Try to play an AC3 filtered avi file and then select defaults/ok buttons through the automatic filter download and install.
Uninstall all the codecs you have downloaded and installed trying to fix the AC3 issue.ģ, Install it, and just use all the defaults.Ĥ. I am happy with this player, and I really have to say if you are having these stupid codec issues like I was.ġ. If you want to just install a simple little media player that is free and has all the codecs built in, AND if you need an AC3 codec for AC3 audio tracks, this app automatically downloaded and installed the filter and it worked, I had to nothing but click OK. Dolby's Audio Coding-3 (AC-3) coding and compression technology was used by. Dolby Digital is sometimes referred to as 'DD', as in 'DD 5.1' (for 'Dolby Digital for 5.1 channels'). A/52 (A52) is essentially the same thing as AC-3 (AC3), which is Dolby Digital. I just found this site and this application tonight, and it plays every single media type I have had issues with as well as all the ones I did not have issues with. The module name to use at the command line is a52. Let me also state, so everyone is sure, that I have absolutely nothing to do with this website or these software producers at all. I am going to recommend some software to everyone who is tired of WMP11 and these codec issues and does not want to do a wipe just to watch certain media files. I have thrown my hands up in disgust and found a better solution! So I pulled my hair out for two weeks installing, reinstalling and reconfiguring every codec known to mankind (and a few alpha centurians I think). Well, personally, I do a lot of programming and have just way too much stuff on my drives to want to do a system wipe and restore. I started to feel like I was running an O.S. I have had the same problem(s) for some time now, and I am not seeing any decent responses from tech support on this issue. I also am well aware that Windows Media Player 11 and DirectX 10 have some serious issues with regard to uninstalling, reinstalling or just trying to repair them when they get messed up. I have seen a LOT of people having trouble with certain media files, and codec issues regarding the playing of AVI files (namely DivX Xvid AC3 for starters).