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VLC 0.8.4-test3 beta release /!\ Win32 Audio output testing

Postby dionoea » 22 Nov 2005 23:35

I'll keep it simple:

This test release is intended to test a directx audio output fix. We would appreciate if you could test two configuration settings :
1/ Use the directx audio output with "Use float32 output" disabled (this should be this release's default setting)
2/ Use the directx audio output with "Use float32 output" enabled

We plan on releasing 0.8.4 final really soon (read: in 1 or 2 days) so rapid feedback would really be appreciated (espacially from nforce users).

You can download this test version here:
ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/tes ... st3/win32/

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Postby Dandruff » 23 Nov 2005 00:38

i have to use win32-waveout (are there also changes made?). no wdm-drivers for directsound here ...

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Postby dionoea » 23 Nov 2005 01:13

afaik, changes were directx only.
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Postby Dandruff » 23 Nov 2005 01:28

ok. thanks!

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no go

Postby neuen » 23 Nov 2005 05:43

Didnt seem to work, it works fine if i turn off float32 for directX or switch to win32 but annoyingly that sets all my sound altering my other audio progs (vent, WoW)

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Postby Guest » 23 Nov 2005 05:46

sry double post but ment to say that with float32 off when you use any other program that uses sound it crackles and skips

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Postby Guest » 23 Nov 2005 05:47

this is a little off subject but could you add a prieviously viewed list or something to taht effect so we can play videos we have reciently played rather than lookin them up

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no go

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Postby dionoea » 23 Nov 2005 10:12

ok, but it works fine using directx s16l ? (the fl32 thing seems to be driver bug with nforce hardware ...)
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Postby shishittu » 23 Nov 2005 10:24

what about this folder on the ftp?
http://downloads.videolan.org/pub/video ... 8.4/win32/

it seems to keep the 0.8.4 version of VLC

is that possible?

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Postby xtophe » 23 Nov 2005 11:36

Well, we were in the process of doing 0.8.4 when gibalou find a fix for the s16l/fl32 directx problem, so we thought it was worth a test3 to have feedback from the users. 0.8.4 will arrive very soon.

So this folder is not official yet and shouldn't be used
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Postby shishittu » 23 Nov 2005 12:22

thank you.

so, the files in the 0.8.4 folder are quite the same of those of test3?

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Postby Dandruff » 23 Nov 2005 12:29

test3 is 'newer'. some minutes or so :-)

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Postby shishittu » 23 Nov 2005 13:16

test3 is 'newer'. some minutes or so :-)
thank you

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Postby guest123 » 23 Nov 2005 13:37

do soroudn sond work?

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Postby MuldeR » 23 Nov 2005 23:40

DirectX-Audio-Output works fine without Float32, but if I enable Float32 I still hear that nasty noise. Furthermore it seems like VLC is louder than other players (for example MPC) when I set the Volume to 100. This makes VLC sound a little bit overdriven. Other players do not! So this is a VLC specific problem. If I enable the EQ and lower Pre-Amp to ~8db I get good results. So that's my current workarround...

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Postby dionoea » 24 Nov 2005 00:01

DirectX-Audio-Output works fine without Float32, but if I enable Float32 I still hear that nasty noise. Furthermore it seems like VLC is louder than other players (for example MPC) when I set the Volume to 100. This makes VLC sound a little bit overdriven. Other players do not! So this is a VLC specific problem. If I enable the EQ and lower Pre-Amp to ~8db I get good results. So that's my current workarround...
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that's great ! (it would mean that the non float 32 output is fixed)
the float32 output problem seems to be a nforce driver bug.
i think that we'll release with float32 disabled
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Postby MuldeR » 24 Nov 2005 02:23

@dionoea

But what about the volume?
Is it a good idea to set the Pre-Amp to 12db by default?
At least for me it's too loud (overdriven) at this setting...

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Postby dionoea » 24 Nov 2005 03:14

But what about the volume?
Is it a good idea to set the Pre-Amp to 12db by default?
At least for me it's too loud (overdriven) at this setting...
Maximum un-amplified volume in VLC is 50%. any value about 50% can cause distortion
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Postby pork soldier » 24 Nov 2005 04:12

Using float 32 causes me some serious aural pain, leaving float32 off works like a charm.

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Postby MuldeR » 24 Nov 2005 19:41

But what about the volume?
Is it a good idea to set the Pre-Amp to 12db by default?
At least for me it's too loud (overdriven) at this setting...
Maximum un-amplified volume in VLC is 50%. any value about 50% can cause distortion
But why ??? Usuallay a volume of 100 should be maximum un-amplified volume.
In other players I don't get distortion when I move the volume bar to 100%

If volume is too low at 100% for some reason you still can use pre-amp or normalizer to make it louder...

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Postby Dandruff » 24 Nov 2005 19:54

Maximum un-amplified volume in VLC is 50%.
???

it's definitely 100% (50% wouldn't make any sense)! the volume-slider only shows 50.
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Postby Dandruff » 24 Nov 2005 20:01

In other players I don't get distortion when I move the volume bar to 100%
it seems your soundcard driver doesn't have marked, that it doesn't support float32. float32 always has to be converted to fixedpoint (eighter by a hardware-dsp, the driver, or the application). otherwise you'll run into such distortion.

the point that you don't get distortion with other players just show you, that they don't output 32bit float ...


of course vlc should also have 24 and 32 bit integer output, instead of only 16bit ...

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Postby MuldeR » 24 Nov 2005 20:27

I have disabled Float32 in VLC.
Still 100% is too loud and causes distortion in some videos.
50% volume in VLC seems to be "normal" volume (equal to full volume in MPC)

If I disable Float32 and lower Volume to 50% then DirectX Audio Output is working completely fine for me!

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Postby Dandruff » 24 Nov 2005 20:41

I have disabled Float32 in VLC.
Still 100% is too loud and causes distortion in some videos.
that's right. i've also noticed this with some files. seems this is caused by a specific module (mixer/resampler/conversion) in vlc.


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