From: James Courtier-D. <Ja...@su...> - 2003-06-09 23:51:27
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Kean Pedersen wrote: > additional description: > ---------------------- > > I'm using the AC3 pass though to get my external decoder to handle the DTS > signal. However, after the DVD has played for 10-15 secs, the "fixing sound > card drift" kicks in, and one of these are displayed every second. After > 9-10 of these, the sound simply stops (or starts clicking) - If I then seek > a bit in the stream, the sound comes back for another 10-15 secs. > > Normal stereo (non-AC3 pass though) works perfectly though. I tried other > DVD players (mplayer and ogle), but there's no problem with the AC3 there. > > In the output above, the first chunk of "metronom" messages are from the > pre-menu intro on the DVD, and the next chunk is from the actual movie. > > Just to clarify: - When xine is playing AC3 audio to an external decoder is it bad? When xine is playing DTS audio to an external decoder is it bad? Does mplayer and ogle handle the DTS track, or do they only play AC3? Cheers James |