Sound 7.1 in VLC

[danal]

Colleagues, does VLC play the 7.1 sound? I have MKV files with the 7.1 sound, but VLC allows me only to play in 5.1. What is wrong? My sound card can play 7.1.

[Lotesdelere]

We need more info such as the audio codec used.
Open Tools -> Messages (set Verbosity to 2) before you start the playback and then paste the whole resulting log here.

[JuRis79]

main debug: adding item `Beauty And The Beast.m2ts' ( file:///E:/HD%20Movies/Beauty%20And%20The%20Beast.m2ts )
qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: E:\HD Movies\Beauty And The Beast.m2ts
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: Creating an input for 'Beauty And The Beast.m2ts'
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1
main debug: processing request item Beauty And The Beast.m2ts node null skip 0
main debug: resyncing on Beauty And The Beast.m2ts
main debug: Beauty And The Beast.m2ts is at 0
main debug: starting new item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'Beauty And The Beast.m2ts'
main debug: thread (input) created at priority 1 (../.././src/input/input.c:214)
main debug: thread started
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB
main debug: using timeshift path 'C:\Users\Josh\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: `file:///E:/HD%20Movies/Beauty%20And%20The%20Beast.m2ts' gives access `file' demux `' path `E:\HD Movies\Beauty And The Beast.m2ts'
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' path='E:\HD Movies\Beauty And The Beast.m2ts'
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main debug: creating access 'file' path='E:\HD Movies\Beauty And The Beast.m2ts'
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filesystem debug: opening file `E:\HD Movies\Beauty And The Beast.m2ts'
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main debug: Using AStream*Stream
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main debug: using stream_filter module "stream_filter_record"
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main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' path='E:\HD Movies\Beauty And The Beast.m2ts'
main debug: looking for demux module: 50 candidates
ts warning: lost synchro
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ts debug: PMTCallBack called
ts debug: new PMT program number=1 version=0 pid_pcr=4097
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ts debug: * es pid=4113 type=27 fcc=h264
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ts debug: * es pid=4352 type=134 dr->i_tag=0xa
ts debug: found language: eng
ts debug: * es pid=4352 type=134 fcc=dts
filesystem warning: unimplemented query 4097 in control
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main debug: looking for a subtitle file in E:\HD Movies\
main debug: looking for decoder module: 34 candidates
main debug: meta ok for (null), need to fetch art
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lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Josh\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.lua
main debug: using meta fetcher module "lua"
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main debug: removing module "lua"
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lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.lua
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.lua
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.lua
avcodec debug: libavcodec initialized (interface 0x345601)
avcodec debug: trying to use direct rendering
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\04_musicbrainz.lua
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main debug: TIMER module_need() : 2.000 ms - Total 2.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 2.000 ms)
main debug: thread (decoder) created at priority 0 (../.././src/input/decoder.c:301)
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main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.000 ms - Total 1.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.000 ms)
main debug: thread started
main debug: thread (decoder) created at priority 2 (../.././src/input/decoder.c:301)
ts debug: DEMUX_SET_GROUP 0 00000000
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lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Josh\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\reader
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader\filename.lua
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main debug: TIMER module_need() : 2.000 ms - Total 2.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 2.000 ms)
main debug: `file:///E:/HD%20Movies/Beauty%20And%20The%20Beast.m2ts' successfully opened
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ts warning: first packet for pid=4113 cc=0xd
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main debug: creating aout
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main debug: Buffering 0%
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main debug: looking for audio output module: 4 candidates
aout_directx debug: Opening DirectSound Audio Output
packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS
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main debug: Buffering 32%
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main debug: Buffering 64%
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main debug: Buffering 94%
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main debug: Stream buffering done (373 ms in 1 ms)
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aout_directx debug: found device: Primary Sound Driver
aout_directx debug: found device: ATI HDMI Output (2- ATI High Definition Audio Device)
aout_directx debug: found device: Realtek Digital Output(Optical) (Realtek High Definition Audio)
aout_directx debug: found device: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
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: SpeakerConfig is forced to 7.1
aout_directx debug: device supports A/52 over S/PDIF
aout_directx debug: couldn't use hardware sound buffer
aout_directx debug: channel reordering needed
aout_directx debug: creating DirectSoundThread
main debug: thread (DirectSound Notification Thread) created at priority 15 (../../.././modules/audio_output/directx.c:321)
main debug: thread started
main debug: using audio output module "aout_directx"
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main debug: output 's16l' 48000 Hz 3F2R/LFE frame=1 samples/12 bytes
main debug: mixer 'f32l' 48000 Hz 3F2R/LFE frame=1 samples/24 bytes
main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'s16l' 48000 Hz->48000 Hz 3F2R/LFE->3F2R/LFE
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates
audio_format debug: f32l->s16l, bits per sample: 32->16
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main debug: found a filter for the whole conversion
main debug: looking for audio mixer module: 3 candidates
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main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.000 ms - Total 1.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.000 ms)
main debug: input 'dts ' 48000 Hz 3F2R/LFE frame=512 samples/2048 bytes
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 1 candidate
scaletempo debug: format: 48000 rate, 6 nch, 4 bps, fl32
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main debug: filter(s) 'dts '->'f32l' 48000 Hz->48000 Hz 3F2R/LFE->3F2R/LFE
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main debug: found a filter for the whole conversion
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main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates
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main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms)
main debug: found a filter for the whole conversion
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 69 ms
packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS
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packetizer_h264 debug: found NAL_SPS (sps_id=0)
packetizer_h264 debug: found NAL_PPS (pps_id=0 sps_id=0)
main debug: no usable vout present, spawning one
main debug: looking for text renderer module: 2 candidates
freetype debug: Building font databases.
freetype debug: Took 206000 microseconds
freetype debug: Using Arial as font from file C:/Windows/fonts/arial.ttf
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main debug: looking for video filter2 module: 18 candidates
swscale debug: 32x32 chroma: YUVA -> 16x16 chroma: YUVA with scaling using Bicubic (good quality)
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main debug: looking for video filter2 module: 18 candidates
yuvp debug: YUVP to YUVA converter
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main debug: window size: 1920x1080
main debug: Deinterlacing available
main debug: deinterlace 0, mode blend, is_needed 0
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vout_wrapper debug: Opening vout display wrapper
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direct3d debug: creating Vout EventThread
direct3d debug: DirectXCreateWindow
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qt4 debug: requesting video...
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direct3d debug: disabling screen saver
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direct3d debug: Direct3D scene created successfully
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[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

