[mythtv-users] 32khz AC3 Streams was: Sound problem with AC3 passthrough

[Rob Baumstark]

On 6/14/06, Steve Hodge <stevehodge at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/15/06, Rob Baumstark <rbaumstark at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm convinced that this is either an issue with MythTV's AC3 handling
> > (and there's discussion over in the -dev list about passthrough too,
> > though it doesn't touch this particular issue with it), and/or an
>
> But the same issue occurs with mplayer, right? So it's not MythTV at fault...

Yes - but mplayer is dumb.  It plays the file you give it, out the
video device you specify, and out the audio device you specify.

MythTV on the other hand is smart.  It does all kinds of things for
me, from finding/flagging commercials, resolving conflicts with
recording schedules, etc.  It should IMHO also be able to decide when
to pass AC3 to my receiver, and when to process the audio and give the
receiver PCM.

With mplayer, I expect to have to tweak the options I give it every
time I type out the command-line - with myth, I expect once I've
setup/tweaked it to my liking, to just work.