BTW, one potential area of concern, interest, and legality of I2S-vampirism-enabling hardware such as the Wolfson WM8804 is w/r/t AACS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Access_Content_System This "feature" is coming to an HD-audio device near you beginning Jan 1, 2011 . Consider the following scenario from "2010: The Year AACS and HDMI Kill Off Component Video" ( http://www.audioholics.com/news/industry-news/aacs-hdmi-kill-component-2010 ): > We've even read stories about Hollywood-based mastering engineers having to use Slysoft > AnyDVD HD software in order to circumvent AACS and BD+ restrictions just to get their work done. There are certainly legitimate digital uses of the audio content one has purchased on bluray, no? For example, consider a "fair use" scenario of an online review of HD content that would give a snippet of the content, it it's original form, for the purpose of evaluating the "HDness" of the content. So after Jan 1 2011, it appears any HD hardware people might buy, such as bluray players used for HD audio playback, will only allow for analog audio connections for audio as well. Wouldn't HDMI-carried digital audio be "secured" in the same way video content is? This would leaving only low resolution video output ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Access_Content_System#Analog_Outputs ) and "audio watermarked" audio ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Access_Content_System#Audio_watermarking )... Given the above, it appears that a soldering iron and a I2S "vampire" is the only solution, other than buying the appropriate unlocked equipment now, and hoping that new "features" don't obsolete your purchase. (Which is one of the many reasons why people aren't going all-in with any DRM'd hardware if they can help it... this has got "sony/betamax" written all over it and people will be choosing openness and "http://"; instead.) Is I2S vampirism as needed for "fair use" or professional/creative use of media-content one has purchased, feasible on AACS enabled equipment by tapping straight in to the DAC I2S stream? -- Niels http://nielsmayer.com _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
