Re: [Alsa-user] USB Audio recommendations?

[chris b. <lu...@so...>]

David H=E4rdeman wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 11:31:54PM +0100, chris bayley wrote:
>
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>> * I have not yet got the onboard ac3 decoder working - is this the=20
>> same thing as ac3 passthough ?
>
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by getting the onboard ac3 decoder working.=20
> Do you mean that you currently use the analog speaker output on the NX?

Yes that is what I do, I have the NX driving a GigaWorks THX speaker=20
system it sounds great using liba52 software decoder, but if the NX has=20
a decoder built I would like to try that.

>
>
> AC3 passthrough means that when you play a source which has an AC3=20
> audio stream (most commonly, a DVD), the AC3 stream is passed raw to=20
> the SPDIF output without any intermediate processing.

I want to pass the AC3 stream 'to' the NX for hardware decoding there=20
(the NX includes a Hardware decoder if I am not mistaken), so I'm not=20
sure if 'passthrough' mode is what I should use or not ?

> Re,
> David
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