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 _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel