AC3 plugin folder

briggins wrote on 8/24/2006, 10:09 AM

There is an AC3 directory that is installed with MS (I'm using Platinum 6) at 'C:/Program Files/Sony/Shared Plug-Ins/File Formats/AC3'. The folder appears to contain an AC3 plugin. How do I use it? Is this an AC3 decoder? Encoder? Something else?

Thanks.

Bruce

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Tim L wrote on 8/24/2006, 2:14 PM

As far as I know, it is a "decoder" only -- so that VMS can import DVD-camcorder discs, which apparently use AC3 sound.

VMS / DVDAS cannot render out AC3 sound (at least not yet... looks like the next version will!)

Tim L

briggins wrote on 9/6/2006, 10:55 AM

Thanks Tim. I had a DVD which was encoded with AC3 and I was trying to rip part of the audio off of it. It didn't work. The audio and video imported into the timeline but when I tried to play it, the two were out of sync and the audio was horribly disfigured. Finally used TMPGENC to get what I wanted.

Thanks again.

Bruce