[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Online audio stream switching

[Michael Behrisch]

On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 01:03:41PM +0100, Michael Behrisch wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 02:12:56PM -0500, D Richard Felker III wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 12:31:13PM -0600, Joey Parrish wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 10:37:53AM -0500, D Richard Felker III wrote:
> > > > > Well, the patch already knows about the difference between AC3, PCM and DTS
> > > > > and switches only between streams of the same format. Switching
> > > > > between 2.0 AC3 and 5.1 AC3 did not make problems here but please
> > > > > send me a sample where it does.
> > > 
> > > > do you have a 5.1 setup? if not, it will just decode both as 2.0 so no
> > > > problem should arise...but i wonder what happens if you have 5.1
> > > > output available..
> > > 
> > > Well, if it checks the format to ensure no crashing, I say it's a very
> > > good thing to have.  What's the down side when compared to no switching
> > > at all?
> > 
> > If it's safe, I agree, it's ok to add. 
> 
> I double-checked, AC3 and DTS work perfectly although I must admit that I have only
> one DVD with more than one DTS stream. 

Did anyone have a real look at it?
Someone who dares to commit?

Michael