nickrout Wrote: 
> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:12:56 +1200
> Nick Rout wrote:
> 
> But DVD sound is  not in mp3 format, which may mean that there has to
> be
> a conversion to an appropriate format before streaming, which will
> give
> a further delay, on top of that inherent in a network setup. Also you
> will want some caching for those inevitable network glitches and that
> gves more delay.
DVD playback software sends a PCM stream to the operating system sound
driver, regardless of the audio format contained on the disc - the DVD
playback software itself is responsible for decoding the
DTS/AC3/MLP/&c.. 
DVD playback was simply an example I chose. For my purposes, the source
could be anything - any audio-producing application. They all send PCM
data to the sound card driver. Sound Forge, QuickTime, PowerDVD,
Windows Media Player, foobar2000, you-name-it.

Think of it this way: I want to use the SB3 as my sound card.

Thanks for the research, Nick!


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