Dominique Dumont wrote: > I have a problem when playing dolby digital streams encoded at > 640kbps. This problem occurs with mplayer or 'ac3dec -C'. When playing > 640 kbps stream, I hear spikes (or short scratchy sounds) 4 or 5 times > per seconds on all channels. These spikes do not occur on silent > moment, only on loud moment or musical moments. > That sounds like clipping. Try turning down the volume at the source (i.e. reduce the volume before encoding the Dolby stream.) If that works, you'll need to experiment to find out which stage of your system is clipping. -B ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user