On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 01:21:37PM +0100, Janroel Koppen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 19:41:10 -0800
> Marc MERLIN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > My goal is to hook up the sound card to my ac3/dts decoder and play
> DVDs on
> > linux while getting 5.1 sound on my entertainment system.
> >
> > I've spent some time looking at alsa support for AC3 over SPDIF
> [snip]
> > So my questions are:
> > - any cmi8738 based cards I can pick up in the silicon valley area?
> > - any other cards/chips that will do what I'm looking for?
>
> The all-time favorite RME Digi 96 family
> (http://www.rme-audio.de/english/digi96/digi96.htm)
> claims to be able to set Non-Audio (AC-3) channel status.
> (at least under MSWin, don't know about Alsa )
So, could anyone confirm or deny that this card would let me output AC-3
over SPDIF/coax with alsa?
Thanks
Marc
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