oreillymj;254460 Wrote: > What I found is that my Sony surround receiver, that's about 8 years > old, does not seem to reliably decode AC3 files(converted to WAVs, then > FLAC'd), but does handle DTS files. That's interesting. I'd have thought that Dolby Digital was more widely supported than DTS! Have you tried streaming a WAV instead of a FLAC? It's possible that your wireless network may not be up to it of course, but if you can stream FLAC'd converted DTS files (which don't compress well) I'd have thought it would work. It might be interesting to see if FLAC versus WAV yields a difference.
> I've downloaded AC3 files from Kelly industries to ensure it's not my > ripping method, but the amp doesn't like them either. Sometimes the > surround light comes on and the display tells me the amp has got a > DD5.1 file, but I get no sound. Most times, I just get stereo output. Is that one of the 44.1kHz files? They're already in the right format for streaming, I believe. The 48kHz sample file must be converted, which I presume you're doing else you wouldn't get the light at all. Are all your speakers hooked up? ;) > However DTS files, either downloaded, ripped from a DTS-CD, or ripped > from a DVD work no problem. > > > I'm wondering if the SPDifConvert tool that Steve wrote can take an AC3 > file but change some header bits so that the amp is told it's a DTS file > in the WAV header info. Would that work or are they completely different > formats? I don't believe that would work. The WAV file doesn't know it contains AC3 or DTS data -- it thinks it contains normal PCM stereo sound. DTS frames within the file are each marked as DTS of course, but that's part of the format of the DTS frame. If you changed that, I think the amp would get a lot more confused! How does the amp fare with Dolby Digital played direct from a DVD? -- smst ------------------------------------------------------------------------ smst's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=752 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19260 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
