[vdr] Re: Howto remove AC-3 ?

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

"Dr. Werner Fink" wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 08:30:38AM +0100, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> > Thomas Mohr wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks! Now "Men in Black" fits on 4 CDs...
> > >
> > > Now if i would only find a way to remove the AC-3 from my existing
> > > recordings. Could the programs from the Tools folder be used for that ?
> > >
> > >  - Thomas
> > > --
> > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > > Thomas Mohr - Th.Mohr@gmx.net
> >
> > You should look for a tool that is able to strip all PRIVATE_STREAM1  (0xBD)
> > packets.
> 
> Stupid question: Why AC3 is placed in as a private stream instead of
> a second audio stream?  Isn't the later one common in most mpeg2
> software, is it?
> 
>         Werner

The AC3 data *comes* as PRIVATE_STREAM1, VDR just leaves it as it is.
The second audio ID is used if there is a second APID.

Klaus
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