[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] AC3/DTS passthrough on big endian system, not tested.

[Guillaume Poirier]

Hey,

? ? wrote:
> this patch is for test, it also include code to identity more type of
> dts streams (14bits, 16bits, little endian, big endian).
> 
> main change to make passthrough work on big endian system, is accounding
> sources of vlc, when passthrough, the bytes of ac3/dts passthrough
> header should also be swapped. as I known, vlc passthrough works fine on
> G4/G5 machines. so for mplayer passthrough work on bit endian system,
> this patch is probably necessary althrough it not being tested on real
> big endian machine. PLEASE TEST IT!

Am I right to understand that passthrough can only be tested by
connecting the computer's digital out connector to an external
dolby/DTS decoder (hooked to a hifi stereo) and verify that sounds
come out of it?

Guillaume