Hi there!

On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 18:15:55 +0100 Andy Lo-A-Foe wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 01:33:32AM -0500, Hod McWuff wrote:
> 
> > I'd imagine the first step would be to add an ac3 encoder, and then
> > (possibly) the 2->5.1 channel demuxing for stereo streams. This would
> > result in the ability to mix dolby digital streams (DVD's) with more
> > mundane PCM streams, such as IM or telephony apps.
> 
> None of the available open source software AC3 encoders are fast enough
> to do realtime 5.1 encoding I think. The main task would be to try and
> optimize this. Outputting compressed AC3 frames through alsa is probably
> the easiest part (see http://www.alsaplayer.org for ac3play)

Are there really any AC3 ENcoders? I thought only quite expensive
(windows) software would be able to do that, because of Dolby's licensing.
If there are any what would those be?

Regards
Markus Plail

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