I don't get sound either. I am using Quicktime Alternative though so I assumed this was the reason why I don't get audio.
No Audio in Quicktime Movies in MCE
Hey guys,
Been a long time reader of the forums, however, this is my first post. I followed the directions in the FAQ to get Quicktime movies to play in MCE. The Video plays fine, however, I have no audio. Everything else works fine (DIVX, XVID, VOB's, DVD's, etc), except audio in quicktime movies (I also do not hear anything when I play the file in WMP outside of MCE). I am using SPDIF out and I don't see any options in the quicktime alternative settings to enable SPDIF out....Am I missing something here? Thanks in advance guys.
EDIT***: After some testing, I have realized that ONLY quicktime movies with AC3 Audio (i.e 5.1 or higher) do NOT get passed through via SPDIF. Moves in Stereo get passed through to my receiever, however, ones with AC3 5.1 do not. Please not that this is only the case with Quicktime movies. All other files played in MCE get passed through appropriately.
Any suggestion on why Quicktime does not passthrough AC3 audio via SPDIF?
Been a long time reader of the forums, however, this is my first post. I followed the directions in the FAQ to get Quicktime movies to play in MCE. The Video plays fine, however, I have no audio. Everything else works fine (DIVX, XVID, VOB's, DVD's, etc), except audio in quicktime movies (I also do not hear anything when I play the file in WMP outside of MCE). I am using SPDIF out and I don't see any options in the quicktime alternative settings to enable SPDIF out....Am I missing something here? Thanks in advance guys.
EDIT***: After some testing, I have realized that ONLY quicktime movies with AC3 Audio (i.e 5.1 or higher) do NOT get passed through via SPDIF. Moves in Stereo get passed through to my receiever, however, ones with AC3 5.1 do not. Please not that this is only the case with Quicktime movies. All other files played in MCE get passed through appropriately.
Any suggestion on why Quicktime does not passthrough AC3 audio via SPDIF?
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Well yeah, That is what I am using too. I followed the directions in the FAQ and it said to use Quicktime Alternative...so I am not sure why I didn't work...I followed the FAQ directions on the T...
Did you try installing Quicktime to see if it works? If you follow the usual links for QT download at Apple, you'll get iTunes too, but if you search google, you should be able to find a link for QT by itself. Apple hides it.
But the whole idea is to get the quicktime movie to play in MCE, not in Quicktime itself. Before I followed the directions in the FAQ, the movie wouldn't even show up in MCE. Now, not only does it show up, it plays as well, but wit no sound.
Anyone have any idea? Has anyone else experienced this problem?
Do you get audio over your SPDIF out from Windows normally (e.g. the Windows startup fanfare which is enabled by default in Windows?) There is no good reason why an application which normally produces basic stereo .wav type audio in Windows should not be heard equally well over SPDIF, so one approach to get things working is to tell applications like Quicktime that you are using two channel speakers or headphones.
You should be aware that Quicktime Alternative is not perfect, and also there are several possible different types of audio in Quicktime files.
An alternative approach to try is to rename the .mov file to .mp4 and use different codecs altogether to play it. For .mp4 you can use Haali Media Splitter, ffdshow audio decoder, and CoreAVC video decoder. If that doesn't work immediately then look at what audio renderer is being used (or ReClock) and try making changes there. I'm assuming the file you are playing probably has AAC audio (the most common in recent trailer downloads etc).
Recommended settings for ffdshow audio decoder version Dec 21, 2005 using SPDIF:
* Codecs should include at least "AAC codec" set to "libaad2". Other codecs here do no harm and may be useful in other situations.
* In "Show/Hide filters", "visible filters" in the right hand panel should include "Resample"
* In "Processing", the top three boxes should be ticked but not "Dithering"
* In "Resample", the "Resample" box should be checked, and settings should be 48000Hz, libavcodec highest quality, and "Resample Always" should be checked
* In "Output", "Supported output sample formats", only "AC3" should be checked and bitrate should be set to 640 for highest quality assuming your audio receiver/speaker system can handle the full 640kbps, otherwise use 448
* Also in "Output", try playing around with the various options in the "Connect to" box. For me it works best to set it to "any filter" so start with that setting first (which will gray out the 'Apply only to S/PDIF output' box but don't worry). I have "Allow direct-to-file output" checked also.
You should be aware that Quicktime Alternative is not perfect, and also there are several possible different types of audio in Quicktime files.
An alternative approach to try is to rename the .mov file to .mp4 and use different codecs altogether to play it. For .mp4 you can use Haali Media Splitter, ffdshow audio decoder, and CoreAVC video decoder. If that doesn't work immediately then look at what audio renderer is being used (or ReClock) and try making changes there. I'm assuming the file you are playing probably has AAC audio (the most common in recent trailer downloads etc).
Recommended settings for ffdshow audio decoder version Dec 21, 2005 using SPDIF:
* Codecs should include at least "AAC codec" set to "libaad2". Other codecs here do no harm and may be useful in other situations.
* In "Show/Hide filters", "visible filters" in the right hand panel should include "Resample"
* In "Processing", the top three boxes should be ticked but not "Dithering"
* In "Resample", the "Resample" box should be checked, and settings should be 48000Hz, libavcodec highest quality, and "Resample Always" should be checked
* In "Output", "Supported output sample formats", only "AC3" should be checked and bitrate should be set to 640 for highest quality assuming your audio receiver/speaker system can handle the full 640kbps, otherwise use 448
* Also in "Output", try playing around with the various options in the "Connect to" box. For me it works best to set it to "any filter" so start with that setting first (which will gray out the 'Apply only to S/PDIF output' box but don't worry). I have "Allow direct-to-file output" checked also.
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Sorry I should have mention it before, yes all audio in Windows and all other applications outside of MCE can successfully be heard through my receiever (Logon sounds, browsing clicks, Exclamations, etc).
I will consider your solution about changing all the codecs and renaming the file if I cannot find a solution, however, I am hoping to find a much simpler / easier solution.
| Originally Posted by inti Do you get audio over your SPDIF out from Windows normally (e.g. the Windows startup fanfare which is enabled by default in Windows?) There is no good reason why an application which normally produces basic stereo .wav type audio in Windows should not be heard equally well over SPDIF. |
I will consider your solution about changing all the codecs and renaming the file if I cannot find a solution, however, I am hoping to find a much simpler / easier solution.
Updated the post with some new findings! Suggestions welcomed!
I am posting back to say that I found a solution that works for me. Simply put, I just used the Combined Community Codec Pack (along with Purevideo decoder) and my MCE has played ABSOLUTELY EVERY FILE TYPE I have thrown at it to date! That codec pack is superb! http://www.cccp-project.net/
*Just remember to use the reg hack to add the file extensions for MCE to recognize (i.e. mp4, mkv, m2v, etc)
*Just remember to use the reg hack to add the file extensions for MCE to recognize (i.e. mp4, mkv, m2v, etc)
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Where is this reg hack? Will this work through the X360 working as a Media Extender? Thanks!
| Originally Posted by JuMz *Just remember to use the reg hack to add the file extensions for MCE to recognize (i.e. mp4, mkv, m2v, etc) |
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Do the same for other fire formats, i.e. m2v. etc..
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This only works with MCE. It allow MCE to recognize those file formats.
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\.mov]
@="movfile"
"PerceivedType"="video"Code:
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\.m2v]
@="m2vfile"
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