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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: AC3 files not playing from where they stoppedRe: AC3 files not playing from where they stopped
From: Andrew Hart <ahart_at_dim.uchile.cl>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:43:53 -0400 Hi Brandon, I simply rip the audio off DVD's. Being blind, the visual component doesn't help much, so I don't miss it. When I'm too lazy or can't wait to listen to the DVD, I just extract the AC3 audio stream I want, dump it onto the player and listen away. However, normally I will transcode the AC3 into mp3 or ogg format (which are significantly smaller files). I find using Rockbox on my jukebox with a portable amp and decent headphones to listen to DVD audio is much nicer than fighting with the awful user interfaces in programs like PowerDVD. Plus I'm not tied to the computer. Pressed DVD's use the A52 encoding standard which is better known as AC3. AC3 generally contains 5.1 channels, 5 for centre, front left, front right, rear left and rear right speakers, plus a .1 derived from the other 5 for feeding to a subwofer. The AC3 codec in Rockbox takes all 5.1 channels and downmixes them to two stereo channels on the fly. Very cool indeed. Hth, Andrew. At 15:07 25-07-2006, you wrote: >Hi Andrew, >How exactly did you get AC3 files anyway? My understanding was that these >were generally DVD Audio, am I correct? > >Brandon Hicks >Email: reyuth1010_at_gmail.com >Skype: callto://reyuth >msn: silverdart12_at_hotmail.com Received on 2006-07-25 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |