Virtualdub no audio decompressor error - I have googled and tried everythin

[dirtdad]

This is a well known error but I cannot figure it out on my new Lenovo Windows 8.1 laptop, so let me sum up quickly.

I can open a .mov file with virtualdub, but when I play, I get the old "no audio decompressor could be found" error.

If I click "no audio" it plays without audio fine.

I am using virtualdub with ac3, ffinput, quicktime, directshowinput plugins installed, all 32bit. I have 32bit acm ac3 codec installed. They are listed under the audio compression options in virtualdub.

The mediainfo description of the mov file follows. What am I missing?

General
Complete name : D:\1409\FILE0170.MOV
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt
File size : 3.67 GiB
Duration : 37mn 8s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 14.1 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2008-01-21 16:04:06
Tagged date : UTC 2008-01-21 16:04:06
AMBA :

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=15
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 37mn 8s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 14.0 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 18.6 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.225
Stream size : 3.62 GiB (99%)
Title : Ambarella AVC / Ambarella AVC
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2008-01-21 16:04:06
Tagged date : UTC 2008-01-21 16:04:06

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 37mn 8s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 34.0 MiB (1%)
Title : Ambarella AAC / Ambarella AAC
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2008-01-21 16:04:06
Tagged date : UTC 2008-01-21 16:04:06

Text #1
ID : 3
Format : Timed Text
Codec ID : text
Duration : 37mn 8s
Source duration : 37mn 9s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 480 bps
Stream size : 131 KiB (0%)
Source stream size : 131 KiB (0%)
Title : Ambarella EXT / Ambarella EXT
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2008-01-21 16:04:06
Tagged date : UTC 2008-01-21 16:04:06

Text #2
ID : 4
Format : Timed Text
Codec ID : text
Duration : 37mn 8s
Source duration : 37mn 9s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 19.8 Kbps
Stream size : 5.25 MiB (0%)
Source stream size : 5.25 MiB (0%)
Title : Ambarella EXT / Ambarella EXT
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2008-01-21 16:04:06
Tagged date : UTC 2008-01-21 16:04:06

[El Heggunte]

what am i missing?

AAC ACM by fccHandler.

[dirtdad]

I have installed that, too.

[Baldrick]

The aac acm? Not ac3 acm.

You could also try remux the mov to mp4/mkv and see virtualdub accepts it. With avidemux or ffmpeg.

[dirtdad]

We have a winnah! Thank you, that was it, I had ac3, aac, once I installed aac it played fine.

The aac acm? Not ac3 acm.

You could also try remux the mov to mp4/mkv and see virtualdub accepts it. With avidemux or ffmpeg.

[El Heggunte]

We have a winnah!

Exactly, anyone who misreads or misunderstands anything I say is a loser by definition.

[dirtdad]

Um, well, yeah, you had the right answer first. So points to El Heggunte for speed and points to Baldrick for saying it in a way I understood better. AAC vs AC3? Srsly? There needs to be an acronym oversight committee. You can split the prize money in half, I say.

We have a winnah!

Exactly, anyone who misreads or misunderstands anything I say is a loser by definition.