xmms-a52dec
An A52 (aka AC3) decoder plugin for XMMS based on the a52dec package.
Features
- Plays A52/AC3 files
- Support "Play", "Pause", "Stop" and "Seek"
- Not much else...
Bugs
- Dumps annoying message to stderr.
- Dumps warning when opening "about" box. (Should be easy to fix, does anyone familiar with GTK/GDK want to give it a shot?)
- Brain dead source code.
Requirements
- XMMS
- The a52dec package. http://liba52.sourceforge.net/ IMPORTANT! xmms-a52dec-1.0 requires a52dec-0.7.3
- The XMMS OSS Surround output plugin (included).
- A52/AC3 files. These needs to have the .a52 or .ac3 extension.
Installation
- Install the a52dec package (do not enable double-precision sample).
- Run "make"
- Run "make install" (probably as root)
- Install the XMMS OSS Surround output plugin (included).
Background
I wrote this program in order to play the AC3 music that I extracted from the "End of Evangelion" DVD on xmms.
Currently, I have a few AC3 file, all of which are in the same format. Needless to say, this means that xmms-a52dec hasn't been tested much. If you find this plugin useful, please let me know. I don't use it much myself.
In August 2001, the a52dec package was released. It is basically an updated version of ac3dec, but with a new (and more correct) name and a number of bugfixes and improvements. For those who are getting confused at this point, A52 and AC3 means the same thing. xmms-ac3dec was renamed to xmms-a52dec in order to reflect the change in the library used.
AC3 files can be extracted using the "extract_ac3" program provided by the ac3dec package or preferably the "extract_a52" program provided by the a52dec package.
Contribution
- xmms-a52dec contains code from XMMS.
- David Weisgerber
- Bug reports.
- Tremendous help in implementing the seeking functions.
- "About" dialog.
- Eckehardt Luhm
- Bug reports.
- Testing.
Who to blame for this program (Bug Reports)
Cort <ccwee@starhub.net.sg>
-- Updated 31 March 2002 --