OMG this is awesome! Thank you very much for making this!
Ivica Ico Bukvic, composer & multimedia sculptor http://meowing.ccm.uc.edu/~ico > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:linux-audio-dev- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jesse Chappell > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 12:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; linux-audio- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [linux-audio-dev] ac3jack - realtime AC3 stream encoder for JACK > > Introducing the initial release of ac3jack, bringing you realtime > AC3 stream encoding of any JACK audio. > > http://essej.net/ac3jack/ > > ac3jack is a tool for creating an AC3 (Dolby Digital) multichannel > stream from its JACK input ports. Using this tool, an AC3 stream (up > to 5.1 channels) is encoded in realtime and either written to a file or > streamed to standard output. > > When streamed to stdout and piped through the ALSA tool 'ac3dec -C', > the AC3 stream can be passed out the SPDIF port on your audio interface > for connection to a multichannel surround receiver. In this way, > you can achieve full 5.1 surround mixing and monitoring of your JACK > applications with a single digital cable, and no need for hardware > supporting discrete inputs and outputs. > > AC3 is a compressed audio stream, so quality is somewhat compromised. > It is the price you pay for easy surround sound. After all, if it is > good enough for DVD and film soundtracks, it must be OK. > > Please try it out, read the usage notes, and let me know of any > build or runtime problems you find..... > > jlc
