AC3 / DTS passthru problem
Posted: 15 Jul 2007 17:13
My sound card has a quirk where the spdif channel actually goes to the bit bucket, so you have to use the spdif output by sending sound to the default output, and changing a setting so that IEC958 output comes from the PCM. (Realtek ALC850 rev 0.)
I've gotten the workaround to work with most other software, but since VLC detects spdif out automatically, I haven't been able to get it to conform to this. I tried overriding the spdif and iec958 items in .asoundrc, but the VLC doesn't detect them as digital outputs any more, so that doesn't help.
Is there any way I can force vlc to passthru DTS or AC3, but use the default channel rather than the spdif channel?
I've gotten the workaround to work with most other software, but since VLC detects spdif out automatically, I haven't been able to get it to conform to this. I tried overriding the spdif and iec958 items in .asoundrc, but the VLC doesn't detect them as digital outputs any more, so that doesn't help.
Is there any way I can force vlc to passthru DTS or AC3, but use the default channel rather than the spdif channel?