ffdshow audio or AC3Filter?? (1 Viewer)

[Jay_UK]

MediaPortal Version: MP 1.1 RC4 (with Owlroost's V16 DLL)
MediaPortal Skin: Blue3 Wide
Windows Version: W7x64 (fully patched)
CPU Type: AMD Phenom II X3 705e
HDD: 2 x Samsung 1TB
Memory: 8GB 1333MHz (6GB Timeshift)
Motherboard: M4A785TD-M EVO
Video Card: Integrated ATI HD4200
Video Card Driver: 10.5a
Sound Card: Integrated
Sound Card AC3: Integrated
Sound Card Driver: W7's
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1. TV Card Type: DVBS/S2
1. TV Card Driver: W7's
2. TV Card: Hauppuage Nova S/S2
2. TV Card Type: DVBS/S2
2. TV Card Driver: W7's
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MPEG2 Video Codec: SAF 4 (Unlocked) - PDVD
MPEG2 Audio Codec: SAF 4 (Unlocked) - FFDAudio
h.264 Video Codec: SAF 4 (Unlocked) - MS DTV
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TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI to TV, Optical to Sony AV

All,

Simple question...but probably not a simple answer

Which is the prefered decoder? AC3Filter or ffdShow? And why?

Thanks,

J.

 

[dlarge500]

AW: ffdshow audio or AC3Filter??

i used ffdshow because i need this for all HD Audio and better codec support and i used resample funktion.AC3 filter is out of date!!

 

[Andrew H]

I try to K.I.S.S. and while I thought the built-in MPA would allow me to passthrough DD and DTS I've found a couple of the .mkv files I've obtained don't properly announce they're DTS which causes broken audio. Instead I'm now trying SPDIFer by AC3Filter. It only does the passthrough portion of AC3Filter - no encoding, no manipulation and it sticks with my philosophy of "simple."

 

[ZeroH]

I was using AC3 Filter because I read that it is better for HD audio pass-thru but recently I've been having stuttering problems with DTS audio. I don't think it was the AC3Filter but after removing it and installing the SAF v5 beta, the stuttering disappeared. Now the audio is passed thru using ffdshow audio only and I don't have stuttering problems with the HD files. Now I only need to fix the MP3 2 channel audio and I'll be set!

 

[kiwijunglist]

FFDShow supports 5.1 AAC properly, whereas AC3Filter does not. However with pass through of AC3, DTS and DD5.1 I prefer ac3filter to handle this. So I actually have mediaportal setup to use both. ac3filter for pass through only, and ffdshow loads if any decoding needs to be done.

 

[edterbak]

FFDShow supports 5.1 AAC properly, whereas AC3Filter does not. However with pass through of AC3, DTS and DD5.1 I prefer ac3filter to handle this. So I actually have mediaportal setup to use both. ac3filter for pass through only, and ffdshow loads if any decoding needs to be done.

That sounds like something Id want. How did you do that? How to tell MP to act like that.
Could you explain how you did that?

 

[kiwijunglist]

im not at home right now

there are options in ffdshow and ac3filter configuration that specify in what situations it should load, just tick/untick the relevant boxes. i can't remember if you need to have ac3filter enable for post processing or not (try without first). you should just be able to figure it out using trial an error. im very sure i didn't even have to change the merits, it just a matter of tick/unticking boxes +/- use ac3filter for post processing.

So ffdshow
untick ac3 , dts

& ac3filter
untick everything except ac3 , dts

 

[Langi]

kiwijunglist

I agree, sounds like a good solution. Configuration of ffdshow and AC3Filter is clear. But could you please take at look at your Video Post-Processing configuration? I don't know if I have to include AC3Filter, ffdshow Audio Decoder (like described in SAF tuturial), both or simply nothing.



Langi

 

[kiwijunglist]

https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...ow-audio-ac3-filter-settings-5-1-spdif-70814/

 

[Langi]

Fine, thanks a lot!

Best regards,
Langi