On 1/29/06, Lee Revell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Question for the DSP gurus: > > How hard would it be to implement an AC3 encoder as a LADSPA plugin that > could be used in an ALSA config to encode stereo and 5.1 sources on the > fly? Many Windows drivers seem to contain one, and it would be a nice > response to the naysayers on LKML who doubt the power of ALSA.
Have you seen my ac3jack? It needs some work, but can act as a bridge between jack and alsa (indirectly now, directly soon) and uses the ac3 encoder from ffmpeg. http://essej.net/ac3jack If pushed, I will fix it up as planned.... jlc
