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author | wm4 <wm4@nowhere> | 2017-06-29 12:35:58 +0200 |
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committer | wm4 <wm4@nowhere> | 2017-06-30 09:06:01 +0200 |
commit | d0e8d6114bdd34242bd18a607c004b32aac6afc5 (patch) | |
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ao_coreaudio: insane hack for passing through AC3 as float PCM
This uses the same hack as Kodi uses, and I suspect MPlayer/ancient mpv
also did this (but didn't research that).
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diff --git a/DOCS/man/ao.rst b/DOCS/man/ao.rst index ed0035fcc1..5c4df70973 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/ao.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/ao.rst @@ -95,6 +95,15 @@ Available audio output drivers are: setting in the ``Audio Devices`` dialog in the ``Audio MIDI Setup`` utility. Note that this does not affect the selected speaker setup. + ``--coreaudio-spdif-hack=<yes|no>`` + Try to pass through AC3/DTS data as PCM. This is useful for drivers + which do not report AC3 support. It converts the AC3 data to float, + and assumes the driver will do the inverse conversion, which means + a typical A/V receiver will pick it up as compressed IEC framed AC3 + stream, ignoring that it's marked as PCM. This disables normal AC3 + passthrough (even if the device reports it as supported). Use with + extreme care. + ``coreaudio_exclusive`` (Mac OS X only) Native Mac OS X audio output driver using direct device access and |