It's been a while since I did run a proof of concept on all involved bits and pieces, but just assembled the puzzle again and can confirm it's working both on an old Dell XP SP3 and a very new Dell Win 7 pro 64 bit.
Step 1. Rip DTS or Dolby from the DVD with audio content ( many tools out there, I found DVD audio extractor to do the job in the most simple way ). Result is either a .dts or .ac3 file. Step 2. Get the DST and/or Dolby plugin for F2K ( google for foo_ac3.dll and foo_input_dts.dll ). Only now F2K can play the files created in step 1 so you can check they are indeed multi channel. Step 3. Convert the .dts and/or .ac3 files to a .wav container using the spdifconvert.py utility - will have to install Python if on windows. You end up with a .dts.wav and/or .ac3.wav file which will for sure produce just white noise when played on F2K. Step 4. Convert if you want to FLAC container format ( see instructions in this thread ) , but this is not really required as the compression ratio is less than 10 %. Step 5 Have SBS scan for new music ( either the FLAC or WAV containers will play ) and stream WITH VOLUME SET 100 % ( I missed that part the first try around ) on the digital output of the SB receiver into a multi-channel amp/preamp. Enjoy multi-channel now with SBS Sturmhardt;525785 Wrote: > Hi Honva & Phil, > > after 2 evenings of searching including complete new installation of > Windows and apps I don´t get a step ahead. I kicked my tools and used > Foobar 1.0.1 and the FLAC Windows Frontend from sourceforge: > > Foobar can´t play FLAC (static noise), neither "normal" 2-channel nor > converted multichannel *wav-files. I searched in some forums but can´t > find hints, what the problem could be (sounds like other users don´t > have this problem). Do I have to install a specific Codec pack or > application? > > FLAC frontend: No play-function found, only a converter. If you switch > replay gain On or Off, it´s confirmed in status log after converting > file. Therefore I believe switch works, but result in both cases: Static > noise. > > If you ask how I play FLACs: After new installing Windows (incl. HDD > format) only VLC-Player played FLAC (2 and multi-channel). After > installing "XP codec pack" also WMP played FLAC, but only "original" > FLACs, not converted multichannel FLAC. Squeezebox Servers plays FLAC by > all receivers. > > Result: > - sorry for nerving again, but I´m really searching the fault > - DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING ADDITIONAL INSTALLED (FLAC-Plugin?) for the > foobar player? > > Thanks. -- B1tbull ------------------------------------------------------------------------ B1tbull's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30543 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75966
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