VAC3ACM 0.3a

Free

Valex AC3/DTS codec VAC3ACM makes it possible for your favorite VfW application to play AVI files containing AC3 and DTS audio tracks.

Updated
Size
243KB
Downloads
45.0K

No longer developed

VAC3ACM is no longer updated by its developer - the last version here is from 2006. It may still run, but it gets no fixes for newer Windows versions or formats.

Maintained alternatives that may do the same job:

Any VfW application is compatible with this compact codec.

Aside from AVI files, VAC3ACM also provides support for WAV files with AC3 and DTS streams.

The codec has not been updated anymore since 2006, and its last version, 0.3a, featured the following changes:

  • recognizing AC3 files created with buggy encoders and disabling extended AC3 sanity checks.
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The new version of this AC3/DTS ACM codec is inside the AC3 Filter.
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