Alan Bromborsky wrote:
> could you explain why
>
> arecord -f cd -D plughw:0,1 | aplay -
>
> works with 5.1 channel ac3 streams even though I have "-f cd" set.
AC-3 is a mechanism designed to transport surround sound over S/PDIF,
which has only two channels. It compresses the data so that it has
Alan Bromborsky wrote:
> I have a sound card (Xonar D2) with a toslink input that works. I am
> able to input optical output of a cd player and play it with my sound
> card via
>
> arecord -f cd -D plughw:1,0 | aplay -
>
> The question is what are the correct command line parameters to use if
> th
