I have a Tivo and I wish to play the AC3 5.1 output (spdif/toslink)
through my computer (KXStudio) and sound card (Xonar D2). The sound
card has a
spdif/toslink input (I can play digital stereo from a cd that I input
into the toslink using VLC). I need to know how to convert the digital
AC3 from the Tivo to a 6 channel digital wav streams and send those
streams to the sound card.
If possible I am looking for an example from someone who has done this
processing or part of this processing before. Otherwise, I am looking
for suggestions for the best way to implement this. Can I only use alsa
or gstreamer or a combination of the two or ffmpeg or something else. I
am not sure where to start.
I am trying to turn my HTPC into a surround sound preamp. XBMC can
handle playing video files. VLC can handle (in addition to files) cd's,
dvd's, and bluray's. In think I can handle analog inputs (turntable and
tapes) since the data streams are not encoded, but I don't know what to
do about AC3 from the Tivo.
