[mythtv-users] AC3 and/or S/PDIF (again)

[Jarod Wilson]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 01:09:46PM -0500, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 01/19/06 22:25, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> 
> >On Thursday 19 January 2006 19:11, William Lewis wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>>Yeah.  Shouldn't "video as timebase" be disabled if "AC-3 Passthrough"
> >>>is enabled and there's an AC-3 stream?  (Kind of like AC-3 is disabled
> >>>when the user initiates timestretch--at least until Mark finishes his
> >>>AC-3 re-encode work.)
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>The only difficulty is an implementation detail.  Since the settings are on
> >>different screens, the setting for "Use video as timebase" would have to be
> >>tri-state: Off, On, Was on but ac3 is disabled.  Another 2 cents worth.  If
> >>the user goes from AC3 passthrough off to on, this would disable the video
> >>as timebase.  Well, if he changes his mind, it should go back to being on.
> >>However, if it was off the whole time, then changing the AC3 setting
> >>wouldn't matter.
> >>    
> >>
> >How 'bout simply disabling 'use video as timebase' at run-time when passing 
> >raw AC3, regardless of what 'use video as timebase' is set to.
> >  
> >
> Yeah.  That's what I was trying to say (that's why I compared it to the 
> runtime disabling of AC-3 passthrough with timestretch and why I said, 
> "[if] there's an AC-3 stream").  Guess I should have used that 
> all-important word, "runtime," though.

I thought that's what you (Mike) were saying, and meant to say so, but forgot. :)

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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com