Although the PureAudio plugin was originally intended for high-quality playback of stereo sound, it seems many ppl want to use it for it's (sideaffect) ability to playback DTS and AC3.
Because the way PureAudio works, DTS/AC3 support will always be limited and will require a lot of programming to extend it. That's why i want to try a different aproach.
As some of you probably already know, the AC3Filter program ads a lot of functionality to WMP.
The plan is to create a new plugin based on WMP that can take advantage of everything you can do with WMP and AC3Filter such as:
I build a prototype this weekend and it looks promising. The current PureAudio plugin will of course continue to exist!
Symphy
Because the way PureAudio works, DTS/AC3 support will always be limited and will require a lot of programming to extend it. That's why i want to try a different aproach.
As some of you probably already know, the AC3Filter program ads a lot of functionality to WMP.
The plan is to create a new plugin based on WMP that can take advantage of everything you can do with WMP and AC3Filter such as:
- Decode DTS and AC3
- Encode to AC3
- Support for many DTS and AC3 formats
- Advanced S/PDIF passthrough support
I build a prototype this weekend and it looks promising. The current PureAudio plugin will of course continue to exist!
Symphy