Re: [xine-user] Playing ac3 files

[Mike M. <mel...@pc...>]

On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Michael Roitzsch wrote:

> Hi Marco,
>
> > I tried to play an AC3 file with xine (newest CVS version) and it
> > says that there is no demuxer for ac3.  Am I making a mistake or can
> > xine only play ac3 inside mpeg movies and not alone ??
>
> Exactly that. There is no demuxer for AC3 files, so xine fails to play
> them. I have this on my TODO list for quite a while, but it is very low
> priority. Anyone else wanting to try implementing this?

        Okay, done...:) I obtained some samples and I hammered out an AC3
demuxer. Marco, if you are comfortable with using CVS, go ahead and test
it out.

        The demuxer doesn't support seeking yet, and I would also like to
strengthen the file detection strategy. Still some work to do.

        Have fun...
--
	-Mike Melanson