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Hi
I experience strange hi frequency noise on wmv playback both on Win(XP32) and Linux(Ububtu9.10 64)
It is especially noticeable if you turn on equalizer and max out 12, 14 and 16 kHz.
You might say that this is such a bad record, but I don't hear any noise on Windows Media player.
Also, same noise exists when I play this wmv with MPlayer, Totem etc.

I guess the problem is wmv decoder...

Anyone experiences the same problem? Fix/solution?

VLC1.0.3

Try to use dmo codec (--codec dmo) with w32codecs installed.

IT WORKED!!!

for Windows...

but not for Ubuntu. I installed w64codecs from medibuntu repository - there is no difference if I run vlc --codec dmo or just vlc.
How can I see what codec is currently running? When I open Codec information window it always says wma2 for the sound stream.

IT WORKED!!!

for Windows...

but not for Ubuntu. I installed w64codecs from medibuntu repository - there is no difference if I run vlc --codec dmo or just vlc.
How can I see what codec is currently running? When I open Codec information window it always says wma2 for the sound stream.

Windows version?

WinXP Pro 32-bit SP3

I can also provide the wmv file. Will it help?

I doubt
Using dmo takes the reference driver from Windows Media Player 9 and should eliminate the issue.

reference driver from Windows Media Player 9 and should eliminate the issue.

on Ubuntu? I doubt

Oh, yes, using w32codecs installs you the WMP .dlls

Well, it is w64codecs in my case.
On XP I can clearly hear the difference between just "vlc" and "vlc --codec dmo", on Ubuntu there is no difference. Does this mean that w64codecs are not hooked up?

Does this mean that w64codecs are not hooked up

dmo is only for the 32bit codecs (w32codecs, win32 codecs

Even if the dmo loader worked in 64 bit vlc it wouldn't matter, there's virtually no codecs in w64codecs (only a few rm .so's

If you had more recent shared ffmpeg libs and a vlc 1.02, 1.03 built off of the headers then you could get wma3(pro) decoding thru avcodec
or
build a current/recent x264 and ffmpeg sources as static (/usr/local/), first making sure there are no ffmpeg amd libx264 -dev packages installed ( check in synaptic) and then build vlc (preferably 1.03)

(wmal will not be decoded by vlc in 64 bit

there's absolutely no chance 9.10 will update ffmpeg, 10.4 is, as yet undetermined

Are you saying that if I update ffmpeg I would get a chance to fix the problem?

VLC 0.8.6 DOES NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM
on XP32 at least...

Using dmo or not?

NOT using dmo of course
with built-in codecs...

so... is it because of the new libavcodec?