2009/11/16 Seppo Ingalsuo <seppo.ingalsuo@xxxxxx>: > 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 > In my case, I have a Samsung T260 screen with fibre out, probably SPDIF. In this case the monitor would then be my limitation. Should I get an amp that takes hdmi as input and passes video onto the screen? _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
