Player for wmv9 with 5.1 sound [Archive]

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logmarti

31st March 2003, 20:46

Hi!

I'm wondering if there exists a player, which can play wmv9 files with 5.1 sound and subtitles.

Thank you.

gabest

1st April 2003, 12:23

Do you happen to have a small sample file for me? Sorry for begging :P

logmarti

1st April 2003, 16:10

Sure, no problem. I had to open a site and here is the url:

http://www.angelfire.com/oz/logmarti/l2-1.wmv

It's a short clip from The Lord Of The Rings I movie...

Have fun.

gabest

1st April 2003, 16:16

Thanks, downloading it :)

logmarti

1st April 2003, 23:43

So, is there or not (yet) a player with wmv9 support also playing subtitles?

gabest

2nd April 2003, 17:48

After digging into the documentation of windows media (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/wmform/htm/readingmultichannelaudio.asp) and debugging the wm audio player example, I found that >2 channel audio output and 24bit precision has to be enabled directly using IWMReaderAdvanced2 interface, which is supported by the newer directshow source filter (WM ASF Reader), but unfortunately most of the calls are not implemented including the needed SetOutputSetting() call. To sum it up, currently I see no chance playing multichannel audio wma in a directshow player.

logmarti

2nd April 2003, 23:08

:( What about other audio codecs that can handle >2 channels?

I'm basically trying to make a divx movie with 5.1 sound (not AC3, because it takes too much space). I thought wma9 would be suitable, but it turned out to be unplayable in players with subtitle support.

So is there a way to do it? Is there a convenient codec for such compression and playback?

logmarti

28th April 2003, 18:50

Is it possible to play wma9 5.1 in other versions of Windows (98,Me...) correctly?

logmarti

5th September 2003, 11:49

Ok... Found the solution. There is Windows Media Player 9, which plays it all - wmv9 and subtitles. But the subtitles have to be in .smi format (sami). Is there a way i could lift them over the video, so they wouldn't be at the bottom of the screen? Maybe some overlay or sth. I'm wondering if vobsub starts only when .avi is played? What about wmv?

logmarti

5th September 2003, 11:55

And there it is... Media player classic 6.4.6.3 with vobsub... Thank you GABEST!!!