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laptop and desktop

Posted Sep 23, 2008 13:45 UTC (Tue) by mezcalero (subscriber, #45103)
In reply to: laptop and desktop by foom
Parent article: LPC: Linux audio: it's a mess

PA focuses on PCM right now. Support for pass-thru codecs is on our TODO list.

However, please note that we will probably never support on-the-fly AC3 decoding or encoding due to patents.

Lennart

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laptop and desktop

Posted Sep 23, 2008 14:52 UTC (Tue) by foom (subscriber, #14868) [Link]

Sad to hear that about the patents...but is there really any issue with using an AC3 encoder/decoder library if the user happens to have one installed already? (maybe they've already paid the licensing fee to Dolby, e.g. through buying a Dell with Ubuntu preinstalled).

laptop and desktop

Posted Sep 23, 2008 20:07 UTC (Tue) by mezcalero (subscriber, #45103) [Link]

I am happy to merge patches for that.