working in the beginning. I had to change some paths to make it work. But later I undid the path changes and still everything works fine for me now? :confused:

xkodi

27th June 2008, 20:46

adding:

C:\Program Files\ArcSoft\TotalMedia Theatre
C:\Program Files\Common Files\ArcSoft\MPEG Engine

to the search path doesn't help.

do my dtsdecoderdll.dll and ASAudioHD.ax are same as yours:

dtsdecoderdll.dll
MD5 52191f0d600ba19065ace3720b76ed87

ASAudioHD.ax
MD5 bc9bc77e6ba97f43de5f0d739c07e114

P.S. desperate step - reboot the machine, but still ArcSoft is not recognized.

EPiPH0NE

27th June 2008, 20:48

As xkodi already found out, the ArcSoft DTS-HD decoder decodes everything we throw at it. So now we finally have full 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio decoding!

Other then doing 7.1 decoding is there any other difference from the Sonic decoders? I only have a 5.1 set-up so I don't need 7.1.

madshi

27th June 2008, 20:57

adding:

C:\Program Files\ArcSoft\TotalMedia Theatre
C:\Program Files\Common Files\ArcSoft\MPEG Engine

to the search path doesn't help.
Ok, now my suggestions are getting dramatic:

(1) What happens if you point the command line to "C:\Program Files\ArcSoft\TotalMedia Theatre" and run eac3to with that directory as the active directory?

(2) As a last test does copying all files of the two ArcSoft folders mentioned above fix the problem?

do my dtsdecoderdll.dll and ASAudioHD.ax are same as yours:

dtsdecoderdll.dll
MD5 52191f0d600ba19065ace3720b76ed87

ASAudioHD.ax
MD5 bc9bc77e6ba97f43de5f0d739c07e114
Don't know how to calculate an MD5. But I'm using the official ArcSoft trial version for now. So if you're using the same one, there should be no difference in the dlls.

Other then doing 7.1 decoding is there any other difference from the Sonic decoders? I only have a 5.1 set-up so I don't need 7.1.
The Sonic decoder is pretty perfect for 5.1 decoding. However, with 7.1 tracks (and some 6.1 tracks) the Sonic decoder simply drops the back channels. If you used eac3to with the ArcSoft decoder you could ask eac3to to downconvert the 8 (or 7) channels to 5.1. eac3to would then mix the back channels into the surround channels. I think that's the better solution...

nautilus7

27th June 2008, 21:04

Madshi, you are absolutely amazing. Thank you very much for the new features!!!

Arcsoft decoder works fine here. My demo version expired so I ad to install it again to make it work:

C:\>eac3to -test
Nero Audio Decoder (Nero 7 or older) doesn't seem to be installed
Sonic Audio Decoder (4.3.0.169) works fine
ArcSoft Audio Decoder (1.3.2.49, 1.1.0.0) works fine
Haali Media Splitter (2008-3-29) is installed
Surcode DTS Encoder (1.0.29.0) is installed
MkvToolnix (v2.2.0) is installed

Did I miss anything about the search paths? What are they? If, that helps, I run eac3to as environment variable (I can run it from everywhere).

madshi

27th June 2008, 21:22

Did I miss anything about the search paths? What are they? If, that helps, I run eac3to as environment variable (I can run it from everywhere).
The environment variable is what I meant with "search path".

xkodi

27th June 2008, 21:27

Ok, now my suggestions are getting dramatic:

(1) What happens if you point the command line to "C:\Program Files\ArcSoft\TotalMedia Theatre" and run eac3to with that directory as the active directory?

my path is actually "C:\Program Files\ArcSoft\TotalMedia Extreme", because i uninstalled the "Arcsoft TotalMedia Theatre Intro version" and installed "Arcsoft TotalMedia Extreme Trial version" which includes "TotalMedia Theatre". i've done this, because i am under the impression that the "Intro version" can't be purchased and registered and sooner or lated expires. so, probably that is the problem - eac3to works correctly with the "Intro version" only.

i've tried, what you suggested and here is the output of two subsequent runs of "eac3to.exe -test":

C:\Program Files\ArcSoft\TotalMedia Extreme>eac3to.exe -test
Nero Audio Decoder (Nero 7 or older) doesn't seem to be installed
Sonic Audio Decoder (4.3.0.169) works fine
ArcSoft Audio Decoder (1.3.2.49, 1.1.0.0) is not working correctly
Haali Media Splitter doesn't seem to be installed
Surcode DTS Encoder doesn't seem to be installed
MkvToolnix doesn't seem to be installed

C:\Program Files\ArcSoft\TotalMedia Extreme>eac3to.exe -test
Nero Audio Decoder (Nero 7 or older) doesn't seem to be installed
Sonic Audio Decoder is not working correctly
ArcSoft Audio Decoder is not working correctly
Haali Media Splitter doesn't seem to be installed
Surcode DTS Encoder doesn't seem to be installed
MkvToolnix doesn't seem to be installed

(2) As a last test does copying all files of the two ArcSoft folders mentioned above fix the problem?

do not understand where to copy those files, to the eac3to directory or somewhere else?

so, the right question is what is the difference between the "Arcsoft TotalMedia Theatre Intro version" and "Arcsoft TotalMedia Extreme Trial version" and how to make eac3to to work with the later?

nautilus7

27th June 2008, 21:34

I am using TotalMedia Theatre Trial version here.

madshi

27th June 2008, 21:36

my path is actually "C:\Program Files\ArcSoft\TotalMedia Extreme", because i uninstalled the "Arcsoft TotalMedia Theatre Intro version" and installed "Arcsoft TotalMedia Extreme Trial version" which includes "TotalMedia Theatre". i've done this, because i am under the impression that the "Intro version" can't be purchased and registered and sooner or lated expires.
But the ArcSoft decoder still works in GraphEdit for you?

