This appears to be fixed with VLC 1.1.0.2~ppa1 from C-Korn VLC PPA. Thank you to the VLC team and whoever else was involved! I can now have DD5.1 and DTS decoding for movies that have the tracks embedded, and all other movies fall back to stereo sound output or whatever they have embedded.
Excellent! ------------------------ Simple Settings: ------------------------ Preferences > Audio > Output | Output module: "ALSA audio output", Use S/PDIF when available "Tick". ------------------------ All Settings: ------------------------ Audio > | Audio Output Frequency: "48000" ------------------------ -- VLC doesn't output 5.1 (AC3/DD/DTS) via SPDIF (passthrough) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/567707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
