[mythtv-users] UK Freeview HD surround sound

[Chris Simmons]

On 11/07/2013 13:08, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> Ignore the other answers, they are completely wrong... If your system 
> only supports SPDIF out; then the 5.1 AAC LATM stream will be decoded 
> internally as 5.1 LPCM, and then re-encoded as AC3 and then sent via 
> SPDIF. There will be a slight loss of audio quality, it's not that 
> obvious that you will be able to hear it though. If your system 
> supports 5.1 audio out (either analog or hdmi); then the audio will be 
> decoded and sent as 5.1 LPCM; under this scenario, there's no loss of 
> audio quality, the entire process is lossless.

Cool that is really helpful :)

Thank you.