[mythtv-users] Can mythtv (or mplayer/xine through mythtv) upmix 5.1 sound in 6.1 or 7.1?

HP-mini blm-ubunet at slingshot.co.nz
Fri Oct 11 18:59:34 UTC 2013


On Thu, 2013-10-10 at 15:56 -0500, John Morris wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 07:44 +1300, HP-mini wrote:
> 
> > Pink Floyd Pulse DVD has 640Kbps AC3 audio.
> > In fairness there is a warning message stating some older equip will not
> > work.
> 
> Well isn't that interesting. Seen lots of music DVDs with 48KHz PCM but
> not that.  Not sure I like the idea of breaking the DVD spec like that.
> At least they did put a warning on it.
> _______________________________________________

The (2 DVD) release does have 448Kbps audio tracks as well (the
default).

My non-HDMI amp supports 640Kbps & the alsa ac3 encoder plugin 'can'
generate this format.
The 640Kbps AC3 format seems to come from US digital TV requirement.




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