On 4/6/06, Daniel Rozsnyó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But it's sure would be nice to use a card who > > have realtime dolby digital encoding, an optical connector output and > > work on any platform. > > > > How complicated is to make an AC3 encoder in HW (fpga) and what will be > the latency? I think that is one of the things what are missing from > today's soundards.
I don't know the answer to that question, but one of the things I had in mind was the ability for the card to hardware decode a number of different formats, including the compressed ones. We may not be able to do MP3 _encoding_ due to patents, but most Linux users would be storing on Ogg format anyway. Those who wanted MP3 could store uncompressed and convert later in software. But I think we can do MP3 _decoding_ with no problem (although it may not be worth the effort). Nico's post suggests that Dolby must own a patent on it. I am ambivalent about that, although I suspect that AC3 is not one of those abusive software patents. Given that we're selling hardware, we CAN afford to pay reasonable royalties. The algorithms can be developed in the open, and then the companies get their royalties from the sale of the hardware. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
