by Oksanna » Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:24 pm
Quiet or non-existent voices, loud explosions and background audio problem with AC3 audio:
As this seems to be the closest thread to my problem, I post here. Playing Xvid (.avi) video files encoded with AC3 (5.1 surround) audio, the voices are non existent or too quiet. I found by right clicking on the screen, MediaMonkey showed the audio file details. On the advice from another thread, downloaded the XP Codec Pack (X Codec Pack), reluctantly, because I don't wish to clog system with codecs. This gave me access via the Start Menu X Codec Pack tab to Alexsander Vigovsky's AC3Filter (Properties dialogue box). More reading online, and found that the problem of quiet voices, loud explosions and background was common on many systems even properly setup 5.1 systems. But much worse for those playing 5.1 AC3 on a stereo system, such as TV speakers. After much fiddling with the AC3Filter, on the Main Page, I set the Output Format to Stereo (not 5.1 surround, nor "Do not change"), (and the Rate to 48000, Format 16 bit). Everything solved once the AC3 set to Stereo output.
Quiet or non-existent voices, loud explosions and background audio problem with AC3 audio:
As this seems to be the closest thread to my problem, I post here. Playing Xvid (.avi) video files encoded with AC3 (5.1 surround) audio, the voices are non existent or too quiet. I found by right clicking on the screen, MediaMonkey showed the audio file details. On the advice from another thread, downloaded the XP Codec Pack (X Codec Pack), reluctantly, because I don't wish to clog system with codecs. This gave me access via the Start Menu X Codec Pack tab to Alexsander Vigovsky's AC3Filter (Properties dialogue box). More reading online, and found that the problem of quiet voices, loud explosions and background was common on many systems even properly setup 5.1 systems. But much worse for those playing 5.1 AC3 on a stereo system, such as TV speakers. After much fiddling with the AC3Filter, on the Main Page, I set the Output Format to Stereo (not 5.1 surround, nor "Do not change"), (and the Rate to 48000, Format 16 bit). Everything solved once the AC3 set to Stereo output.