[MPlayer-users] 5.1 AAC

[Corey Hickey]

Shane wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I'm doing some DVD recoding using nero digital which is
> essentially h.264 and AAC he codec.  Since recode doesn't
> allow one to just preserve the AC3 stream, I'm wondering
> whether mplayer has any way to get the 5.1 audio from the
> AAC stream.  I'm connected over spdif so can't just send
> the raw aac as the receiver won't handle it.  Does spdif
> support 6 channel pcm so mplayer could decode the aac and
> send everything down or perhaps reencode to ac3 5.1 on the
> fly?

I don't have any S/PDIF equipment, so I can't give you an answer in 
which I am confident.

Why are you using Nero Digital if it forces you to re-encode the AC3? It 
would seem simpler to just use some other program that allows you to 
leave the AC3 untouched.

-Corey