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SPDIF-Out on nForce Soundstorm
Posted: 16 Mar 2004 01:28
by Holodoc
Hi,
when playing a mpeg with AC3-2.0 and PCM Stereo audio in it I can choose between both in vlc which is quite nice but the AC3-Stream is not passed to my SPDIF-Out (onBoard) although I choosed SPDIF in Options>Plug-Ins>audio output>aout_file>Output Format - is there another option anywhere to deactivate the AC3-Decoder or doesn't it simply work?
Posted: 16 Mar 2004 02:35
by litghost
i have the same setup and AC3 works just fine. to use the SPDIF try looking under the Audio Device tab, sometimes i get a SPDIF option with multi-channel data. GL
Posted: 16 Mar 2004 07:05
by Sigmund
Start of by telling what operating system you are on. On windows I think you can set the soundcard to pass stereo pcm through the spdif somewhere in the control panel. Then you can play with the "audio device" menu in vlc. "stereo" will now pass decoded pcm data through spdif, while "A5/2 over spdif" will pass the raw dolby digital to the external decoder.
Posted: 16 Mar 2004 07:33
by Sigmund
Personally I use linux with alsa. Here I get decoded pcm over spdif by using --alsadev hw:0,2
Posted: 16 Mar 2004 13:59
by Holodoc
i have the same setup and AC3 works just fine. to use the SPDIF try looking under the Audio Device tab, sometimes i get a SPDIF option with multi-channel data. GL
Ah thanks, your post brought me to the general sound-options which I must have ignored before, specially the Use SPDIF-Option *gg*
Now I get both PCM and AC3 bitstreams at my receiver
