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*[[MP2]]
*[[MP2]]
*[[MP3]]
*[[MP3]]
*[[Windows_Media_Audio_Pro|Wma Pro]]
*[[Windows_Media_Audio_Pro|Wma Pro]] - Useless [http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/b/5/5b5bec17-ea71-4653-9539-204a672f11cf/wmadrv.doc Specification]


[[Mplayer]] is able to play PCM,DTS and AC3 over S/PDIF. http://www.cs.tut.fi/~ik/mpegspdif.html has the details on how to transmit MP2 and MP3.
[[Mplayer]] is able to play PCM,DTS and AC3 over S/PDIF. http://www.cs.tut.fi/~ik/mpegspdif.html has the details on how to transmit MP2 and MP3.

Revision as of 06:03, 24 July 2008

S/PDIF is mostly used to transmit compressed multichannel audio from a media player to an amplifier/receiver.

The following audio formats are known to be transmitted over S/PDIF:

Mplayer is able to play PCM,DTS and AC3 over S/PDIF. http://www.cs.tut.fi/~ik/mpegspdif.html has the details on how to transmit MP2 and MP3.

http://www.ac3filter.net/projects/spdifer also explains how to transmit MP3,DTS and AC3.

The details how to transmit Wma Pro is also known but not published yet.