[MPlayer-users] Digital output without ac3

joel at rosafluffmoln.nu joel at rosafluffmoln.nu
Fri Jul 25 10:25:06 CEST 2003


To get Digital out always on a SBlive i use -ao alsa9:spdif works great, and 
and also -hwac3, to get passthrough on the AC3 streams.

What I really would wanna know is how to get spdif output from OSS. Preferbly 
how to map the /dev/dsp0 to the spdif output. 

Cheers, 
Joel

Citerar Dominik Mierzejewski <dominik at rangers.eu.org>:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Thursday, 24 July 2003, j.a.l wrote:
> > Karl Koch wrote:
> > >
> > >I've got an ac3 decoder attached to my sb live board
> > >(coaxial) and 5.1 dolby digital works fine.
> > >
> > >But there's no sound output for (s)vcds, divx or other
> > >video files. What are the correct parameters? I tried with
> > >and without -ac hwac3. (always using -ao alsa9). In
> > >alsamixer all outputs are enabled and I want to use the
> > >digital output, so that I don't need antoher cable to my
> > >reciever.
> > 
> > simple question : is audio track on YOUR vcd or divx ac3 ???? guest 
> > no... from spec, divx is mp3, as vcd.
> 
> There's no such spec. There's no divx container format, only video codec
> and you can put it in any container such as AVI or OGM. So it has nothing
> to do with audio format.
> 
> > I actually encode dvd to divx with ac3, but only mplayer can read then
> > ( which is only what i need )
> 
> Not true. I can play MEncoder-created AVIs (with AC3 tracks) with Windoze
> players without problems.
> 
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