Re: [Alsa-user] SPDIF Out and multiple channels
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From: Jan D. <jdi...@pp...> - 2004-01-13 17:45:19
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Jaroslav Kysela wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Dennis van der Meer wrote: > > >>Hi, >> >>I have a Terratec Aureon Space 7.1 and I'm able to play music through >>my digital out without any problems. There is just one thing that I can't >>seem to be able to do somehow. I would like to be able to duplicate >>channels. Currently I can only send 2 channels (left + right). I have a >>5.1 DTS receiver and the necessary speakers so I would like to be >>able to copy the front left to the rear left and the front right to the rear >>right. Is this at all possible with the digital out? > > > No, your receiver must do this or software must encode the stream to AC3 > or DTS formats. The consumer S/PDIF can do only stereo PCM. > > Jaroslav > Perhaps this helps? http://essej.net/ac3jack/ Haven't tried it adverts to do just this. Jan |