Ray Glendenning wrote: > Hi > > The FF cards can't output a true raw DD stream but have to encapsualte > the DD data within a PCM stream. Some older amps, such as my Sony > STR-DB940 don't understand this stream format as it was only added to > handle chips where the header construction was out of the software > control. I have just had to explain all this to Kiss as the dp-600 (and > any other players using the same sdk) showed this flaw but is apparently > fixable in software. > > Hope this makes sense but it's late Yes it makes sense, the question is how one could repack the stream to DD format? Is the bitstreamout plugin a way to do this? I've seen some earlier comments about looping the output of the FF SPDIF through an additional sound card with a new SPDIF output. Is that the way to go or could the plugin read the AC3 stream directly? BR /t