Hi,

I'm using the liba52 open source library to decode an AC3 file. After decoding I get PCM16 raw data which I'm storing in a .RAW file and then using the Audio Converter Toolbox to convert it to WAV. The decoding is taking place and I'm able to hear the original audio samples. However, there are two problems:
1. There is a lot of noise in the foreground.
2. The length of the orignal AC3 sample is 9s and that of the decoded WAV file is 10s.

Could anyone please help me with these problems? Also it would be a great help if someone could point me to some detailed documentation regarding liba52( apart from the .doc file that comes with it.....and is also a bit outdated)?

It is posible that the noise was present in the origional files. Do you know or have a way of knowing?



Is the difference due to stretching, or has silence been added at the beginning or end?

I've played the file with Windows Media Player( I had to download AC3 filter ). I didn't hear any noise in the file.





The difference is due to stretching.

I've tried to reduce noise by taking the average of all samples and subtracting that value from each of the samples but that hasn't made much of a difference.

As far as I'm concerned the stretching is the last straw. The software is garbage. Time to move on.

Funny thing is a lot of other decoders and players like TCPMP are using the same open source library as I am, i.e., LibA52.
I am basically porting the library and implementing it as a plugin in Symbian. Perhaps I am making some mistake while calling the functions of the library?

By the way, could you suggest some other open source library that is used for decoding AC3. I donot have sufficient knowledge to write my own codec.

FFmpeg's libavcodec can decode AC3 natively.

Thanks, I'll look into it....BTW do you have any documentation on liba52.