Orange Pi PC no AC3 audio support in Video files

pyra · Published in 2015-12-28 00:16:33

Orange Pi PC can play video files but it fails to play audio in certain files.
It seems if audio is AC3 then Orange Pi fails.
If it it is different stream (MP3 ??) then it plays audio.

zgoda · Published in 2015-12-28 02:26:47

You mean Dolby A/52 AC-3? This should be compiled in since 2009 or so in all player software. Or perhaps you mean AAC and then faac/faad is required to decode audio stream.

pyra · Published in 2015-12-28 20:32:06

It tells: This audio format (AC3) is not supported.

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zgoda · Published in 2015-12-28 22:53:05

Is this Android?

pyra · Published in 2015-12-29 00:58:08

Yes. It is Android Orange OS for Orange Pi PC. (that I downloaded from that website)
It fails to play audio for that video in every player except VLC.
MX Players shows that error.

VLC fails differently. It has Audio but it does not show video.

I guess VLC handles everything in software.
Other players rely on native Android drivers that fails to play audio.

crazykill · Published in 2015-12-29 07:51:41

Just put a ac3 codec in mxplayer it should work fine.

zgoda · Published in 2015-12-29 16:28:48

http://forum.xda-developers.com/ ... ts-support-t2156254

pyra · Published in 2016-1-4 22:19:10

Thanks

Kodi is able to play video with both sound and video.

chupo_cro · Published in 2016-3-7 09:47:44

Edited by chupo_cro at 2016-3-7 10:03

pyra replied at 2015-12-29 00:58
Yes. It is Android Orange OS for Orange Pi PC. (that I downloaded from that website)
It fails to pla ...

Same here. I couldn't get VLC to play any video but it plays AAC sound, MX Player plays every video but no AAC sound and Kodi plays everything but if you start video from the file manager choosing Kodi to play the file, then after watching the video you are not back to the file manager but rather moved to Kodi's main menu so you have to first exit Kodi or press Home button (if you installed soft keys) and then relaunch the file manager to continue browsing the files.