Tag: "AC3"
16. July 2009
Rented movies on iTunes come with 5.1 surrond sound
Tonight, for the first time, I rented a movie on iTunes...And I gotta say I was pleasantly surprised by the fact the movie came with 2 soundtracks: Stereo & "Surrond".Well, "surround" turns out to be AC3 Dobly Digital and it does work on the Mac… more »
11. March 2009
How to get AC-3 5.1 surround sound on your Mac
So your hooked up your Mac to your 5.1 receiver and all you get is lousy stereo? Worry no more, decent AC-3 support is finally available for Mac OSX!
In my case I have an Intel Mac Mini from 2006 hooked up to a Denon AVR-3801 via a fiber optic S/PDIF… more »
25. November 2006
AC3 codec for Intel Mac (Universal)
WOW! All this time I've been running the wrong AC3 codec on my Mac Mini!
Last week, I found one that works soooo much better! To find it, I actually had to search for "a52 codec" and not "ac3 codec". Go figure!
Intel version (Universal)
Original… more »
27. March 2006
AC3 codec for Intel Mac (Universal Binary)
Update: I originally found this codec.
However, I've later found a much better one!
2009 Update: The a52 codec now supports 5.1 surround passthrough, even on Mac Mini. more »