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eee box b202, ac3 and 720p x264 playback third try

Thursday, November 6th, 2008 | Gadgets, Tech-savvy

I finally got mplayer to work. I just had to use another switch. The mplayer package I was using (MuldeR) had

-ac hwac3

as the default pass through switch.

Using (the original mplayer package and)

-afm hwac3

solved the problem. I did not really get the difference yet, this is what the man page says:

-ac

Specify a priority list of audio codecs to be used, according to their codec name in codecs.conf.

-afm

Specify a priority list of audio codec families to be used, according to their codec name in codecs.conf.

Next challenge was (and still is) av-synchronization. I had to configure a constant delay for ac3 files to be lip-sync AFAICT, after that I tried a POMA (Plain Old Mp3 Avi ), realizing the delay was different for mp3. So I started to use mplayer profiles and different short cuts on my desktop, dragging the files on the desired icon instead of just launching them according to their file extension. This really is a drag… even worse: after trying an x264 ac3 mkv I once again had to adjust the delay. Wow, now this really sucks, having to adjust the delay for every fricking container and audio format. I think that’s the price to pay to have a top notch home cinema system.

Tags: ac3, eee box, media pc, mp3, mplayer, x264

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