i've tried, what you suggested and here is the output of two subsequent runs of "eac3to.exe -test"
Strange! Now even the Sonic decoder fails in the 2nd test run??

do not understand where to copy those files, to the eac3to directory or somewhere else?
Sorry, I was unclear. Yes, I meant to copy all those files to the eac3to folder (only as a test).

so, the right question is what is the difference between the "Arcsoft TotalMedia Theatre Intro version" and "Arcsoft TotalMedia Extreme Trial version" and how to make eac3to to work with the later?
Where can I download the Extreme Trial version?

xkodi

27th June 2008, 21:41

I am using TotalMedia Theatre Trial version here.

and i uninstall the Trial and install the Intro again and still have the problem. apparently, something is wrong on my system. maybe because recently installed WinXP SP3.

what OSes you are running?

Thunderbolt8

27th June 2008, 21:44

eac3to v2.49 released
thanks! :)

so is eac3to basically now able to transport each lossless format (dts-hd(ma), truehd, lpcm) with each number of channels and each bitrate & khz 1:1 to flac or is there still something missing/not working out correctly atm?

edit: dts-hd is not completely lossless yes, but I meant this as well -.-

crazydane

27th June 2008, 21:45

I'm having the same issue as xkodi.

1st test - TMT trial installed
2nd test - TMT trial uninstalled
3rd test - same as 2
4th test - TMT re-installed

http://www.cstone.net/~dk/arcsoftissue.JPG

The trial I'm using is "arcsoft_totalmediatheater_engintro.exe" that I downloaded on 6/11.

During all of the tests above, I had dtsdecoderdll.dll and ASAudioHD.ax copied to my eac3to install library.

I'm running Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1.

xkodi

27th June 2008, 21:45

But the ArcSoft decoder still works in GraphEdit for you?

yes, works perfectly in GraphEdit. is there any chance that WinXP SP3 causes the problem?

Where can I download the Extreme Trial version?

Extreme Trial build 110:

http://base.arcsoft.com/downloads//tbyb/totalmediaextreme_retail_trial_e.exe

update to build 113 that adds DTS-HD MA support:

http://base.arcsoft.com/downloads/totalmediaextreme/arcsoft/TotalMediaExtreme_1.0.6.23_1.0.6.29_Update_ALL.exe

P.S. madshi, please download http://www.slavasoft.com/hashcalc/ and calculate the MD5 hash of your Arcsoft decoder files.

nautilus7

27th June 2008, 21:46

Where can I download the Extreme Trial version?http://www.arcsoft.com/support/downloads/downloadnow.asp?downloadid=411

and i uninstall the Trial and install the Intro again and still have the problem. apparently, something is wrong on my system. maybe because recently installed WinXP SP3.

what OSes you are running?Win XP SP2

I have installed this version here: http://www.arcsoft.com/support/downloads/downloadnow.asp?downloadid=384 (I mention it as I see that xkodi's links are different that mines).

EPiPH0NE

27th June 2008, 21:47

I have ArcSoft TotalMedia Extreme v1.0.6.28 RETAiL will this work with eac3to? If so should I be setting it as default for everything or just DTS-MA?

xkodi

27th June 2008, 21:57

I have installed this version here: http://www.arcsoft.com/support/downloads/downloadnow.asp?downloadid=384 (I mention it as I see that xkodi's links are different that mines).

this is the "Intro version", it can't be purchased, but can be used for 15 days.

the links in my previous post are for the "Trial version" that can be used for 15 days and purchased after that.

I have ArcSoft TotalMedia Extreme v1.0.6.28 RETAiL will this work with eac3to? If so should I be setting it as default for everything or just DTS-MA?

1.0.6.28 do not have DTS-HD MA support, it only decodes the DTS core, you should update to 1.0.6.29. instead the version numbers i use the build numbers:

1.0.6.28 = build 110
1.0.6.29 = build 113

xkodi

27th June 2008, 22:02

madshi, i've solved the problem:

C:\>c:\eac3to249\eac3to.exe -test
Nero Audio Decoder (Nero 7 or older) doesn't seem to be installed
Sonic Audio Decoder (4.3.0.169) works fine
ArcSoft Audio Decoder (1.3.2.49, 1.1.0.0) works fine

the only different file in C:\Program Files\Common Files\ArcSoft\MPEG Engine

between the "Intro version" and the "Trial version" is: ArcDemux.ax

eac3to doesn't work with ArcDemux.ax from the "Trial version".

P.S. both ArcDemux.ax are version 1.0.2.68, the working one has MD5 sum: abf8200f9d35b7be9dee79ff23a4ba52 and the broken one is with MD5 sum ef37767a2bd8faa20b13722a05ec2ae5. maybe the difference is because of the registration capabilities of the "Trial version".

madshi

27th June 2008, 22:04

so is eac3to basically now able to transport each lossless format (dts-hd(ma), truehd, lpcm) with each number of channels and each bitrate & khz 1:1 to flac
Yes... :)

is there any chance that WinXP SP3 causes the problem?
Not sure. Still using XPSP2 here.

P.S. madshi, please download http://www.slavasoft.com/hashcalc/ and calculate the MD5 hash of your Arcsoft decoder files.
I get the same hashes as you.

I have ArcSoft TotalMedia Extreme v1.0.6.28 RETAiL will this work with eac3to?
Why don't you give it a try and report back if it works? :)

If so should I be setting it as default for everything or just DTS-MA?
You don't need to set it as default, eac3to has changed defaults already. If you don't tell eac3to otherwise, it will now use ArcSoft for DTS, DTS-MA and DTS-HR decoding.