I just finished doing a clean install on my HTPC and I've ran into some weird issue, but before I get into that here's all the background info I think you will need to help me out. Let me know if you need to know anything else.
Hardware and Software:Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
Onboard SPDIF out (coax)
Win 7 x86
Windows Media Player
CoreAVC 1.9.5 + included media splitter
Ac3Filter (have tried all versions)
I need Ac3Filter to get DTS over SPDIF to my amp and that works fine. I got DTS and Dolby EX/ES to work but Stereo AC3 files won't passthrough over SPDIF.
When I try to play these type of files without AC3Filter installed the audio works fine, but as soon as I install it I get nothing. It works fine with VLC and Gspot lets me play it with audio.
Ac3Filter settings:
Gspot:
SPDIF Properties:
Mediainfo:General
Complete name : \\DS3L\Family\Curious.George - A.Very.Monkey.Christmas.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 700 MiB
Duration : 54mn 59s
Overall bit rate : 1 781 Kbps
Writing application : Nandub v1.0rc2
Writing library : Nandub build 1852/release
Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : AdvancedSimple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 54mn 59s
Bit rate : 1 581 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 352 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.281
Stream size : 622 MiB (89%)
Writing library : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)
Audio
ID : 1
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : 2000
Duration : 54mn 58s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 75.5 MiB (11%)
Alignment : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration : 64 ms (1.60 video frames)
Interleave, preload duration : 500 ms
This seems like such a stupid problem, but I've been trying to get this to work for a long time now. I am starting to think that there is a problem with WMP utilizing Ac3Filter's settings when it comes to AC3 Stereo but for some reason multichannel works fine.. I am stumped, hopefully somebody here can lead me in the right direction, thanks.
~Steve
