Unknown Audio Codec?

[elkinm]

I have one dixv file that I downloaded that has some strange audio. Windows properties shows the audio at 448 kbps so my gues is that this is DVD audio or something as I have never heard of anything else with such a high bitrate.
When I try playing the file in media player it tries looking for a codec, cannot find it and plays without audio. The only program I have is VideoLan client whihc plays the file perfectly with good audio, telling that the audio is good and is playable.
I installed all the codecs of the latest NEMO codec pack and it still does not play.

Any ideas what could be the right codec to play it, or maybee how to extract and convert the audio to MP3 so it would play?

Thanks
Michael

[setarip]

It's .AC3 audio.

Either play the file under a software DVD player such as WinDVD or PowerDVD, or download and install an AC3 codec/filter...

[elkinm]

Thanks, found one and installed it. The file works fine now and the sound is much better in media plaer then in VideoLAN. One thing though. Is there a program or codec out there that I can use to encode the AC3 into mp3 of some form and still keep the dynamic range and clarity of a DVD. So far when I convert DVDs, the MP3 has a much lower dynamic range (even with 48KHz) and I need to encrease the volume 4x to for it to match the audio valume of the DVD.

Thanks again

[setarip]

"Thanks, found one and installed it. The file works fine now"

My pleasure ;>}