Bug#278133: totem: AC3 passthrough does not work

[Loïc Minier]

Andre Heynatz <vetasana@gmx.de> - Mon, Oct 25, 2004:

> Choosing the Audio output type "AC3 Passthrough" only outputs Stereo (m=
y 
> AV amplifier says "ProLogic II"). If I start mplayer with suitable 
> settings, a Dolby Digital signal is sent to the amplifier as expected:
> mplayer -vo xv -ao alsa -ac hwac3 -fs dvd://1
> or gmplayer with the same options

 You're using "totem-xine" which relies on libxine1 to do such things as
 output to an alsa driver.

 I have no idea wether libxine also reads .xine, but you can try
 "audio.speaker_arrangement:Pass Through" in .xine/config.  If that
 doens't work with totem-xine, please try with xine alone.

   Regards,

-- 
Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>