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07/16/09

English (US) Rented movies on iTunes come with 5.1 surrond sound

Permalink 02:18:45 am, by Francois Planque Email , Categories: Multimedia, Mac stuff
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 »
Tags: ac3, mac, surround

03/11/09

English (US) How to get AC-3 5.1 surround sound on your Mac

Permalink 03:17:55 am, by Francois Planque Email , Categories: Multimedia, Mac stuff
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Perian includes the a52 codec you need to decode AC-3 out from AVI or MKV files
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 »

12/14/07

English (US) iPod Touch just got better : almost a PDA now!

Up to recently, the iPod Touch was just lacking too many features. But it just got better: when loaded with version 1.1.2 of the firmware, you can now edit your calendar and contacts directly on the iPod. If it had notes and/or todo lists with that it wo… more »

10/12/07

English (US) About Apple Design

"Apple's design is supposed to be the ultimate perfection in 21st century computing. We should all learn from them." I get that a lot when discussing b2evolution's user interface (which, btw, I like to think has improved significantly in version 2.0.… more »

09/06/07

English (US) iPod touch: what's missing!

So that new iPod touch that Apple presented today is pretty nifty, isn't it? And Steve's keynote was pretty entertaining too. Yeah well... there's quite a few missing features (no it's not the Beatles) that itch me... even before I lay down the $399 I… more »

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