David Maxwell <david@fundy.ca> writes:

> On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 11:21:27AM -0500, Charles M. Hannum wrote:
> > 
> > Right now I'm using:
> > cd0 at atapibus0 drive 0: <TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1202, 2900700597, 1020> type 5 cdrom removable
> > 
> > The LiViD stuff is entirely in software.  It currently consists of
> > three components:
> > 
> > 1) css-auth, which is a set of tools for negotiating CSS sessions and
> > 2) ac3dec, a freeware AC-3 decoder.
> > 3) nist, an MPEG audio/video/program player written at NIST, with
> 
> What sound hardware do you need to support AC3 though, to get 5.1 channels?
> 3 sb16s? ;-)

The decoder doesn't actually support outputting >2 channels right now
-- though it would be trivial to add.  Maybe when I get a surround
sound system...  B-)