I'm trying put ac3 into an mka file using mkvmerge. Mkvmerge version 4.2.0 generates a file that foobar 1.0.3 can't play "Decoding failure at 0:00.000 (Unsupported format or corrupted file)". Mkvmerge version 3.4.0 generates a file that works fine. VLC plays both files. Is this an mkvmerge or foobar error?
Here are the commandlines that I am executing:
mkvmerge -o "audio mkvmerge 3.4.0.mka" audio.ac3
mkvmerge -o "audio mkvmerge 4.2.0.mka" audio.ac3
C:\Download\mkvtoolnix-unicode-3.4.0>mkvmerge -o "audio mkvmerge 3.4.0.mka" audio.ac3
mkvmerge v3.4.0 ('Rapunzel') built on May 15 2010 09:38:20
'audio.ac3': Using the AC3 demultiplexer.
'audio.ac3' track 0: Using the AC3 output module.
The file 'audio mkvmerge 3.4.0.mka' has been opened for writing.
Progress: 100%
The cue entries (the index) are being written...
Muxing took 0 seconds.
C:\Download\mkvtoolnix-unicode-4.2.0>mkvmerge -o "audio mkvmerge 4.2.0.mka" audio.ac3
mkvmerge v4.2.0 ('No Talking') built on Jul 28 2010 18:38:23
'audio.ac3': Using the AC3 demultiplexer.
'audio.ac3' track 0: Using the AC3 output module.
The file 'audio mkvmerge 4.2.0.mka' has been opened for writing.
Progress: 100%
The cue entries (the index) are being written...
Muxing took 0 seconds.
Mkvmerge versions can be downloaded here:
http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/win32/ (http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/win32/)
Files used in the test are attached here:
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=82858 (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=82858)
foobar 1.1 beta2 supports matroska files created with newer versions of mkvmerge.
Perhaps that's due to the header removal compression which is default in the newer versions. In mkvmerge GUI visit the Extra options tab for the audio track and deactivate it and mux to verify that.
By the way: it's matroska, not matroksa.
The 4.2.0 test file uploaded plays fine in foobar2000 1.1 beta 2.