[vdr] Re: AC3 audio handling

[s.huelswitt@gmx.de (Stefan Huelswitt)]

On 30 Apr 2004 Ondrej Wisniewski <ondrej.wisniewski@ericsson.com> wrote:

> The AC3 stream is not handled directly by vanilla VDR
> but needs the AC3overDVB patch (plugin?).

The AC3overDVB patch encapsulates the AC3 stream into a format
which is passed through the DVB card. The actual decoding takes
place inside the DD-receiver.

> Is there any possibility to have an "on the fly" conversion (downmix) for the
> AC3 audio to mpeg audio ?

Certainly. You can find code for this inside the DVD plugin. It
does downmixing if used without AC3overDVB.

-- 
Stefan Huelswitt
s.huelswitt@gmx.de  | http://www.muempf.de/


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