[linux-audio-dev] LADSPA AC3 encoder?

[Steve Harris]

On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 01:05:12 -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
> Question for the DSP gurus:
> 
> How hard would it be to implement an AC3 encoder as a LADSPA plugin that
> could be used in an ALSA config to encode stereo and 5.1 sources on the
> fly?  Many Windows drivers seem to contain one, and it would be a nice
> response to the naysayers on LKML who doubt the power of ALSA.

You can't do it as a LADSPA plugin as the output format is binary, and
theres a reencoding stage. It could be done as an ALSA lib plugin though I
suspect.

- Steve