Information about .ac3 File Extension

VLC media player is a free and open source media player and multimedia framework written by the VideoLAN project. VLC supports many audio and video codecs and file formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It is able to stream over networks and to transcode multimedia files and save them into various formats. The default distribution of VLC includes a large number of free decoding and encoding libraries, avoiding the need for finding/calibrating proprietary plugins and codecs.

Windows Media Player is a media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and viewing images on personal computers. In addition to being a media player, it includes the ability to rip music from and copy music to compact discs, burn recordable discs in Audio CD format or as data discs with playlists such as an MP3 CD, synchronize content with a digital audio player (MP3 player) or other mobile devices, and enable users to purchase or rent music from a number of online music stores.

AIMP is a full-featured free music player designed with sound quality and wide, customizable functionality in mind. Over twenty audio formats are supported. Audio is processed in 32-bit for crystal-clear sound. The player features a 18-band graphics equalizer with extra built-in sound effects and supports Input, DSP and Gen plug-ins from Winamp.

Media Player Classic is a compact open-source media player for Microsoft Windows. The application mimics the look and feel of the old, lightweight Windows Media Player 6.4 but integrates most options and features found in modern media players. It is often included in codec packs as a default media player.

K-Multimedia Player (also known as The KMPlayer, KMPlayer or KMP) is a media player software for Microsoft Windows which can play a large number of formats including VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, FLV and QuickTime.

foobar2000 is a freeware audio player for Windows. It is known for its highly modular design and extensive SDK which allows third-party developers to create plug-ins and add additional features. While supporting a large number of audio file formats, it has many features for metadata support and file organization, and it has a converter interface for use with command line encoders.

MediaInfo is a free software that supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio files. Example of information are codec, bit rate, frames per second, width, height, count of channels, duration, title, author, language of subtitles, name of chapters.