[vdr] Re: AW: Re: AC3 over DVB Nexus-s Card

["Roland Praml" <pram2000@web.de>]

> Hi, I am a newby and follow this AC3 over DVB Nexus topic with higher
> interest. But there is one basic thing I don´t understand: It is a known
> bug of the DVBs, that the used TI-chip is unable to output a 1:1 signal.
> One bit can not be output correctly so that AC3 output is said to be
> technically impossible. Some AC3-decoders seem to have a better error
> correction so that they still are able to decode AC3, but this is
> different from case to case. This information is from Hauppauge.
> So how does the Linux-AC3 output work? Is there a certain work-around
> for this bug or do the developers simply don´t know about this hardware
> limitation?

http://www.atsc.org/standards/a_52.pdf
AFAIK it works like described in annex B

Roland