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- A52 OUTPUT PLUGIN
- =================
-
- This plugin converts S16 linear format to A52 compressed stream and
- send to an SPDIF output. It requires libavcodec for encoding the
- audio stream.
-
- A PCM using this plugin can be defined like below:
-
- pcm.myout {
- type a52
- }
-
- In addition, the following options are available:
-
- - The "card" option specifies the card ID or number of the SPDIF.
- The output PCM becomes "iec958:{CARD=$CARD}" with extra AESx
- settings. When omitted, the default card is used.
-
- - The "slavepcm" option specifies a string of the slave PCM
- explicitly. This is useful if a device has no proper SPDIF
- configuration (e.g. usb-audio), or if you want to pass your own PCM
- definition. This option is exclusive with "card" option.
-
- - The "rate" option specifies the input/output sample rate in HZ.
- The accepted rate is either 44100 or 48000.
- When omitted, 48000 is used.
-
- - The "channels" option specifies the number of _input_ channels.
- It must be either 2, 4 or 6. The default value is 6.
-
- - The "bitrate" option specifies the bit-rate of the compressed
- stream in kbps. Too small or too big value may not be accepted by
- the encoder. When omitted, 448 is used.
-
- - The "format" option specifies the output format type. It's either
- S16_LE or S16_BE. As default, S16_LE is used.
-
- An example using the secondary card, 44.1kHz, 4 channels, output
- bitrate 256kbps and output format S16_BE looks like below:
-
- pcm.myout {
- type a52
- card 1
- rate 44100
- channels 4
- bitrate 256
- format S16_BE
- }
-
- For using slavepcm option,
-
- pcm.mypcm {
- card 1
- device 2
- }
-
- pcm.myout {
- type a52
- slavepcm "mypcm"
- }
-
-
- The plugin reads always S16 format (i.e. native-endian) as input, so
- you'd need plug layer appropriately to covert it.
-