[linux-audio-user] Re: [CM] snd and AC3

[Brad Fuller]

Bill Schottstaedt wrote:
> AC3... -- is that a Mac compression?  I vaguely remember
> looking at decoders -- AC something or maybe APE?; I didn't find one that 
> was completely GPL-style freeware -- my recollection is that they were 
> making noises about royalties or something.
>
> If there's a truly unencumbered reader, I can easily add it to Snd (but there's
> nothing built-in now).
>   
Hi Bill,

AC3, as in Digital Dolby: used in DVDs and ATSC.

Maybe your thinking of AAC?