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DTS WAV File Playback (a blast from the past)
bspachman:
Disabling bitstreaming gives me the 'playback could not be started on WASAPI' error as in the first post (both WAV and DTS extensions).
I went back into the yabb archives--found an old post of mine from 2015 about MC20 working just fine with DTS WAV files. I then went into my personal archives and did some reinstalling of old versions of MC to test. I may not have the 'final' release of any of the versions, but can report that v17.0.20, v19.0.164, and v20.0.132 all work when playing my test files with the following caveats: only the WAV extension works. The DTS extension fails when the filetype playback is set to 'Automatic' saying that there is no audio in the file. The DTS extension also fails on these old versions when filetype playback is set to 'JRiver Video Engine' because it can't download the required components (LAV Splitter). No surprise there :)
However, v21.0.90, v22.0.110, v28.0.106, v30.0.47 and my current version (v31.0.87) all fail--so something has changed, but a very long time ago....
I tried to collect some logs for comparison, and I've left the older versions installed for the time being in case that's helpful to anyone...
Any ideas as to next steps?
brad
craigmcg:
Silly question for the OP- wouldn't it be easier to convert the two problematic rips to multi-channel FLAC as cncb mentioned he had done?
It seems to me that finding what broke when so that it can maybe be fixed without breaking something else more commonly used might be risky. I mention this based on the fact that you mentioned that the last working version for these files was MC 20.0.132 and that was a long time ago.
My two cents,
bspachman:
Circling back around after a few days away...
--- Quote from: craigmcg on September 03, 2024, 06:23:41 am ---Silly question for the OP- wouldn't it be easier to convert the two problematic rips to multi-channel FLAC as cncb mentioned he had done?
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I'm not opposed to doing that, but I'm not sure how my relatively elderly A/V receiver will cope with the new file(s). I'm constrained (due to cabling and I/O considerations) to using an optical S/PDIF connection, so I'm all about that bitstreaming life. Open to guidance and pointers about the conversion process from DTS-WAV--most of what I've seen is old and somewhat contradictory.
--- Quote ---It seems to me that finding what broke when so that it can maybe be fixed without breaking something else more commonly used might be risky. I mention this based on the fact that you mentioned that the last working version for these files was MC 20.0.132 and that was a long time ago.
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Sure, but even though this particular thing has (possibly) been broken for a long time, it may be a symptom of something else, or something simple, or just worth doing to make things better :) Ultimately Jim, Matt, Hendrick and everyone else at JRiver will have to make that decision.
So...anyone have any good, up-to-date guides on multi-channel file conversion and the benefits/pitfalls of doing something like that?
Thanks!
brad
bspachman:
Bumping in hope of some multi-channel file conversion tips.
One problem with converting out of DTS is that my rig is limited to bitstreaming for the foreseeable future. My memory is that is one of the reasons why I've never converted these files in the past. My receiver can't re-create the surround sound matrix (AFAIK).
EdBrady:
--- Quote from: bspachman on September 29, 2024, 03:14:00 pm ---Bumping in hope of some multi-channel file conversion tips.
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Recent versions of dbPoweramp can read dts files and convert them to multichannel. This is what I've done. It allows you to adjust the levels as well, is nice. The only trick is the files to be converted must have the extension .dts to be recognized as such.
--- Quote ---One problem with converting out of DTS is that my rig is limited to bitstreaming for the foreseeable future. My memory is that is one of the reasons why I've never converted these files in the past. My receiver can't re-create the surround sound matrix (AFAIK).
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Yep, definitely a problem. Might be time to bite the bullet and get something with HDMI. Works much better that way.
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