On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 05:48:32PM -0700, kevin ernste wrote: > The Pioneer doesn't do the real-time MLP encoding, it's done in > software. An encoding app writes an .mlp file which is then burned > from a separate tool. Ah, that explains it. Thanks. So its just video it can do in realtime. > Regardless of MLP (highly unlikely, as you say, because of patents) or > something like it, DVD-A support for linux would be a great thing. Yes, thats very true. Are any other formats allowed for DVD-A? The audio part of DVD video can use MPEG streams IIRC, and we have free-ish MPEG encoders. 9+ MB/s of 4 channel MPEG would be pretty high quality. Otherwise, maybe pioneer would licence thier linux version of the MLP tools. - Steve
