[vdr] Re: AC-3 Output

[Carsten Koch <Carsten.Koch@icem.de>]

Peter Seyringer wrote:
> 
> Hello ML!
> 
> Now i have the full equipment to listen Dolby Digital but i have problems to generate a AC-3 output signal. I have connect the SPDIF output to my receiver. If i start a DVD or a recorded file from cinedom deluxe my receiver always tells me i have only a PCM Digital signal, no Dobly Digital or dts.
> Can someone help me why i can't listen dolby digital?

The SPDIF output of the DVB-S card cannot generate the AC3
data format.

You have to install a sound card with SPDIF in and out and
loop the data though it.

This subject has been discussed on the mailing list maybe
a year ago. Search the archives.

Carsten.