NPVR 2.3.6 Music No Longer Plays DTS Audio Wavs

[sub]

To reproduce the exact steps NextPVR uses to play a .wav or .dts file, run graph edit, insert the 'Default DirectSound Device' filter, then select 'render meda file' and choose your wav or dts file. It doesnt do any extra steps.

[Lao Pan]

Just tried that and get [File.dts]>LAV Splitter>LAV Audio Decoder>Default Audio Renderer = Perfect sound

In NPVR it always fails to insert the Audio Decoder for dts = Nasty Hiss

As you can see in the previous log extracts flac files use the LAV decoder but dts are failing to load any audio codec

[sub]

I dont know. Thats exactly what NextPVR does.

[Ludron]

Just tried that and get [File.dts]>LAV Splitter>LAV Audio Decoder>Default Audio Renderer = Perfect sound

Now I've discovered that's my case

[File.dts]>LAV Splitter>_>Default Audio Renderer

[hoborg]

On Win7 you need to modify OS registry to use LAVF audio decoder.
Or install SAF, it will do it automatically (link below)

[Ludron]

then maybe the problem is Win 8 x64 because SAF is already installed

It works within GraphStudio and player that comes with SAF!

[hoborg]

It works within GraphStudio and player that comes with SAF!

Good.
Than it must be something in NPVR that cause it.

[Lao Pan]

I have found a work around for this as it appears that the music renderer uses an internal NPVR decoder for wav and mp3 files - I think?

1) Rip DTS CD to hard drive with Exact Audio Copy - this will give the files a wav extension
2) Convert these wav files to flac - I use LameXP.

Now they will play in NPVR using the LAV Splitter and Audio Codec and also will play in other programs such as Media Monkey or Winamp which would not play them before.
Only problem I have found is that the file size is quite a lot (about 80%) bigger.

If anybody can think of a better container for dts audio I would be interested to know

[hoborg]

I have found a work around for this as it appears that the music renderer uses an internal NPVR decoder for wav and mp3 files - I think?

1) Rip DTS CD to hard drive with Exact Audio Copy - this will give the files a wav extension
2) Convert these wav files to flac - I use LameXP.

Now they will play in NPVR using the LAV Splitter and Audio Codec and also will play in other programs such as Media Monkey or Winamp which would not play them before.
Only problem I have found is that the file size is quite a lot (about 80%) bigger.

If anybody can think of a better container for dts audio I would be interested to know

Hi.
Did you tryed MKVMerge to create *.MKA files?

[whurlston]

Just tried that and get [File.dts]>LAV Splitter>LAV Audio Decoder>Default Audio Renderer = Perfect sound

In NPVR it always fails to insert the Audio Decoder for dts = Nasty Hiss

As you can see in the previous log extracts flac files use the LAV decoder but dts are failing to load any audio codec

I'm seeing the same differences in the graph with GraphStudioNext and NPVR. The only thing is, GraphStudioNext crashes as soon as I press play.

I was able to get DTS audio files to play by installing the MPC-HC DTS/AC3 standalone source filter (attached for convenience). The files must have a .dts extention in order for the source filter to load but it looks like yours does.

Side note: sub has posted his source code in the past for the section that plays video/audio files and it's no different from that of the code in GraphStudioNext. So I'm not sure how it could be an NPVR problem. I suspect it's more something to do with the LAV code.