Need a non-DirectShow-based AC3/DTS Decoder

[CasanovaFly]

Title says it all.

If a non-DShow AC3/DTS decoder exists, I need it.

Please help me.

[El Heggunte]

The title says "encoder", the post itself says "decoder".

[CasanovaFly]

FUDGE. I realized that as soon as I got your alert that you had posted. So thanks. I am falling apart.

[CasanovaFly]

Anybody?

[Bonie81]

try AZID for AC-3.

[pandy]

ffmpeg?

[CasanovaFly]

Downloaded AZID, no idea how to install or use it. The .exe file just pops open in a CMD window momentarily and is gone.

Same with ffmpeg.

[Selur]

both are command line tools -> try to start them in a console and the will prompt some help infos,...
(if that doesn't help explain what you want to do more detailed and others might be able to help more properly)

[pandy]

there is few GUI for ffmpeg - also command line is quite simple - i can assume that ffmpeg decoding works in that way:

ffmpeg.exe -i filesource.ac3 filedecoded.wav

[Selur]

as a side note: if you want to do downmixes i.e. from 1.5 to stereo: don't use ffmpeg on it's own (I prefer ffmpeg + sox)