2009/11/15 Timothy D. Lenz <tlenz@xxxxxxxxxx>: > The SPDIF can't carry 7.1 sound? It's just digital data stream. Should > be able to carry how ever many channels get encoded to the data packets. > Is the problem not bandwidth requirements? > Seppo Ingalsuo wrote: >> >> On Sun, 2009-11-15 at 09:49 +0100, Luca Olivetti wrote: >>> >>> Well, considering that I cannot find a way to get audio through hdmi with >>> my laptop and I couldn't get much help on the alsa-users mailing list (as >>> couldn't another folk with the same laptop 5 months ago), I am worried. >> >> I'm waiting for a 7.1ch PCM audio over HDMI capable PCI-E graphics card. >> Currently Nvidia does great job with VDPAU video but SPDIF pass-trough >> limited audio is a disappointment. There is working 7.1ch PCM audio in >> Linux with AMD and Intel graphics but video acceleration is not usable. >> >> My cheap 8400GS that I bought about years ago looks still like a good >> solution (plus SPDIF from mobo) :^( >> >> BR, >> Seppo >> _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
