On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 23:28:14 +0000 Tony Houghton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matt Hull wrote: > > > i think the ac3 pass though will just let mplayer take the ac3 stream from > > the dvd and send it to the sound card and then out the digital line. no > > decoding at all. i have that here with an optical out. > > So does the compressed AC3 stream get sent through the S/PDIF connection > and decoded by the amplifier? I didn't realise that. > Most likely yes - 'ac3dec<whatever>' is a plugin used by various Linux media players. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
