> The Hammerfall drivers work and have done for at least 2 years. The > H-DSP driver, which is mostly a modification of the Hammerfall driver, > should be ready by the middle of next week unless there are unexpected > suprises.
Apologies for a misleading statement. I did not mean to say that Hammerfall drivers are not available for Linux, but rather that HDSP drivers are not (since I was referring to the Multiface). But your news regarding the driver surely sound awesome to my ears :-) ! I, however did find something regarding AC-3 stuff in the Multiface manual, but am not sure as to what does it exactly refer to. The whole pdf file can be found here: http://www.rme-audio.com/english/download/mfwin_e.pdf Here's the snippet: 8.3 DVD-Playback (AC-3/DTS) under MME When using popular DVD software player like WinDVD and PowerDVD, their audio data stream can be send to any AC-3/DTS capable receiver, using the HDSP's SPDIF output. For this to work the SPDIF output wave device has to be selected in 'Control Panel/Sounds and Multimedia/Audio'. Also check 'use preferred device only'. You will notice that the DVD software's audio properties now allow to use 'SPDIF Out' or to 'activate SPDIF output'. When selecting these, the software will transfer the non-decoded digital multichannel data stream using the RME card. This 'SPDIF' signal sounds like chopped noise at highest level. Therefore check 'Non-audio' in the card's Settings dialog, to prevent most SPDIF receivers from accepting the signal, and to prevent any attached equipment from being damaged. Setting the card to be used as system playback device is against common sense, as professional cards are not specialized to play back system sounds, and shouldn't be disturbed by system events. To prevent this, be sure to re-assign this setting after usage, or to disable any system sounds (tab Sounds, scheme 'No audio'). Note: The DVD player will be synced backwards from the RME card. This means when using AutoSync and/or word clock, the playback speed and pitch follows the incoming clock signal. Also, check this one: The audio bit in the header can be set to 'Non-Audio'. This is necessary when Dolby AC-3 encoded data is sent to external decoders (surround-sound receivers, television sets etc. with AC-3 digital inputs), as these decoders would otherwise not recognize the data as AC-3. Anyhow, I am still not sure whether this can actually do 5.1 or 4.1 or 7.1. Thank you for your help. Any additional insight would be greatly appreciated! Ico
