eac3to with HdBr Stream Extractor Decoding DTS-HDMA?

[MACCA350]

Hey guys just trying to extract DTS-HDMA track to WAV. I think I've got it right, can someone take a look at my log and see if I'm actually decoding the HDMA track and not the DTS core?

M2TS, 1 video track, 5 audio tracks, 11 subtitle tracks, 1:53:24, 24p /1.001
1: Chapters, 24 chapters
2: h264/AVC, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
3: DTS Master Audio, English, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 48kHz
   (core: DTS, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 1509kbps, 48kHz)
4: AC3, French, 5.1 channels, 640kbps, 48kHz, dialnorm: -27dB
5: AC3, Italian, 5.1 channels, 640kbps, 48kHz, dialnorm: -27dB
6: AC3, German, 5.1 channels, 640kbps, 48kHz, dialnorm: -27dB
7: AC3, Spanish, 5.1 channels, 640kbps, 48kHz, dialnorm: -27dB
8: Subtitle (PGS), English
9: Subtitle (PGS), English
10: Subtitle (PGS), French
11: Subtitle (PGS), Italian
12: Subtitle (PGS), German
13: Subtitle (PGS), Spanish
14: Subtitle (PGS), Dutch
15: Subtitle (PGS), Swedish
16: Subtitle (PGS), Danish
17: Subtitle (PGS), Norwegian
18: Subtitle (PGS), Finnish
[a03] Extracting audio track number 3...
[a03] Decoding with ArcSoft DTS Decoder...
[a03] Writing WAVs...
[a03] Creating file "F:\BD Ripping\HdBrStream\1_3_audio.L.wav"...
[a03] Creating file "F:\BD Ripping\HdBrStream\1_3_audio.LFE.wav"...
[a03] Creating file "F:\BD Ripping\HdBrStream\1_3_audio.R.wav"...
[a03] Creating file "F:\BD Ripping\HdBrStream\1_3_audio.C.wav"...
[a03] Creating file "F:\BD Ripping\HdBrStream\1_3_audio.SR.wav"...
[a03] Creating file "F:\BD Ripping\HdBrStream\1_3_audio.SL.wav"...
[a03] The original audio track has a constant bit depth of 24 bits.
Video track 2 contains 163140 frames.
eac3to processing took 7 minutes, 8 seconds.
Done.

cheers

[Atak_Snajpera]

[a03] Decoding with ArcSoft DTS Decoder...
It is all ok.

[MACCA350]

[a03] Decoding with ArcSoft DTS Decoder...
It is all ok.

Nice, so there's no way it's just using the DTS core?

cheers

[MACCA350]

One more question, do you know if the decoded output(ie wav, lpcm) has Dialog Normalization applied?

For example say a DTS-HDMA or Dolby TrueHD track has a DialNorm value of -27dBFS will the decoder drop the levels by 4dB to comply with the Dolby spec of -31dBFS DialNorm output. Will it apply for both tracks, just Dolby or none?

cheers

[El Heggunte]

[a03] Decoding with ArcSoft DTS Decoder...
It is all ok.

Nice, so there's no way it's just using the DTS core?

cheers

IF the DTS-MA source has more channels than its "core",
AND eac3to decompresses as many channels as the DTS-MA source contains,
then you're lucky. Otherwise, it's like waiting for the turn of a friendly card.

FYI, there is a very-convoluted method suggested in this Doom 9 thread,

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=162162

maybe it will work for you.

[MACCA350]

The only thing is my Arcsoft decoder is set to output 5.1 not 7.1 so if I run decode a DTS-HDMA 7.1 track to wavs I'll get 5.1 either way, in other words the test you suggest will not prove one way or the other in this situation.

I opened up C:\Windows\win.ini in notepad:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ArcSoft\MPEG Codec\Decoder Setting\]
AudioOutputMode=13
AudioDynamicRange=0

Here's what the 'AudioOutputMode' values mean:
0,1,2,5: Stereo
6,13: 5.1 Channels
17: 7.1 Channels
16: S/PDIF

I'm not sure how to change the value, I tried changing it to '17' and closing notepad which asked to save but it looks like it wants to save as .txt not .ini

cheers

[MACCA350]

Ok I've got another problem, I can't extract any Dolby codec including DD and TrueHD.

I read that I have to open up ffdshow and disable the dts decoder but that didn't fix it. Any ideas?

cheers

[MACCA350]

It seems to be an issue with mounting the BD ISO in Virtual CloneDrive and not an issue with eac3to and HdBr Stream Extractor. I just extracted a DD track from a BD in file format and it worked properly. Might have to try another virtual mounting program.

cheers

[MACCA350]

The only thing is my Arcsoft decoder is set to output 5.1 not 7.1 so if I run decode a DTS-HDMA 7.1 track to wavs I'll get 5.1 either way, in other words the test you suggest will not prove one way or the other in this situation.

I opened up C:\Windows\win.ini in notepad:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ArcSoft\MPEG Codec\Decoder Setting\]
AudioOutputMode=13
AudioDynamicRange=0

Here's what the 'AudioOutputMode' values mean:
0,1,2,5: Stereo
6,13: 5.1 Channels
17: 7.1 Channels
16: S/PDIF

I'm not sure how to change the value, I tried changing it to '17' and closing notepad which asked to save but it looks like it wants to save as .txt not .ini

cheers

Scratch that, I just extracted the full 8 channels of a DTS-HDMA 7.1 track to separate WAV files and the surround back(BL & BR) wav files have content in them. So it seems the above setting is overridden or does not affect eac3to.
Here's the log:

M2TS, 1 video track, 5 audio tracks, 5 subtitle tracks, 2:05:09, 24p /1.001
1: Chapters, 20 chapters
2: h264/AVC, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
3: DTS Master Audio, English, 7.1 channels, 24 bits, 48kHz
   (core: DTS, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 1509kbps, 48kHz)
4: AC3 Surround, English, 2.0 channels, 320kbps, 48kHz
5: AC3 Surround, English, 2.0 channels, 320kbps, 48kHz
6: AC3, French, 5.1 channels, 640kbps, 48kHz
7: AC3, Spanish, 5.1 channels, 640kbps, 48kHz
8: Subtitle (PGS), English
9: Subtitle (PGS), French
10: Subtitle (PGS), Spanish
11: Subtitle (PGS), French
12: Subtitle (PGS), Spanish
[a03] Extracting audio track number 3...
[a03] Decoding with ArcSoft DTS Decoder...
[a03] Writing WAVs...
[a03] Creating file "F:\BD Ripping\HdBrStream\Tron Legacy\1_3_audio.SL.wav"...
[a03] Creating file "F:\BD Ripping\HdBrStream\Tron Legacy\1_3_audio.BL.wav"...
[a03] Creating file "F:\BD Ripping\HdBrStream\Tron Legacy\1_3_audio.L.wav"...
[a03] Creating file "F:\BD Ripping\HdBrStream\Tron Legacy\1_3_audio.R.wav"...
[a03] Creating file "F:\BD Ripping\HdBrStream\Tron Legacy\1_3_audio.C.wav"...
[a03] Creating file "F:\BD Ripping\HdBrStream\Tron Legacy\1_3_audio.BR.wav"...
[a03] Creating file "F:\BD Ripping\HdBrStream\Tron Legacy\1_3_audio.LFE.wav"...
[a03] Creating file "F:\BD Ripping\HdBrStream\Tron Legacy\1_3_audio.SR.wav"...
[a03] The original audio track has a constant bit depth of 24 bits.
Video track 2 contains 180028 frames.
eac3to processing took 29 minutes, 52 seconds.
Done.