How to get audio from MOVs played in ZoomPlayer?

[JimmyBarnes]

ZP v2.90 somewhat surprisingly plays MOVs, but with no audio. In QuickTime v6.1, these MOVs play normally, video + audio. Many of the MOVs use the 3ivx codec.

Is there any way to make ZP play audio as well as video for these MOVs?

thanx
JB

[Stux]

Have you installed the latest 3ivx codec? (4.5)

[JimmyBarnes]

Originally posted by Stux
Have you installed the latest 3ivx codec? (4.5)

No, am using 4.04.

What's this on the download page for 3ivx D4 4.5:
http://www.3ivx.com/download/windows.html

"Note: The Audio Encoder and Audio Decoder are restricted to 50 encodes or a maximum usage of 30 days."

thanx
JB

[opsis81]

Cyberlink QuickTime Source Filter can decode quicktime videos in ZoomPlayer.It is included PowerDirector demo.

[opsis81]

I forgot it before..
You can just download QuickTime Alternative 1.30 RC6 from http://myimages.fourvalve.com/alt/quicktimealt130rc6.exe.
It includes the QuickTime directshow filter.

[Stux]

The 4.5 release is significantly improved over the 4.0.4 release fixing literally hundreds of problems.

Its a highly highly recommended upgrade.

The audio decoder is restricted to 30 days of usage in the evalauation version of the codec due to licensing reasons.

There are other audio decoders you could use I suppose.

[JimmyBarnes]

Originally posted by Stux
The 4.5 release is significantly improved over the 4.0.4 release fixing literally hundreds of problems.

Its a highly highly recommended upgrade.

I take your point.


The audio decoder is restricted to 30 days of usage in the evaluation version of the codec due to licensing reasons.

"Sounds" strange if it is effectively a 30 day demo which one can't get back by registering or even paying (one presumes...)


There are other audio decoders you could use I suppose.

Such as?

The bottom line is that I have video in ZoomPlayer when playing MOVs, but no audio.

JB

[filewalker]

For AAC playback in .mov files grab the COREaac DirectShow Decoder (http://rarewares.hydrogenaudio.org/aac.html) from this site...it should work and it's for free.
But you'll need the splitter from the 3ivX 4.5 Codec package in any case.

But .mov files can also contain MP3 and Q-Design Audio. There's no decoder for this Q-Design, yet. (Mp3 decoder is shipped with Windows.)

Cu filewalker

[JimmyBarnes]

Originally posted by filewalker
For AAC playback in .mov files grab the COREaac DirectShow Decoder (http://rarewares.hydrogenaudio.org/aac.html) from this site...it should work and it's for free.
But you'll need the splitter from the 3ivX 4.5 Codec package in any case.

But .mov files can also contain MP3 and Q-Design Audio. There's no decoder for this Q-Design, yet. (Mp3 decoder is shipped with Windows.)

Cu filewalker

Thanks for the post, but can you or anyone else tell me why the MOVs play fine in QuickTime but without audio in ZoomPlayer?

i.e. why do I need additional codecs for ZP when presumably the correct codecs are already present (or the MOVs wouldn't play OK in QT)

thanx
JB

[filewalker]

QT isn't a directshow based player and doesn't use such filters, it uses it's own codecs for playback with Quicktime Active X Component.

ZP (and MPC, too)offers 2 ways for QT playback:

1) using DirectShow:
then you need additional filters for playback like described above.

2) using Quicktime Active X Component

With this mode, you don't need any extra filters. The only thing what you need is to install the QT player.
In ZP330 goto options --> Filter control and enable "use Quicktime Active X Component"


If you want to play in DirectShow-mode in best performace as possible then you'll need:
1) latest (unofficial) ffdshow filter from athos for the support for sorenson (in ffdshow configuration you have to tick "SVQ1" and "SVQ3" and choose libacodec from the dropdownlist)
2) 4.5 3ivx Splitter (check the option to support other decoders in the splitter configuration!!)
3) CoreAAC filter

But there're some .mov files out which contain Q Design Audio and some other stuff which isn't possible to decode :(

Cu filewalker

[JimmyBarnes]

Originally posted by filewalker
QT isn't a directshow based player and doesn't use such filters, it uses it's own codecs for playback with Quicktime Active X Component.

Thanks, that's what I suspected but you've spelled it out clearly now.

JB