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Is there really no MacOS X user who successfully managed to get AC3 output on an external DD 5.1 receiver via the optical out of an iMac G5 or Power Mac?
Since it is described in the ReadMe how it could work, it seems that the possibility is there.
Anyone?

He means the Rev. B of the iMac G5 (with 2 GHz, etc.), which is the same as I use. He doesn't mean the old G3 233 MHz with 4 MB VRAM ;) Exactly ;) Sorry for not mentioning the "G5" part. (But the ATI should have given it away *g*) BTT: Unfortunately there's no real improvement concerning ...

Thanks fir your tips Felix! I just downloaded the beta version yesterdy night, so I will try it and test it with all my video files I'm gonna watch in the next days. As about your questions: I work on the iMac Rev.B., and the graphic cards is an ATI 9600 with 128MB. And sorry, no ripping movies or 3...

Similar problem on my iMac G5 2.0Ghz, 1.5GB RAM. As I posted in this Thread , the playback freezes very often for about 1-3sec. Sometimes on a quite regular basis throughout the movie. It is hardly watchable. Would be nice to know where the problem for this behavior of vlc is. Anybody got an idea? R...

No, this is occurring with AVI files. The video plays normally, no distortion, but will freeze up for a second or 2 then play normally again and it happens every 30 seconds to a minute. I have tried it with multiple files from multiple sources to make sure it's not the files that are the problem. I...

I have the exact same problem with the exact same machine as Sachy.
I tried to change the preferences as suggested in the ReadMe, but the only thing I get to work is the PCM Stereo sound.

Any tips/help would be much appreciated!

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