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So when you play multichannel AC3 or DTS file in VLC and you select A/52 over S/PDIF from Audio -> Audio Device your amplifier shows it as AC3/DTS or PCM? "So when you play AC3 file in VLC, you cannot select A/52 over S/PDIF from Audio -> Audio Device? http://koti.mbnet.fi/raiska/tutorials/vlc...

So when you play multichannel AC3 or DTS file in VLC and you select A/52 over S/PDIF from Audio -> Audio Device your amplifier shows it as AC3/DTS or PCM? I wanted to follow up on this post... I have similar setup/symptoms. to your question, no, the a/42 over s/pdif option is not available in my vl...