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Is it possible to pass 5.1 vorbis over S/PDIF?

April 26, 2017pass PDIF possible s Vorbis

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Is it possible to pass 5.1 vorbis over S/PDIF?

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There are not any known receivers or amps that support Vorbis decoding, so raw Vorbis cannot be passed over S/PDIF. However there are several filters that support reencoding six channel audio to AC3 on the fly: Dolby Out DS filter by Haaan , and 1.x versions of AC3Filter can be used to encode AC3 over S/PDIF on the fly. Although this reencoding process will theoretically result in a quality loss, using the full 640 kb/s bitrate allowed will result in an excellent listening experience.