Ac3

[ruok]

Hi,

I've had a scan through the Audio Encoding section trying to find out a little more about AC3 support. I've read both the audio FAQ and AC3 FAQ.

I would like to copy a few .AC3 files directly to a CD and play them on my DVD / SVCD / VCD / MP3 (etc.) player. I am not sure the best way to go about it.

Why you may ask? Well, I have a few audio DVDs that I would like to merge into 1 so I don't have to change DVDs constantly. Secondly, they are in 5.1ch format - so I don't fancy converting them to 320kbit MP3 so I lose several channels of audio.

I am not interested in the video - just the audio.
If you have any suggestions on how to solve this problem I would be grateful.


RUOK

[DarkAvenger]

If you don't mind slower playing, you can try HeadAC3he's AC3-WAV target, which is lossless. Otherwise you have to decode, resample and encode to AC3 or DTS.

[MaTTeR]

@ruok

http://forum.doom9.org/forum-rules.htm

Specifically rule #9 please

[Tes]

Try burning some *.ac3 files to a CDR and see if your DVD player can play it. I don't think MP3 or VCD players support AC3, but if yours do then you can try playing the CDR on them also.

[DSPguru]

you might find BeSure interesting for this..

[ruok]

Thank you to everyone for your help on this issue.. I'll give it a try and let you know what I find out.

I also apologise for the ambiguous title and will try harder next time (sleep maketh the brain function poorly) :)

RUOK