On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 12:16 -0800, Shane wrote: > I've read about soundcards which automatically encode the > audio to dolby digital or DTS and sent it to the amp that > way.
No soundcard does this in hardware AFAIK - it's implemented in software by the Windows driver. > However, I understand that particular capability > isn't supported by the Linux drivers due to licensing. Are > there any other methods I can use to send 6 channels of raw > pcm to the amp. There are ALSA plugins to encode PCM to AC3 - check ALSA devel archives. Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
