[vdr] Re: [PATCH] AC3overDVB 0.1.4

[Mattia Rossi <mattia@technologist.com>]

On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:33:58 +0100
"Dr. Werner Fink" <werner@suse.de> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 10:45:43PM +0100, Gregoire Favre wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > in the README.AC3overDVB, one could read:
> > 
> > If your receiver doesn't detect the encapsulated stream (at the
> > beginning of replay in general) you will hear the digital data played as
> > PCM data. It's a spiky noise. Don't turn up the volume too much, or the
> > speakers may be damaged. You have been warned!
> 
> > 
> > I didn't test this version, and I don't know if it's of any use, as the
> > previous one had those problem...
> > Should I try this one or there is no hope with my receiver?
> 
> As long as the hardware on the DVB cards are not able to put
> the 16bit none audio PCM data stream into a 32bit none audio
> S/P-DIF transport stream all receivers which uses the bit flags
> of the S/P-DIF transport stream for identifying none audio
> loose.  All S/P-DIF data get from the DVB card to not have the
> none audio bit set.  AFAIK this is a hardware bug (or better
> this is the information I've got from TT) ...
> 

Should we interpret this as a "No" ? ;-)

Mattia


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