Dolby Digital AC3 2.0 for free!

bb · 1st April 2004, 07:37

Good news for all friends of home made films: Dolby Labs finally decided to give away free licenses of AC3 2.0 (two-channel format only) for personal use. They even offer a free encoder, which can directly read WAV and DV AVI type-1 and type-2.

The free license does not cover Dolby's multichannel formats, though (e.g. AC3 5.1).

Get it at their web site: http://www.dolby.com/digital/

bb

nicco · 1st April 2004, 09:26

I can't find it!....

bb · 1st April 2004, 13:00

Well, it seems it's temporarily not available...

I've uploaded it here for your convenience.

bb

raschi · 1st April 2004, 13:33

Thanks bb,

it's nice...

bond · 1st April 2004, 13:52

man, first i thought this was a 1st april joke, but its real, it works

jcsston · 1st April 2004, 22:20

attaching a .zip with a dummy .exe was so lame

bb · 1st April 2004, 22:28

Quote:

Originally posted by jcsston
attaching a .zip with a dummy .exe was so lame

Do you say that because you were disappointed with the zip file's content?

@everybody who believed this:
Well, 98 downloads so far is not bad. I hope you can forgive me if I call you april fools

bb

luckyme · 2nd April 2004, 00:49

Got me!!

Prosper · 2nd April 2004, 01:01

hehehe, this is how viruses are spread:

"hey man, here a cool .exe file, click here!"

Tuning · 2nd April 2004, 02:47

This has been downloaded 220 time(s).

220 members got fooled, including me.

Next Year , I will try to be cautious.

PS: I suspected somethin when there was a Dolby Logo in bb's post...

nicco · 2nd April 2004, 13:23

dummy .exe ?

Why? It works perfectly, I can get a real ac3 audio stream!

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1st April 2004, 09:26	#2 \| Link
nicco TeacH Me!! I'm so n00b! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Italy Posts: 316	I can't find it!....

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raschi Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 4	Thanks bb, it's nice...

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luckyme Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 6	Got me!!

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Prosper A Very Silly Person (VSP) Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 87	hehehe, this is how viruses are spread: "hey man, here a cool .exe file, click here!"

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Tuning I'm back! :D Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: The Matrix Posts: 1,029	This has been downloaded 220 time(s). 220 members got fooled, including me. Next Year , I will try to be cautious. PS: I suspected somethin when there was a Dolby Logo in bb's post...