A demultiplexer for digital media files, or media demultiplexer, also called a file splitter by laymen or consumer software providers, is software that demultiplexes individual elementary streams of a media file, e.g., audio, video, or subtitles and sends them to their respective decoders for actual decoding.[1] Media demultiplexers are not decoders themselves, but are format container handlers that separate media streams from a (container) file and supply them to their respective audio, video, or subtitles decoders.[2]

Notable file splitters

Playback issues

Playback difficulties (such as no playback, no audio, or no video) may result from several or legacy file splitters for a particular file format being installed on an operating system. This causes decoder-to-file-splitter mismatch resulting in playback failure on media players.

See also

References

  1. ↑ AfterDawn.com – Demux
  2. ↑ AfterDawn.com – Guides - Introduction to Haali Media Splitter
  3. ↑ Windows Media Developer Center - AVI Splitter Filter
  4. ↑ Windows Media Developer Center - MPEG-2 Splitter
  5. ↑ Windows Media Developer Center - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer
  6. ↑ Haali Media Splitter
  7. ↑ SourceForge.net - FLV Splitter
  8. ↑ "lavfilters - Open-Source DirectShow Media Splitter and Decoders". Retrieved 2013-01-05.
  9. ↑ FFmpeg General Documentation - File Formats, Retrieved 2009-09-02
  10. ↑ VideoLAN Project VLC playback Features, Retrieved 2009-09-02
  11. ↑ Xiph.org Directshow Filters for Ogg Vorbis, Speex, Theora and FLAC, Retrieved 2009-09-02
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