[MPlayer-users] [SOUND]: different alsa-device dending onAC3possible?

[ACS]

> mplayer should pass-through ac3 stream to an external decoder when it sees 
> one
> and otherwise decode the non-ac3 stream and send the pcm to the defined 
> "spdif"
> alsa subdevice?
>
> If so, then that is exactly what I want. And then I guess I've found a 
> bug. But
> did I understand you correctly, is this the intended behaviour of mplayer?
>
That's exactly how I configured geexbox0.98.5 (featuring mplayer pre 1.06) 
over here.
for MP3, ogg flac wav etc input I get decoded PCM out on the spdif port.
AC3 and DTS are sent out as raw encoded data to my external DTS/AC3 decoder

In mplayer.conf these two lines do the trick for me:

ao=alsa:device=hw=0.2
ac=hwac3,

Adrian