New ffdshow - Beta 6

wolvers · 12 Jan 2009 at 10:33

Can someone with a HDMI 1.3 output (that carries sound too, like 4xxx series ATi card) try this new version of ffdshow - Beta 6?

http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/changelog.php

Included in the changelog is this;
Added support for Dolby TrueHD and MLP decoding (full TrueHD decoding or AC3 can pass-through depending on config)

It doesn't say though if it needs a PAP enabled device like the HDAV though. Oh, and you'll need a HD audio AV amp as well.

photoshop · 12 Jan 2009 at 22:18

anyone tried this?

wolvers · 13 Jan 2009 at 13:07

Surely someone can try this!? It would be great if they've figured out how to bypass the PAP check.

I think it's probably just decoding support but you never know.

spookywillow · 16 Apr 2009 at 13:45

i am using this now but i cant seem to get any udio other than stereo to work, if i enable ac3 or dts passthrough the ffdshow audio decoder icon never shows up but if i deselct passthrough it will appear again.

any idea what settings i should be using to get it to play dts/ac3 for a start?

spookywillow · 19 Apr 2009 at 13:25

no one is using ffdshow and HDMI for audio? still cant get any DTS or AC3 over hdmi at all :/

spookywillow · 19 Apr 2009 at 14:06

think its ati's driver, gonna get the new one from their site and try again.

spookywillow · 19 Apr 2009 at 16:01

all sorted now i have the proper hdmi audio driver from realteks site

spookywillow · 23 Apr 2009 at 11:27

wolvers did you ever get this working? i cant get hd audio out at all. just defaults to standard dts.

wolvers · 23 Apr 2009 at 13:01

spookywillow said:
wolvers did you ever get this working? i cant get hd audio out at all. just defaults to standard dts.

I haven't needed to as I bought an HDAV!

Seems to be the only way of getting proper True-HD and DTS-MA bitstreaming right now.

spookywillow · 23 Apr 2009 at 13:12

is that chearper version out yet that you were on about ages ago?

wolvers · 23 Apr 2009 at 13:31

No mate, not yet.

I think the point of this addition to ffdshow is just to 'decode' TrueHD rather than bitstream. I've got some discs (Ironman springs to mind) that have a TrueHD track but no standard DD one (except in Italian!!). By being able to decode the TrueHD track to PCM you can still have 5.1 sound and in English!! Otherwise you'd only get 2 channels. DTS-MA isn't a problem as it always has a standard DTS track at it's 'core'.