[Help] Which HDMI capture cards work well with BeSplit?

[Arian]

I didn't know which section this would be appropriate to post this in, since it's pretty cross-section, so forgive me if this is the wrong spot.

So, to make a long story short, AVerMedia capture cards are able to capture Dolby Digital noise in PCM format and it can be successfully be converted to bit-perfect AC3 DD 5.1 audio.

Unfortunately though, AVerMedia's drivers have rendered the capture card I was using (Extremecap U3) pretty useless.

I replaced it with an open-source, plug and play capture card, the Inogeni 4K2USB3. However, the conversion generates some... unsavoury results.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1402830530316492800

So, before I invest in yet another capture card, I'd like to get some confirmation that it WILL work with BeSplit for my type of audio work.

I was keen towards the Elgato HD60 S, since it also has uncompressed capture capabilities, but I want you guys to let me know; If you do this kind of thing that I'm speaking of, what capture card are you doing it with?

Heck, you don't even have to know first-hand, any insight would be great.

Thanks, guys.

EDIT: Here is my BeSplit command, in case its relevant: besplit -core -input 1.wav -type ddwav -output 1.ac3

[alexp2000]

I've got the Elgato HD60 Pro but from what I read here, neither can capture 5.1:


https://help.elgato.com/hc/en-us/article...-Dolby-DTS-

[zoidberg]

If there is any resampling whatsoever applied to the PCM track containing the AC-3 stream then the stream will become corrupted and unrecoverable. Mediainfo can usually detect a lossy format like AC-3/DTS within a padded PCM stream, if this is the case with your capture then you should be able to demux the audio and run it through besplit.
If a driver update has caused this problem is it possible to roll back to a previous update?

[Arian]

I've got the Elgato HD60 Pro but from what I read here, neither can capture 5.1:


https://help.elgato.com/hc/en-us/article...-Dolby-DTS-

Not directly, but like I described, and as shown in those Twitter videos, it can still capture PCM Stereo audio containing 5.1 DD audio and then you can convert to its natural state like so.

[Arian]

If there is any resampling whatsoever applied to the PCM track containing the AC-3 stream then the stream will become corrupted and unrecoverable. Mediainfo can usually detect a lossy format like AC-3/DTS within a padded PCM stream, if this is the case with your capture then you should be able to demux the audio and run it through besplit.
If a driver update has caused this problem is it possible to roll back to a previous update?

Very insightful, thank you very much.

The thing is, I always demux the audio before I convert it, so it must be re-sampled from the source.

As for the driver issue, I was able to circumvent this for a time by simply uninstalling and then re-installing the drivers, however recently it's gotten worse to where I can't even get anything past a black screen. These AVerMedia devices have certainly evolved to self-awareness.