Originally Posted by Marcos (Post 2770726)

thank you CJ_Man, you the man! The MP4 file plays great now! Thnx!!!

Now, you happen to mention 'MKV' files. Well, I have some of those and tried them with Winamp. This time the video is there and looks great, but the audio has a lot of noise/distortion, though the dialogue is somewhat comprehensible.

Audio :

ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 45mn 28s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 146 MiB (26%)
Language : English

any ideas on a fix? -thnx!

Originally Posted by CJ_Man (Post 2770748)

That's Dolby AC3. Does your codec pack have an AC3 filter included? If so then I don't know why the sound would be distorted.

Originally Posted by Marcos (Post 2770753)

i do not know. can i assume it does, seeing as how it plays fine in wmp, vlc and mpc? if i cannot assume so, how would i check for this?

Originally Posted by CJ_Man (Post 2770754)

If it's playing fine in WMP then you have the codec. While the video is playing go File - View File Info and post what is shown under Currently Used Filters.

Originally Posted by Marcos (Post 2770761)

DirectVobSub (forced auto-loading version)
fddshow Audio Decoder
fddshow Video Decoder

Originally Posted by CJ_Man (Post 2770763)

Hmmm. Somewhere in Start menu, probably under the name of the codec pack you are using, there should be an entry for ffdshow audio decoders. Under the Codecs section AC3 should be set to liba52 and DTS to libdts.

If that is the case already then I haven't a clue why the sound is screwed up sorry.

Originally Posted by Marcos (Post 2770767)

Yes, that is the case. Thank you for your help.