playing a"*.ac3" file(not a movie file containing

Kyoung Il Lee · #1 (**permalink**) 8th July 2008

Hi,

Is there any way to play "*.ac3" files(not movie files containing ac3 audio!!!) in my PC and to send ac3 stream to SPDIF ?

The only poor solution i know is to make a DVD with "*.ac3" files using DVD tools like "DVD creator".
but i wanna more direct method.

plz help me

J7N · #2 (**permalink**) 8th July 2008

I don't know about SPDIF passthrough, never used one.

To play AC-3 format in DirectShow you need to install DTS/AC3 Source (version for 32-bit systems). After the installation of this module Ac-3 streams will appear as movie files without video in BSPlayer, Media Player and other DirectShow frontends.

The best choice for audio playback is of course a dedicated audio player, such as Foobar2000 or Winamp. But getting passthrough working there requires additional steps, or might be completely impossible.

Ico-man · #3 (**permalink**) 8th July 2008

Kyoung Il Lee, can you send us a sample of ac-3 audio file?

J7N · #4 (**permalink**) 8th July 2008

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Originally Posted by Ico-man

Kyoung Il Lee, can you send us a sample of ac-3 audio file?

Are you really going to implement own splitters? :o

Ico-man · #5 (**permalink**) 8th July 2008

Splitter? what is splitter?

:shock: :lol:

J7N · #6 (**permalink**) 8th July 2008

Ehrm... A program that takes the AC-3 file, extracts individual frames from it, and passes them to a decoder. (Or maybe I missed something and BS can already play ac3 by itself?)

So you're making fun of me... well whatever.
I cannot check these things because of anti-piracy protection.

adicoto · #7 (**permalink**) 8th July 2008

A splitter splits the streams inside a container (audio from vodeo for example)
Extracting the frames.....decoder ?