[Flac] DShow Filters - "Play to" support in WMP

[David Balažic]

Hi!

Apparently the current DShow filters (https://xiph.org/dshow/ ,
Version 0.85.17777) don't allow for flac files to be streamed over
DLNA from Windows to DLNA devices (like a TV set with WLAN).

I use Windows 8.1 64 bit and while Play-to works with mp3 and other
"natively" supported files, it does not works with flac files. (I can
play them locally in WMP, just not send them over DLNA),

Is there any solution?
How much of changes would be needed to the dshow filters to allow this
functionality?
Or is the problem somewhere else?

Regards,
David

[Cristian Adam]

Post by David Balažic
Hi!
Apparently the current DShow filters (https://xiph.org/dshow/ ,
Version 0.85.17777) don't allow for flac files to be streamed over
DLNA from Windows to DLNA devices (like a TV set with WLAN).
I use Windows 8.1 64 bit and while Play-to works with mp3 and other
"natively" supported files, it does not works with flac files. (I can
play them locally in WMP, just not send them over DLNA),
Is there any solution?
How much of changes would be needed to the dshow filters to allow this
functionality?
Or is the problem somewhere else?
Regards,
David
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Hi,


The FLAC decoder filter includes also the file reading part. This needs
to be decoupled.
Other Xiph filters have had the same problem.

It is on my TODO list (also reported as #1653
<https://trac.xiph.org/ticket/1653>), but as you have seen the work on
DirectShow
filters is non existent in the recent years.

I plan to get back at hacking the DirectShow filters this autumn.

As for a solution, Windows 10 provides a MediaFoundation filter for FLAC,
and it might simply just work.

Cheers,
Cristian.

[David Balažic]

This project seems to fit the bill: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mfflac/

It plays FLAC files in WMP and also allows "play to".

Except it does not support the other codecs (vorbis, Opus...)

Post by David Balažic
Hi!
Apparently the current DShow filters (https://xiph.org/dshow/
,
Version 0.85.17777) don't allow for flac files to be streamed over
DLNA from Windows to DLNA devices (like a TV set with WLAN).
I use Windows 8.1 64 bit and while Play-to works with mp3 and other
"natively" supported files, it does not works with flac files. (I can
play them locally in WMP, just not send them over DLNA),
Is there any solution?
How much of changes would be needed to the dshow filters to allow this
functionality?
Or is the problem somewhere else?
Regards,
David
_______________________________________________
Flac mailing list
http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac
Hi,
The FLAC decoder filter includes also the file reading part. This needs to
be decoupled.
Other Xiph filters have had the same problem.
It is on my TODO list (also reported as #1653), but as you have seen the
work on DirectShow
filters is non existent in the recent years.
I plan to get back at hacking the DirectShow filters this autumn.
As for a solution, Windows 10 provides a MediaFoundation filter for FLAC,
and it might simply just work.
Cheers,
Cristian.