Any AVPlayer alternatives with Dolby AC3 support?

[pickaxe]

Gotta say I'm not a fan of AVPlayer's interface. Any alternatives with AC3 support?

 

[pickaxe]

Bump. There's gotta be something out there...

 

[dargo]

Bump. There's gotta be something out there...

It says that in the app store description "AVPlayer is officially support for AC-3, E-AC3, TrueHD codecs". By that I guess they mean it can play AC3 encoded audio files, is that not true? I haven't forked over the $2.99 for the AVPlayer so I don't know, I'm shopping around for a replacement to goodplayer that doesn't involve me re-muxing.

 

[benfica88]

Azul mediaplayer?

 

[dargo]

Azul mediaplayer?

This app says in it's app store description "Note: No AC-3/E-AC-3/TrueHD audio supported. We are working with Dolby for a license."

So it's in the same boat as Goodplayer and OPlayer, no audio on AC3 encoded files.

 

[pickaxe]

Dargo I have the latest version of AVPlayer and yes it plays ac3 just fine. Only problem is that the interface kind of sucks. It's really cluttered and doesn't feel iOS-like. Which sucks because they actually forked over the extortionate prices Dolby demands and the app just needs some more polish.

 

[dargo]

Ah. At this point I'm willing to suffer some interface problems for good audio support! I'll buy AVPlayer and try it out. Good news!

 

[Menneisyys2]

Gotta say I'm not a fan of AVPlayer's interface. Any alternatives with AC3 support?

What about pre-converting your videos? Just remuxing with AC3 -> AAC conversion could be done very quickly, without having to reencode the video. Then, you could play those videos back in almost all clients (including the stock Videos app).

 

[Hunter87]

What about pre-converting your videos? Just remuxing with AC3 -> AAC conversion could be done very quickly, without having to reencode the video. Then, you could play those videos back in almost all clients (including the stock Videos app).

What app would you suggest for pre-converting(transcoding)?

 

[Menneisyys2]

What app would you suggest for pre-converting(transcoding)?

First and foremost, Subler. if, for some reason, it doesn't work or is too tedious / awkward to use (because of 1, lack of true batch mode 2, lack of automatic AC3 + AAC export mode), MP4Tools.

These are the two best, fast and inexpensive (Subler is even free) tools.

There are a lot of tutorials on AC3 -> AAC conversions using these tools. Let me know if you need some URL's - I've posted several of these tutorials here in the MacRumors forums; most importantly, the Apple TV one. (That forum has a lot of cool tutorials for iOS users too.)

 

[Hunter87]

Thank you! I'll google it.

 

[IvanX]

For what it may be worth, AVplayer now supports Dolby AC3 decoding. Not sure when it was added back in, but it's there.