VLC not playing Xvid Audio

[ericed]

Ok, I download BBC's Planet Earth. When I play it in VLC there is no narration, only the music. When I play it in Windows Media Player, a Divx icon appears in my tray and it plays the narration. Anyway to get the audio to play in VLC. I dont like WMP. Thanks

[DJ]

Press ctrl i while trying to play the file and go to the Advanced Info... tab. Post that here.

[ericed]

ok here it is...


thanks for the help

[DJ]

This has come around once or twice before in A/52 (AC3) audio and the source of the problem is unknown as is the fix. Try selecting 5.1 surround sound.

[ericed]

weird... it was in 5.1, but when i change it to anything else, it works. Thanks a lot. I hope this problem is fixed someday. long live vlc

[DJ]

The reporting was 2 channels encoded and 5.1 uses a combination of real channels and a sum and difference. So the only thing that makes sense is there was a cancellation for the way it was encoded.