Dolby AC-4 decoding support?

hajj_3 · 17th January 2019, 13:47

It seems as though vlc player and mpc-be do not support Dolby AC-4. From reading Dolby's own website (https://dolbyac4.com/uk/) it appears that U.K free-to-air satellite platform 'Freesat' has picked AC-4 as the exclusive next gen audio format for their 3rd generation satellite boxes that will be released this year. Therefore AC-4 broadcasts will likely happen this year not just a trial. It would be nice if FFmpeg/vlc/mpc-be added support to decode this audio codec. Does anyone know if work is being done in any of these to add support?

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hajj_3 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,126	Dolby AC-4 decoding support? It seems as though vlc player and mpc-be do not support Dolby AC-4. From reading Dolby's own website (https://dolbyac4.com/uk/) it appears that U.K free-to-air satellite platform 'Freesat' has picked AC-4 as the exclusive next gen audio format for their 3rd generation satellite boxes that will be released this year. Therefore AC-4 broadcasts will likely happen this year not just a trial. It would be nice if FFmpeg/vlc/mpc-be added support to decode this audio codec. Does anyone know if work is being done in any of these to add support?