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To enable 5.1 output through a digital output: | To enable 5.1 output through a digital output: | ||
#get a Dolby Digital encoder license; either | #get a Dolby Digital encoder license; either | ||
#*[http://www.dolby.com/professional/ | #*[http://www.dolby.com/professional/getting-dolby-technologies/getting-licensed/index.html buy it from Dolby Labs], or | ||
#*you already got one | #*you already got one when you bought a sound card that ships with such an encoder, or | ||
#*you don't need one because software patents are not valid in your jurisdiction; | #*you don't need one because software patents are not valid in your jurisdiction; | ||
#install the ffmpeg package (which is not shipped with most distributions for [http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/legal.html legal reasons]); | #install the ffmpeg package (which is not shipped with most distributions for [http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/legal.html legal reasons]); | ||
#recompile the alsa-plugins package; | #recompile the alsa-plugins package; | ||
#configure ALSA to use the a52 plugin (see doc/a52.txt). | #configure ALSA to use the a52 plugin (see doc/a52.txt). | ||
Latest revision as of 07:35, 29 January 2009
To enable 5.1 output through a digital output:
- get a Dolby Digital encoder license; either
- buy it from Dolby Labs, or
- you already got one when you bought a sound card that ships with such an encoder, or
- you don't need one because software patents are not valid in your jurisdiction;
- install the ffmpeg package (which is not shipped with most distributions for legal reasons);
- recompile the alsa-plugins package;
- configure ALSA to use the a52 plugin (see doc/a52.txt).