Decompressor error 0xfffe, did a search, but no help

[takearushfan]

Hi all,
Like the subject line says, I searched, but the results didn't yield anything useful.
Here's what I did:
I took my 6 mono files and used Audition to create a 6 channel wave. I loaded my video into VirtualDub with no problems. I loaded my wave with no problems. I attempted to play the clip... problem ...
I received the error "0xfffe" and was told that it didn't have the decompressor necessary to play the clip/audio.
I thought that it might be a problem with the fact that I was using a 6 channel wave. So, I created an AC3 with Soft Encode. I tried adding that "stream" in VirtualDubMod. Again, all seems fine until I try to play the clip. Then that damn error occurs.
I used GSpot and it told me what I had pretty much assumed: Codec NOT installed.
So, what codec do I need? Where do I download it? What should I do? What shouldn't I do? Etc., etc., etc.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
P.S. - Reading over my text, I see much of it comes off as flat out obnoxious. Sorry about that. It just happens when you're very frustrated

[poisondeathray]

ac3acm for ac3 in vdub/vdubmod

extensible wave format is different than pcm wav , not all programs accept both

if you exported from audition as microsoft wav or pcm wav, vdubmod should accept it

[aedipuss]

fffe refers to pcm. try installing ffdshow.

[DarrellS]

Try using Virtualdub with the AC3 plugin to insert the 6 channel AC3 and direct stream copy the audio. Also install the AC3ACM decompressor as poisondeathray suggested.

[takearushfan]

Thanks for the replies. I'll install them and let you know of the results.

[takearushfan]

Okay... sorry for the delay in reply.
The recommendations you three made did work in VirtualDub and VirtualDubMod. Though I don't know which installation it was that made it work.
However (there's always a catch), when I converted the AVI to a VOB, in order to play it in WinDVD, the video was fine, but the audio was cringe-worthy.
It's difficult to describe what it sounds like. It's sort of a rapid, pulsing, white noise-like, static mess... without a single trace of the actual audio that should be playing.
Does anyone know what could be causing this/how to resolve it? I'm lost, since all other AC3s (contained in my DVDs) work just fine.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

[aedipuss]

try playing the 6ch wav with winamp. it has a codec for that. if it plays fine then the conversion to ac3 didn't go well.

[takearushfan]

try playing the 6ch wav with winamp. it has a codec for that. if it plays fine then the conversion to ac3 didn't go well.

Are you sure you didn't mean "did go well"? ... or am I still confused?
FWIW, I tried the AC3 in Winamp and it did work fine. However, I'd like to know why I had that trouble I described with WinDVD.
Thanks again.