On Sun, 2009-11-15 at 20:24 +0200, Theunis Potgieter wrote: > 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? For consumer SPDIF max bandwidth is about 2 x 20 x 48 kHz = 1.92 Mbit/s. E.g. encoded DD+ 7.1 bit stream fits there but linear 7.1 PCM doesn't. Highest end audio formats are at different order of magnitude. Dolby TrueHD can be up to 18 Mbit/s and DTS-HD Master Audio up to 24.5 Mbit/s those are passed only over HDMI in CE devices. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Digital#Dolby_Digital_Plus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTS_%28sound_system%29#DTS-HD_Master_Audio BR, Seppo _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
