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<blockquote data-quote="Seeco" data-source="post: 558412" data-attributes="member: 58425">Re: SAF v4.00beta (StandAlone Filters) - DXVA ready (MPEG2, H.264 and VC-1).Sounds good, minimalism in codec use is always satisfying. I am becoming more and more irritated by the ffdshow audio codec though. I watch a lot of movies at night and the difference in audio levels between speech, music and other sound effects is often substantial. Before I have used AC3Filter, which has a very effective and neat function for dynamic compression. I stopped doing it because I needed the ability to set different amounts of delay for different media types, which ffdshow allows. I am not at all happy with the ffdshow function for dynamic compression though. It seems to make sound levels fluctuate a lot, it only reacts on certain sound effects (loud &quot;clicks&quot; always produce a dramatic decrease in volume but loud music doesn't). The AC3Filter function is way better IMHO. It may be a setting thing, ffdshow allows for a lot of tinkering. Unfortunately I haven't found very much discussion on the subject. Am I the only one using a HTPC in a cardboard box apartment building? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Seeco, post: 558412, member: 58425"] [b]Re: SAF v4.00beta (StandAlone Filters) - DXVA ready (MPEG2, H.264 and VC-1).[/b] Sounds good, minimalism in codec use is always satisfying. I am becoming more and more irritated by the ffdshow audio codec though. I watch a lot of movies at night and the difference in audio levels between speech, music and other sound effects is often substantial. Before I have used AC3Filter, which has a very effective and neat function for dynamic compression. I stopped doing it because I needed the ability to set different amounts of delay for different media types, which ffdshow allows. I am not at all happy with the ffdshow function for dynamic compression though. It seems to make sound levels fluctuate a lot, it only reacts on certain sound effects (loud "clicks" always produce a dramatic decrease in volume but loud music doesn't). The AC3Filter function is way better IMHO. It may be a setting thing, ffdshow allows for a lot of tinkering. Unfortunately I haven't found very much discussion on the subject. Am I the only one using a HTPC in a cardboard box apartment building? :) [/QUOTE]

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