On 9/4/20, fabrice nicol <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've recently been integrating the ffmpeg encoder into the DVD-Audio
> creating software dvda-author (https://dvd-audio.sourceforge.io),
> command-line options --encode and --mlp-files
>
> 1. The good news is that multichannel ffmpeg-encoded MLP audio overall
> plays back fine on a DVD-Audio player (using ffmpeg MLP encoder in its
> current git master branch).
>
> 2. The bad news is  that for 16-bit audio, for 6 channels 96 kHz only,
> the audio playback is audible, not hissing, but quite out of sync, with
> echo effects.
>
> 3. Hints at issues
>
> Using 6/16/96 MLP files generated by a proprietary tool from the same
> wav files, the corresponding DVD-Audio discs play fine.
>
> I made diffs of 6/16/96 MLP files and what comes out is that proprietary
> tools use 2 streams for multichannel, whilst the ffmpeg MLP encoder does
> seem to use just one. This strategy seems to fail for 6/16/96.
>
> In the two bytes after sync major tags (0xF8726FBB): a 6/16/96
> proprietary-encoded mlp file will be encoded 0x00 11, which means the
> bit depth and sample rate are likewise encoded for two streams, whilst
> ffmpeg-encoded mlp files at corresponding offsets will be encoded 0F1F,
> which looks like the second stream bit depth and sample rate are not set.
>
> 4. Related issues
>
> The compression rate of proprietary tools is massively higher when using
> channels with high audio redundancy. I built limit cases, in which the
> original PCM multichannel is just one channel identically replicated to
> the other channels. Below is a table of corresponding compression
> outcomes. The extra compression offered by the proprietary tool is
> massive for multichannel, noticeable for stereo 48 kHz and negligible in
> other cases.
>
> channels/bit depth/sample rate kHz    ffmpeg (B) [a]
>       proprietary (B) [b]
>       Extra compression = [(b-a)/a]
> 1_16_176      3037274         3041922         0 %
> 1_16_192      3237328         3241950         0 %
> 1_16_88       1619992         1622424         0 %
> 1_16_96       1757208         1759616         0 %
> 2_16_176      3073990         3078694         0 %
> 2_16_192      3276318         3280994         0 %
> 2_16_48       1019046         753728  -26 %
> 2_24_48       1019046         753728  -26 %
> 2_24_88       1659590         1588338         -4 %
> 2_24_96       1799546         1684128         -6 %
> 3_16_44_Lf_Rf_S       1852486         611528  -67 %
> 3_16_48_Lf_Rf_C       2618092         765854  -71 %
> 3_16_88_Lf_Rf_C       4579130         848546  -81 %
> 3_16_96_Lf_Rf_C       4965218         883742  -82 %
> 3_24_44_Lf_Rf_S       2415790         1168382         -52 %
> 3_24_48_Lf_Rf_S       2618092         1614514         -38 %
> 3_24_88_Lf_Rf_S       4578426         1596642         -65 %
> 3_24_96_Lf_Rf_S       4962790         1692648         -66 %
> 4_16_44_Lf_Rf_Ls_Rs   2431314         618832  -75 %
> 4_16_48_Lf_Rf_Ls_Rs   3436386         774834  -77 %
> 4_16_88_Lf_Rf_Ls_Rs   6054248         857118  -86 %
> 4_16_96_Lf_Rf_C_LFE   6564428         893794  -86 %
> 4_24_44_Lf_Rf_Ls_Rs   3171060         1168038         -63 %
> 4_24_48_Lf_Rf_Ls_Rs   3436386         1671526         -51 %
> 4_24_88_Lf_Rf_Ls_Rs   6053300         1604566         -73 %
> 4_24_96_Lf_Rf_Ls_Rs   6560980         1701338         -74 %
> 5_16_44_Lf_Rf_LFE_Ls_Rs       3043118         626716  -79 %
> 5_16_48_Lf_Rf_C_Ls_Rs         4259698         785564  -82 %
> 5_16_88_Lf_Rf_LFE_Ls_Rs       7572646         866594  -89 %
> 5_16_96_Lf_Rf_LFE_Ls_Rs       8210736         903800  -89 %
> 5_24_44_Lf_Rf_Ls_Rs_LFE       3969708         1180472         -70 %
> 5_24_48_Lf_Rf_Ls_Rs_LFE       4301712         1712056         -60 %
> 5_24_88_Lf_Rf_Ls_Rs_LFE       7571414         1612840         -79 %
> 5_24_96_Lf_Rf_LFE_Ls_Rs       8206676         1710184         -79 %
> 6_16_44_Lf_Rf_C_LFE_Ls_Rs     3592854         633664  -82 %
> 6_16_48_Lf_Rf_C_LFE_Ls_Rs     5078744         796240  -84 %
> 6_16_88_Lf_Rf_C_LFE_Ls_Rs     9011680         876884  -90 %
> 6_16_96_Lf_Rf_C_LFE_Ls_Rs     9770740         914614  -91 %
> 6_24_44_Lf_Rf_C_LFE_Ls_Rs     4686942         1196392         -74 %
> 6_24_48_Lf_Rf_C_LFE_Ls_Rs     5078744         795452  -84 %
> 6_24_88_Lf_Rf_C_LFE_Ls_Rs     9010250         1621502         -82 %
> 6_24_96_Lf_Rf_C_LFE_Ls_Rs     9765734         1720278         -82 %
>
> My question is: is this caused by the fact that the ffmpeg MLP encoder
> only uses one substream?
>

Yea, most likely.

> Fabrice Nicol
>
>
>
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