[mythtv-users] Sound question

[David Tarkowski]

Hi all,

I'm planning on building a myth box to hook up to my tv soon and had a 
few questions, mainly about sound.  I'm planning on having the system 
built around the SK41G from Shuttle.

My first question is about the digital audio out.  I would like Myth to 
always use the digital optical output to my surround sound receiver 
(even with just stereo sound) since it is a bit of a pain to change 
between the sound inputs on the receiver.  Is this possible?

My second question is about the Dolby Surround Sound.  Is there any way 
to get support for this with MythTV and supported Linux cards.  Dolby 
Surround is the method used to encode four channels of sound onto analog 
broadcast signals.  This isn't terribly important, but I've come to 
enjoy it, and I can't find any information on it since everybody likes 
to talk about Dolby Digital and DTS these days.

-Dave