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 standard 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 maximum freq).
Input/output levels.
Matrix mixer with direct control of mixing matrix.
Stereo to multichannel mixing.
DolbySurround/ProLogic/ProLogicII downmixing.
Equalizer.
The official change log for version 1.46 is as follows:
+ AC3 encoder bitrate is now adjustable
+ Korean translation added (thanks to starcodec)
! Upmixing of Dolby Surround files works now (thanks to Stefan Schott)
! MPEG Audio Joint stereo playback fixed (thanks to Daniel Bechter)
! Problem with decimal point in mixing matrix on some non-english Windows (thanks to Marcin Hencz)