I got a lot of files with AC3 sound, The Live Hub does not support this, is this an idea for the next firmware update, is this possible anyway? thanx for your support!
Of course it supports AC3 sound. What do you mean ?
Audio - MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, AIF/AIFF, OGG, Dolby Digital, DTS
Dolby Digital is AC3.
Remember AC3 can be 2.0 and not 5.1 as well. Look on the back of your DVD Case.
All files I have are downloaded from the internet and what you think about this:
Direct from WD Support: “unfortunately the AC-3 sound codec is not supported on the WD TV Live Hub Media Server”
But I play it fine on my end. Note it is going through a receiver too.
@surfinjohn
Get this
http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en Mediainfo
And paste the details of a file thats not working.
I assure you AC3 works.
http://community.wdc.com/t5/General-Discussions/AC3-audio-problem/m-p/100212/highlight/true#M2187
Video
Formaat : AVC
Formaat/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : Ja
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 51mn 15s
Bitrate : 3 511 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 3 680 Kbps
Breedte : 1 280 pixels
Hoogte : 720 pixels
Beeldverhouding : 16/9
Framerate : 23,976 fps
Resolutie : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.167
Gebruikte encoder-bibliotheek : x264 core 85 r1442tw
Instellingen codering : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=6 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=30 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=6 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / wpredp=0 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=3680 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Taal : Engels
Audio
Formaat : AC-3
Formaat/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 51mn 18s
Bitrate-modus : Constant
Bitrate : 384 Kbps
Kanaal(en) : 6 kanalen
Kanaalposities : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFE
Samplerate : 48,0 KHz
AudioFormaat : AC-3Formaat/Info : Audio Coding 3Codec ID : A_AC3Duration : 51mn 18sBitrate-modus : ConstantBitrate : 384 KbpsKanaal(en) : 6 kanalenKanaalposities : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFESamplerate : 48,0 KHz
My receiver can only playing Stereo with this file
What have you got your audio set at
Go to Settings /Audio/Video Output/ Audio output
And change it from Stereo to whatever setup you have
settings are Optical and not Stereo, I forgot to tell that DTS (in other files) is working perfectly, by the way the Dutch helpdesk told me that AC3 is not working on the Live Hub!
and what is the difference between AC3 and Dolby Digital?
I am just watching this now, and it comes up as Dolby Digital on the little OSD, and I can hear it in all my speakers.
And Dolby Digital is AC3…I dont know what the problem could be tbh…
http://www.dolby.com/consumer/understand/playback/dolby-digital.html
Audio
ID/String : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Format_Settings_ModeExtension : CM (complete main)
CodecID : A_AC3
Duration/String : 2h 3mn
BitRate_Mode/String : Constant
BitRate/String : 640 Kbps
Channel(s)/String : 6 channels
ChannelPositions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
SamplingRate/String : 48.0 KHz
BitDepth/String : 16 bits
Compression_Mode/String : Lossy
StreamSize/String : 563 MiB (13%)
Can I get somewhere this file that you used for testing?
Thanx a lot for your help!
Thanx, tomorrow I do the test if its not working, I try it again with the receiver of my brother.
Ok, Yeah seems strange, if you can get DTS, then surely you can get AC3.
I take it you hav it set to DTS passthrough, try dolby digital and see what that does.
And does it give an error when it does not play ?
As wdtvhub said, the HUB will play AC-3 audio and your reciever should matter either, since I don’t think that they make a reciever that will not decode AC-3, unless you have something that is really, really old. I have cheap 20 yr. old RCA reciever that will decode AC-3, so it should have anything to do with your reciever.
Here’s a question though, are your files that you are trying to play on the HUB’s drive or on your PC?
Are you streaming the files from a media server (Windows Media Player or something similar)?
My reveiver is 8 years old en it played very well AC3 with an other mediaplayer, the files are on the harddisk of the Hub.
I just tested 2 files:
Test AC3 v2.0.avi: only stereo
diatonis_invisible_order_anfos_ac3.wav: beautiful Dolby Digital sound!!!
When playing I get no errors by the way.
I shame myself, on the Live Hub the setting passtrough was only DTS!!!
now I did the same with Dolby Digital and now it works!!!
sorry!!!
thanks everyone for your help!!!
Well I dont understand this.
Apart from it has to be your setup…somehow.
Just tried Test AC3 v2.0.avi : Dolby Digital and it went round all my speakers doing the test.
