Re: [linux-audio-user] snd and AC3

Brad Fuller wrote:
> Lee Revell wrote:
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>> On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 13:07 -0700, Brad Fuller wrote:
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>>> Lee Revell wrote:
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>>>> On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 12:15 -0700, Brad Fuller wrote:
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>>>>> Is there a way that I can play back AC3 files with snd? Or with any
>>>>> audio editor?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> By play back do you mean SPDIF passthrough to a receiver? Or do you
>>>> want them decoded to 6 channel .wavs?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Hi Lee,
>>> Ha, sorry I wasn't clear.
>>> I want to decode an AC3 file and listen to it. Much like this does for
>>> winamp or windows media:
>>> http://ac3filter.sourceforge.net/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> How about ac3dec from alsa-tools?
>>
>>
> does that interface with snd (or another editor) for automatic decode?
> For that matter does liba52 interface with snd?
>
> Mplayer uses liba52 (http://liba52.sourceforge.net/), but I'm looking
> for more friendly audio editing (yeah, I'll be editing the resultant PCM
> and then need to reencode, but that's ok.)
>
I see that amarok plays back AC3 fine.
Received on Sat Apr 8 00:15:08 2006