dts file does not play

[georgef]

VLC player 082 all settings default, xp sp2, cmi 5.1 audio, directx 9.0c

can not play .dts file,
or more precise the file seems to be playing, the counter running,
but no sound, all speakers silent

any idea ?

main debug: adding playlist item `D:\CDImage.dts' ( D:\CDImage.dts )
main debug: control type=0
main debug: control: stopping input
main debug: closing input
main debug: unlocking module "dts"
main debug: unlocking module "dtssys"
main debug: unlocking module "access_file"
main debug: unlocking module "dts"
main debug: thread times: real 1m4.515625s, kernel 0m0.015625s, user 0m0.062500s
main debug: thread 4144 joined (src/input/decoder.c:191)
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `dts ', 0 PES in FIFO
aout_directx debug: CloseAudio
aout_directx debug: DirectSoundThread exiting
main debug: thread times: real 1m4.437500s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.000000s
main debug: thread 4180 joined (directx.c:605)
main debug: unlocking module "aout_directx"
main debug: unlocking module "trivial_mixer"
main debug: thread times: real 1m4.546875s, kernel 0m0.031250s, user 0m0.015625s
main debug: thread 3944 joined (src/input/input.c:386)
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: waiting for thread completion
main warning: drive letter D: found in source
main debug: `D:\CDImage.dts' gives access `' demux `' path `D:\CDImage.dts'
main debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='D:\CDImage.dts'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate
main debug: thread 3944 (input) created at priority 1 (src/input/input.c:230)
main debug: creating access '' path='D:\CDImage.dts'
main debug: looking for access2 module: 4 candidates
vcd debug: trying .cue file: D:\CDImage.cue
access_file debug: opening file `D:\CDImage.dts'
main debug: using access2 module "access_file"
main debug: pre buffering
main debug: received first data for our buffer
main debug: prebuffering done 1408981 bytes in 0s - 35633 kbytes/s
main debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='D:\CDImage.dts'
main debug: looking for demux2 module: 38 candidates
main debug: looking for packetizer module: 17 candidates
main debug: using packetizer module "dts"
main debug: selecting program id=0
main debug: using demux2 module "dtssys"
main debug: looking for a subtitle file in D:\
main debug: looking for decoder module: 24 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "dts"
main debug: thread 4508 (decoder) created at priority 2 (src/input/decoder.c:159)
main debug: `D:\CDImage.dts' successfully opened
dts: DTS channels:6 samplerate:44100 bitrate:1411200
dts: DTS channels:6 samplerate:44100 bitrate:1411200
main debug: looking for audio output module: 3 candidates
aout_directx debug: OpenAudio
aout_directx debug:
aout_directx debug: found device: C-Media Wave Device
aout_directx debug:
aout_directx debug: device supports 5.1 channels
aout_directx debug: device supports 4 channels
aout_directx debug: device supports 2 channels
aout_directx debug: device supports 1 channel
aout_directx debug: creating DirectSoundThread
main debug: thread 4444 (DirectSound Notification Thread) created at priority 15 (directx.c:386)
aout_directx debug: DirectSoundThread ready
main debug: using audio output module "aout_directx"
main debug: output 'fl32' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes
main debug: mixer 'fl32' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes
main debug: no need for any filter
main debug: looking for audio mixer module: 3 candidates
main debug: using audio mixer module "trivial_mixer"
main debug: input 'dts ' 44100 Hz 3F2R/LFE frame=1024 samples/4096 bytes
main debug: filter(s) 'dts '->'fl32' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz 3F2R/LFE->Stereo
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 22 candidates
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 22 candidates
main error: couldn't find a filter for the first part of the conversion
main error: couldn't set an input pipeline

[dionoea]

dts decoding was removed from VLC binaries distributed by the VideoLAN project after we received serious legal threats from DTS. You can still play DTS if you compile VLC yourself with the approprate libraries installed on your computer. (or find someone to do it for you)

[Jefferrey]

Hi, Dionoea,

I compiled the VLC 0.8.2 from source code on Linux with ffmpeg which inlcudes the libavcodec.a, but my error is same as Georgef's:

main debug: input 'dts ' 48000 Hz 3F2R/LFE frame=512 samples/2048 bytes
main debug: filter(s) 'dts '->'fl32' 48000 Hz->48000 Hz 3F2R/LFE->Stereo
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 21 candidates
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 21 candidates
main error: couldn't find a filter for the first part of the conversion
main error: couldn't set an input pipeline

Thanks
Jefferrey

[dionoea]

you need to have libdca (old name is libdts) to have dts decoding (it isn't included in ffmpeg).