dts info: DTS channels:6 samplerate:48000 bitrate:1536000

This is the reason.
Maybe it is a bug though.

[JuRis79]

Ic your point.

I personally ripped this blu-ray to the hard drive myself using DVDfab. I only enabled the DTS Master 7.1 soundtrack so if VLC is identifying it as a 5.1 soundtrack there must be some sort of down sampling happening somewhere.
Any ideas for a solution or fix?

Does VLC even support 7.1 channel playback??

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

DTS Master 7.1 might not be decoded correctly, indeed.

[JuRis79]

Any ideas on how to perform a manual fix??

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Share the file (and if you can remove the video, it is even better)

[JuRis79]

I have successfully created an audio only file. File size is 3.70 GB any suggestions for how to get it to you or how to post it?

[JuRis79]

actually try this:

http://josh-htpc.juris79.operaunite.com/webserver/

[JuRis79]

You can try this link as well if the first one is not working:

http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=585173

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Can't you cut it in something smaller?

Use DGsplit and read here about how to do it:
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=57724&p=193335#p193335

If it's audio only then 20 MB max will be enough.

[JuRis79]

OK done! Chunk created...

http://josh-htpc.juris79.operaunite.com/webserver/

or

http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=585637

[JuRis79]

Hello.

Any luck with this issue??

I noticed a new update was released... I was surprised to see that it did not resolve the issue.