[vlc] Re: Surround sound?

Sigmund Augdal sigmunau at stud.ntnu.no
Tue Jun 17 15:46:58 CEST 2003


I don't think any of the software decoders in vlc support 6.1, at least not
the 6.1 formats commonly found on dvds. But I think the audigy cards do
hardware decoding of dolby digital and dts, so that may be the solution.

Sigmund

On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 08:01:04AM -0700, Harold Martin wrote:
> I'm on a PC. So getting a Creative Audigy 2 would give me 6.1?
> Thanks,
> Harold
> On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 10:44  PM, Marshall Pierce wrote:
> 
> >Hi, that really depends on what OS you have. Creative cards are the 
> >standard on PC's,
> >but on Macs the M-Audio Revolution 7.1 card is the one to get. I have 
> >the Revolution 7.1
> >and it works fine with my 5.1 system when playing DVD's on VLC.
> >
> >HTH,
> >Marshall Pierce
> >
> >On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 04:05  PM, Harold Martin wrote:
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>I'm buying a new sound card and I'd like to be able to use 6.1 
> >>surround sound to play DVDs with. What card(s) would you 
> >>recommend/support?
> >>Thanks,
> >>Harold
> >>
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