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"Sig Knell" <trollop_uk@hotmail.com> wrote in
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> Hi,
>
> Has anyone come across an inline AC3 decoder that can be used with an
> FTA. I have seen something that looks like it might be what I'm
> looking for which is made for Dish.
> It has an in and an out and seems to go before the receiver.
>
> Is there such a beast !!!
>
> CHEERS
>
>
>
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I can't figure out what you mean by "inline AC3 decoder".
...... especially that would go "before the receiver".
The AC3 decoder would have to work with a digital audio signal produced
by the receiver after it had processed the digital data stream.
There may be some USB audio devices that would have a S/PDIF digital
input but they would have to have a computer running on the other end of
them.
The cheapest way to decode the AC3 would be with an inexpensive "Home
Theatre" system. I have seen them at Walmart priced as low as $70 and
that includes 5 speakers and a sub-woofer and a 100 watt amplifier. Of
course, inside these devices is a computer to do the actual decoding.
The only disadvantage of this technique is that these inexpensive devices
don't have an audio output for the decoded audio for connecting a VCR or
other audio device. I suppose that you could connect the left-front and
right-front speaker outputs through an audio transformer. My motherboard
has built-in nVidia sound with a S/PDIF input so I can record to my
computer OK.
PON
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