[mythtv-users] UK Freeview HD surround sound
Chris Simmons
chris at simmons.titandsl.co.uk
Thu Jul 11 21:07:43 UTC 2013
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.
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