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I'm having a weird issue. I have used dvd decrypter with a dvd changer to rip a bunch of movies, the software i'm using only lets me use dvd decrypter with any dvd to make backups to iso, not to "video-ts" folder style.
So VLC plays the isos just fine, but if I unzip the iso with winrar, the audio skips in vlc. If I use vidcoder and use audio passthrough the audio skips. I've reinstalled windows and all of my programs one by one to isolate any program that was like freaking out a codec or something.
This doesn't happen with windows media player though. It will load up the vobs just fine and send normal dolby digital to my receiver, just like vlc does with the iso.
Any ideas?
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so out of curiosity i put finding nemo into my blu ray drive used any dvd and dvd decrypter and did it in file mode, same issue. VLC skips the audio.
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The last version of DVD Decryptor released came out in March 21 2005. the first thing to try if you're having problems is another ripping program. If you follow the links the forum make at any mention of the program ie https://www.videohelp.com/tools/DVD-Decrypter it recommends some programs to use instead. If you're still having problems when using a more up to date program, THEN you need to worry.
If you want to pursue this further, please explain what 'skips the audio' means more thoroughly. -
If you read the whole post I said it's fine in Windows media player. So why would you automatically think it must be DVD decrypter?
Anyways, I also posted in vlc forum and discovered vlc 2.1.1 works fine, then after installing 2.1.2 the skipping started again.
If others experience this issue, try an older version of vlc. I'm working with them to help resolve the problem.
Though DVD decrypter is old, it worked just fine in 2005, and still does for many. -
If you read the whole post I didn't say it MUST be DVD Decryptor, I said the first thing to TRY is to rule out an old, obsolete program. Standard practice really.
-edit- I thought I'd try streaming AC3 using VLC to my own receiver, but I seem to have 2.1.4 installed, so I guess it's not a valid test.Last edited by ndjamena; 26th Apr 2014 at 16:09.
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Well, I just ripped Volume 1 of Astro Boy with DVD Decryptor and am playing it using the 64-bit version of VLC 2.1.4 with pass-through to my receiver and nothing is happening to the audio that I'd call skipping. In fact the audio is perfect, the video has excessive amounts of halos, noise and macro-blocking though...
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steffen, you need to fill out your computer details - especially the OS
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Sure, I can give all the details tomorrow. Not at home now.Originally Posted by zoobie
It's not DVD decrypter, I have isolated it to vlc 2.1.2. Maybe it doesn't happen to everyone, but it has for me. I'll post specs tomorrow. -
Sure, I can give all the details tomorrow. Not at home now.Originally Posted by zoobie
It's not DVD decrypter, I have isolated it to vlc 2.1.2. Maybe it doesn't happen to everyone, but it has for me. I'll post specs tomorrow. -
Hmmm, for some reason VLC is telling me it's version 2.1.4, yet the latest version is 2.1.3 and the only install package in my downloads folder is also 2.1.3...
'Into the Wild Green Yonder' 5.1 AC3, still no 'skipping'. I think Ergo Proxy has 5.1 DTS, I'll try that... -
I had 2.1.3 and started downloading previous versions at herehttp://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/
It worked up until 2.1.2, so 2.1.1 still works for me. -
Ergo Proxy DTS is fine. The 64-bit Version of VLC 2.1.4 on Windows 8.1 and using Intel 3770 HD 4000 Graphics over HDMI bit-streams perfectly as far as I can tell. Maybe try playing your rips from a faster hard drive...
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I've got an asrock z77 extreme 6 motherboard with an intel i5 3570k cpu, 8 gigs of dual channel ram running windows 7 ultimate 64bit. I have a sandisk sdssdx240gg25 for the OS and have a few 2TB WD green drives for data.Originally Posted by zoobie
Oh, and I put the files that were skipping on the SSD desktop to see if it was a "slow drive issue", and they still skipped.
I'm not really sure how to explain what the "skipping" sounds like, lol, it sounds like ch ch ch ch ka ka ka ka, like the audio is echoing.Last edited by steffen707; 27th Apr 2014 at 13:04.
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I've done some more screwing around and noticed a few things. in the audio options on 2.1.1 there is no spdif output when you use waveout audio output.
So in 2.1.1 it will play the audio just fine, but it won't send dolby digital through my optical out to my receiver in VLC, when I play the disc with windows media the receiver switches to dolby digital right away and it sounds normal. With 2.1.2 or 2.1.3 either 32 bit or 64 bit when I select waveout and realtech digital output it plays fine, again without dolby digital, then when I click use spdif the receiver switches to dolby digital, but i get the "skipping sound" that I described before. -
Yup, we get that it's a streaming issue. I happened to be at the VLC forum (my Tags...) and read your posts. It looks like there's a timing issue somewhere. Either your files have the wrong time-codes or VLC aint keeping track properly. VLC keeps breaking the connection trying to keep everything in sync.
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If the files have the wrong time codes, would windows media player also skip?Originally Posted by ndjamena
Just for fun, i'm going to backup my windows install, reinstall windows on my machine then install just VLC and see if issue happens again.
I've used VLC exclusively for years and never had a dolby digital issue, until I recently started playing around with backing up all my movies. So perhaps its some program i've installed. The reason I think it is this, is because I remember having to go into VLC and check that spdif box in the past to get dolby digital to work. But that means i had 2.1.2 or 2.1.3 working on my machine, as I can't seem to get a spdif box to show up on 2.1.1 or earlier. -
It depends on which time-codes it's following. There are time-codes in the stream, time-codes in the container, then there's the duration of each frame. If the duration doesn't match a time-code one player may not notice, while another might freak out. WMP may ignore one or two of them.
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Wait... DVDs, of movies??? They wouldn't happen to be NTSC discs would they??????? Encoded as 23.976fps with pulldown? Mine are all PAL...
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Yeah its happening with DVD movies, yes they're NTSC, i'm assuming 23.976fps, but not sure.Originally Posted by ndjamena
I reinstalled windows 7 ultimate 64bit and just VLC 2.1.3 and i had the same audio skip issue when i click the s/pdif button to send dolby digital to my receiver. If i leave it unchecked it plays audio fine, just not in dolby digital. I found 2.0.8 still lets me send dolby digital through s/pdif without issue, so I'm just leaving that installed for now. Maybe it's not working with my motherboard well or something. -
If you point MediaInfo at one of the ripped VOB files it should tell you if it's truly 23.976 or 29.970. Search your DVDs to find one of each (or even better, a PAL as well) and see if they both (all) cause the same problem.
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I have Ninja Turtles on NTSC DVDs, it is true 29.970fps. I just played it and the audio passed through perfectly. If we can't find a way to duplicate the behaviour on another PC or get it to NOT happen on yours then there's really not much we can do...
It's inserting silence into the audio, so either the audio is playing too fast or the video is playing too slowly (each frame is appearing longer than it should), or at least something is telling VLC it is. VLC isn't actually decoding the audio during pass-through so it has no idea what it's actual length is.
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Yeah it could totally be just some incompatability with my motherboard. I'll try some of these suggestions when i get home.Originally Posted by ndjamena
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