[mythtv-users] Can myth DVD output 7.1 audio?

[Josh White]

"5.1 channel through analog?"

you can output as many channels through analog as you want, so long as you
have enough ports.  5.1 channels via analog would require 6 RCA cables.

On Jan 15, 2008 5:20 PM, Seth Daniel <mythtv.org at sethdaniel.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 06:09:39PM -0500, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> > On 01/10/2008 05:36 PM, Seth Daniel wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 05:31:39PM -0500, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 01/10/2008 05:07 PM, Michelle Dupuis wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Back when my home theatre PC was running windows, I bought DVD
> player
> > >>> software that would output 7.1 channels to my amp (8 discrete
> channels).
> > >>> Although I'm very happy with Myth, I'm wondering if I've given up a
> nice
> > >>> feature....
> > >>>
> > >>> Does Myth's DVD player decode 8 discrete channels?  I've confirmed
> using
> > >>> speaker-test that my 8 channels are working, but movies like
> Gladiator
> > >>> (which are in DTS 6.1) don't seem to provide anything beyond 2
> channels in
> > >>> myth.
> > >>>
> > >> http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/1104
> > > Reading this ticket was interesting, but I don't get it.  How would
> such
> > > a setup be...setup?  I can do 7.1 now if I simply pass-thru to my
> sound
> > > card (at least I think I can) and my receiver can deal with it.  So
> what
> > > does the work this ticket describes do?  Can someone explain it,
> please?
> >
> > Allows 5.1-channel audio output through analog (or 5.1-channel
> > re-encoding for timestretch).  Without the patch, you have 2 choices,
> > 2-channel analog and/or AC-3/DTS passthrough.
>
> 5.1 channel through analog?  I must really be out of it.  When I think
> of analog I think of 'stereo' (i.e. red/white RCA jacks).  Assuming I'm
> thinking of the right thing I wasn't even aware that you could do
> anything other than 2 channel audio with them.  I've simply been using
> the coax/optical pass-thru for so long I never even thought twice about
> it.
>
> So would this would be similar to the PCM output options seen on a lot
> of DVD players?
>
> --
> seth /\ sethdaniel.org
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