[MPlayer-users] problem with ac3 playback

[Andreas]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 01:31:53PM -0700, Corey Hickey wrote:
> mplayer -v -ao alsa9 -ac hwac3 somemovie.avi

Just a FYI, it works for me (original mplayer 0.90). I have a P4PE
Asus motherboard and I'm using the onboard audio with alsa9. The digital
output is connected to a Denon 3802 receiver and works just great, I
get 5.1 DD just fine.

Without the -ac hwac3 parameter, I get only stereo.