They can not really *be* 5.1 FLAC i think flac supports 8 channels or what.
One single spdif can only carry 2ch PCM stereo or a stream that is DTS or DD or mpeg Read the very long tread suggested by phil But if you are trying to play 5*24/48 lossles files you can give up now, the end result is lossy DTS or DD encoding, but it is 5.1 and sound really ok. -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe'Primare and Dynadio speakers (including a pair of Contour 4 ) Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Miscellaneous use: Radio (with battery) I use a Controller various ir-remotes and a Eee-PC with squeezeplay to control this ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77395 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss