[Eric Petty]

(11th Feb, 2015 04:17 AM)rikardo1979 Wrote:  

(11th Feb, 2015 02:22 AM)menakite Wrote:  No, it's a hardware limitation. The bandwidth of the GPU cannot handle HD audio.
On the Pi 2 though it seems these can be decoded in software and you'd get 5.1 PCM (assuming your receiver supports multichannel PCM).

are you sure about this?

Quote:by dom » Sat Sep 08, 2012 10:39 pm
Hardware: yes.
Software: no.

I've been hoping another customer would request it, but so far it's not been asked for.
I asked around and was quoted about a man-week to do the work (from the guy who did the standard DTS passthough).

Need to find out if RPF could justify paying him to do the work.

Dolby is definitely licensing, but if you want higher quality audio just pick up a Wolfsen board: http://www.adafruit.com/products/1761?gclid=CjwKEAiAmOymBRD0_evS4aTh2hUSJAB7Fkhywidyk9-l2YAz_n6tTZ6x9PD67y0fAYPWnDWsTD1NiBoC2Nrw_wcB

Then you could even use the older pi's you have hanging around for HD audio (5.1 etc)