Dolby-Digital-WAV Conversion

[Seraphic-]

Hi,

Is there a program out that that will allow me to open a standard AC3 file and view it's specifications (bps, khz, and data rate)?

Also, I have a Dolby-Digital-WAV here that I recorded. Now normally I have to use besplit to convert it into a standard 6-channel AC3. However, wanted to know, is there a way convert it into a six channel multichannel wave or maybe six separate mono waves? If not, I might have to look into doing some kind of AC3 to Wave conversion that isn't too lossy.

Thanks

[Snowknight26]

eac3to can do all that (except maybe the AC3 in WAV part).

[SeeMoreDigital]

Take a look at Kurtnoise's "Belight" application...

http://i30.tinypic.com/15n4w08.png

[Skelsgard]

AC3 to WAV decoding is lossless, as your taking the AC3 file and decoding to a lossless format, WAV.
Besplit can change the header of your DD-WAV file to a DD(AC3) file.
This command line will do:
Besplit -core(-input file.wav -output file.ac3 -type ac3 -fix)
That's not recompression, just a header conversion and it's lossless too.
I don't know if eac3to can change the header from a ddwav back to ac3.

[sampathkumar]

eac3to is the best for dolby and dts conversions.

[Seraphic-]

So if I was to try eac3to for conversion, would I have to convert my DD-WAV to AC3 first with besplit, or can eac3to just convert the DD-WAV right to wave in one step? Also, would the resulting final wave file be a six channel multichannel wave or six separate mono waves?

[TinTime]

I don't know if eac3to will handle ac3 wavs or not. But you could give it a go.

eac3to will output either a single multichannel wav or separate mono wavs depending on how you specify the output file (output.wav vs output.wavs).

[Skelsgard]

My bad answer, I concentrated on the "lossy" part and didn't answer properly the question.
Yes, eac3to CAN decode DDWAV to interleaved 6ch WAV or 6 mono WAVs.

[Seraphic-]

Alright thanks. I'll make a post in the eac3to topic as I have a few questions about required programs.