[vorbis] Ogg to SPDIF

[Ross Vandegrift]

> > > Are there any Linux players/plugins available to stream ogg vorbis
> directly
> > > to an SPDIF output on soundcards such as the SBLive?  I want to try and
> > > bypass the mixer and any other sound card processing.
> >
> > Can't do this with emu10k1 cards.  They don't do sample accurate transfer
> > for rates other than 48kHz.
> 
> 
> But unless I am mistaken, you can bypass all of the soundcards processing
> and stream directly out of the SPDIF socket.

I've heard it resamples it.

> Otherwise, how else would you
> be able to output AC3 directly from a DVD?

Dunno.  But the ALSA pages talk about straying from SBLives for just this
reason.

Ross Vandegrift
ross at willow.seitz.com

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