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*[[MP3]] | *[[MP3]] | ||
*[[Windows_Media_Audio_Pro|Wma Pro]] - Useless [http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/b/5/5b5bec17-ea71-4653-9539-204a672f11cf/wmadrv.doc Specification] | *[[Windows_Media_Audio_Pro|Wma Pro]] - Useless [http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/b/5/5b5bec17-ea71-4653-9539-204a672f11cf/wmadrv.doc Specification] and better [http://www.saiglobal.com/PDFTemp/Previews/OSH/iec/iec61000/61900/iec61937-8%7Bed1.0%7Den.pdf 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 06:43, 24 July 2008
- Official Name: Sony/Philips Digital Interconnect Format AKA Sony/Philips Digital InterFace
- Company: Sony/Philips
- Official Specification Number: IEC 60958, IEC 958 type II
- Official Specification: http://v3.espacenet.com/origdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=EP811295&QPN=EP0811295#
- Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spdif http://www.epanorama.net/documents/audio/spdif.html
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:
- DTS
- AC3
- PCM
- MLP
- AAC - The name for the standard describing the formating is BS EN 61937-1:2007, preview can be seen here.
- MP2
- MP3
- Wma Pro - Useless Specification and better 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.
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.