Matthias Saou wrote: > > * This means re-encoding *everything* to AC3 on the fly? 2.0 music too?
Correct > * What kind of CPU usage is to be expected for a typical 5.1 signal? 2 to 5% on a Core Duo 1.6 GHz so barely noticeable. > * What about other formats like DTS? (please forgive my ignorance) DTS would be decoded and encoded back to AC3. > It seems pretty obvious to me that if my amplifier is able to accept > the raw stream already contained in my movie files, then sending it > as-is is the optimal and theoretically not-so-hard solution, which many > video players already implement. Yes, the player needs fixing. Julien
