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AVR2

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Jan 16, 2006
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My company-supplied MacBook has just been upgraded from High Sierra to Mojave, and now AC3 audio support for MPEG-2 video files seems to be at least partially broken.

In VLC or Premiere Pro the video plays perfectly, but there is no audio; in MPEG Streamclip the audio plays perfectly but the video is corrupted (but obviously Streamclip hasn't been updated in years so it's a minor miracle that it still works at all).

The fact that the audio doesn't work in VLC was a real surprise.

Do I need to persuade our IT department to install Perian for me? Does it even run on Mojave? I can't remember if it was installed when I had High Sierra, but I do know that .mpeg or .mpg files with AC3 audio played perfectly.
 
MPEG-2/AC3 files are played by QuickTime Player without any issues or additional programs in Mojave 10.14.6. I've attached a 10 seconds sample.
Audio Track Parameters
- Format: AC3-A52
- Bitrate: 448 Kbps
- Resolution: 16 bits
- Rate: 48.0 KHz
- Channel(s): 5:1 - 6 channels
- Position: Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
 

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If VLC or Premiere don't play the audio, it's their issue, not a system issue. I have no issue playing AC3 audio in VLC btw.
 
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