AC3 hardware

[scnewber@mac.com]

FYI,

Just a post to let folks know what works. I'm using a Mac-mini. Pushing to an HD-TV monitor and Yamaha sound projector. I'm having good success with the M-Audio Transit - USB to TOSlink. It works well with DVD player, VLC and boxee. I'm having some of the random playback issues others have reported with full-ripped DVDs (VIDEO_TS) using RipIt - but mainly with menu rendering, not the main title playback. Would be great if boxee could recognize the DVD bundle that RipIt generates as OS X does - DVD Player Media Document.

Thanks,
scnewber

[SpaceBass]

Just curious why you are using the external sound card? The mini has builtin optical (via toslink) that works very well

[xain09]

FACT. Just use the built-in optical out. I got a MacMini connected to my Sony AV Receiver and it works like a charm.

[gromit]

I have the same issue. I have a Mac Pro with all the proper settings checked in Boxee and in System Prefs and my Sony reciever displays "DEC ERROR" on any files with 5.1 or DTS AC3 audio. I have had this problems since I first got Boxee. I'm curious what could be causing this. I just want it to pass the AC3 audio through. Maybe it's a hardware dependent problem.

[gromit]

A thought about this issue. I had installed XBMC in the past. I wonder if some files are conflicting?