AC3Filter

AC3Filter - it is DirectShow filter for AC3 decoding to play .AVI with AC3 audio tracks and MPEG2 (DVD). Distributed absolutely for free (FREEWARE, OpenSource). Sorry if my English is bad, but I think it is better to have something than nothing.

Main features:

• Full AC3 standart compliance.
• S/P DIF passthrough support.
  
• Decode MPEG2 PES streams.
• Multichannel output support.
• LFE support.
• Dynamic Range Compression (DRC) support.
• Overflow control and automatic gain control.
  
• Gain levels control.
• Bitstream information (channel format, bitrate, sample rate, coupling freq and maximun freq).
• Input/output levels.
• Matrix mixer with direct control of mixing matrix.
• Stereo to multichannel mixing.
• DolbySurround/ProLogic/ProLogicII downmixing.
• Equalizer.

Other tools available from the same author:

• AC3Filter tools is a set of command-line tools for manipulating audio files. It includes AC3 encoder and decoder, SPDIF format converter, parametric filter, graphic equalizer and more.
• AC3File - AC3File is a DirectShow source filter. It is required to read any kind of AC3 or DTS files.
• Spdifer - Spdifer is a DirectShow filter that allows media players to passthrough multi-channel sound to the digital (SPDIF) output without any change, so an external receiver can decode it.

This software has the following sub editions:

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• AC3Filter tools

ac3filter_2_6_0b.exe Description: Download AC3Filter Version: 2.6.0b (added Apr 06, 2013 - view changelog) Size: 3.99 MB
ac3filter_2_6_0b_lite.exe Description: Download AC3Filter Lite Version: 2.6.0b (added Apr 06, 2013 - view changelog) Size: 1.44 MB
AC3Filter_tools_0.31b Description: Download AC3Filter tools Version: (added Jan 01, 1970 - view changelog) Size: 18 KB
ac3filter_1_63b_win9x.exe Description: Download AC3Filter (Windows 9x version) Version: 1.63b (added Aug 12, 2009 - view changelog) Size: 2.12 MB

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Version 2.6.0b

• Release Date: Apr 6, 2013
• Download(s):
  ac3filter_2_6_0b.exe
  ac3filter_2_6_0b_lite.exe
• FFMPEG updated to v1.1.4
• Use FFMPEG for AAC decoding (should be less crashes because faad bugs).
• SPDIF/AC3 encoder: encode 5.1 with back channels (used by flac for instance) like 5.1 with side channels (standard for ac3).
• Serbian language added (thanks to Rancher).
• Languages updated: Basque (thanks to Xabier Aramendi), Chinese (thanks to PoYang).
• Bug fixed: some languages was reset to english after restart.
• Installer: /noicons option works now

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