Is Audio codec AC3 supported by Divx Mobile
Hello fellow users and developers at DivM Mobile:
I downloaded the latest DivX Mobile Player (.90) for Windows 6 onto my PPC HP Enterprise 210 however my videos audio-recorded with AC3 codec are mute. It looks as if this codec is not yet supported. When, if ever, do you envisage an audio-codec AC3 upgrade?
Thank you very much for your help.
Frankboh


The latest version of DMP is 0.92.
DMP only plays MP3 audio. AC3 is not supported and probably never will be due to the high bitrate and licensing costs associated with AC3.
Many programs like VirtualDub or FFMPEG will transcode the audio from AC3 to MP3 without re-encoding the video. Unfortunately all of the software from DivX (Converter, Author and Dr. DivX) will insist on re-encoding the video which takes much longer and affects the picture quality.