[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I agree ... :-) > > Robert: The cabel is included .. even it is a "low" quality optical cabel. I personally believe that quality differences in optical cables are a myth created by the vendors of the more expensive cables. I bought a DM 6 optical cable for my DVD player from Reichelt. I have no problems at all with it, the sound is excellent and there are no dropouts. I think it should not be too hard to transmit the bits without errors. As long as that is the case, what difference can a higher quality cable make (except for maybe looking better)? > Carsten: The advantages of a C-Media 8738 Card are the optical and kabel > digital input and output and a very good driver and tool support by the > ALSA Project ... Is C-Media 8738 the chip name and Leadtek Winfast 4XSound one card using the chip or is C-Media 8738 another similar card altogether? > Yiu can route the digital output of the dvb-s card into > the digital input of the soundcard and connect the output of the card to > your receiver .. this way you can hear the sound of the dvb-s card and can > mix other data into it (like mp3). If you play raw-data (like ac3) the > driver mutes the input and give you only the raw data at the output .. Great idea! That means I do not have to switch receiver inputs when I play back an AC3 recording. Can I keep vdr running with the -a "ac3play" parameter all the time? > I have that working error free with a Leadtek Winfast Soundcard which is > about DM 65,-- at http://www.atelco.de. Thanks! I'll go to Hamburg on Wednesday and get one. > There are some things that need to be considered when switching that all > on, I will do a FAQ in the near future and will ask Stephan to put it on > his FAQ site. Wonderful! I'd appreciate this very much. Thanks, Carsten. -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
