Re: Surround sound via optical spdif out

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On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 22:39 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 22:16 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote:
> > Playing SURROUNDTEST_011212.wav.
> > Audio file file format detected.
> > ==========================================================================
> > Forced audio codec: hwac3
> > Cannot find codec for audio format 0x2001.
> > Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
> > ==========================================================================
> > Segmentation fault
> > 
> > remember: the test file is from 
> > http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/mall/index.asp?programid=2445
> > which I found via a link out of an ALSA HOWTO
> > 
> 
> I think that's a DTS/DD file.  Try this one:
> 
> http://downloads.lightspeed.cx/lynne/bjorn_lynne-secret_world_(surround_version).ac3
First off....

Nice song -- I might have to look for more of him/her.

Which points out that the file actually worked (and it does sound really
nice).

So I must ask -- DD/DTS/AC3 are all forms of encoding surround sound.
Is it typical that only AC3 works on our systems?  Is AC3 the DVD
standard (I didn't think so...)?  


Nasa

BTW: THANKS Lee, I appreciate your efforts and patience.


> 
> Lee
> 


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