[linux-dvb] Re: ac3 playback - please help !!!

[Dieter Bloms <dbloms@suse.de>]

Hi,

On Thu, Jul 26, Martin Hoffmann wrote:

> No success :-(
> 
> I've tried the following variations:
> 
> linux:/home/martin/VDR # ./vdr -w 60 -v /video0 -a "play-ac3 -"
> linux:/home/martin/VDR # ./vdr -w 60 -v /video0 -a
> "/home/martin/emu10k1/utils/play-ac3/play-ac3 -"
> 
> Starting the playback always gives the message "Reading from stdin.", where
> i started vdr and no sound can be heard :-(
> 
> And i have again tried : (without "-")
> linux:/home/martin/VDR # ./vdr -w 60 -v /video0 -a
> "/home/martin/emu10k1/utils/play-ac3/play-ac3"
> Which gives me "Usage: play-ac3 <filename | ->" !

ok, here is a little more complex solution:

o create a pipe device like "mkfifo /dev/ac3sound"
o start play-ac3 and let it read from the pipedevice "play-ac3/dev/ac3sound"
o start vdr with vdr ... -a "tee >/dev/ac3sound"


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