Bug#225585: ITP: ac3jack -- realtime AC3 stream encoder for JACK

[Jesse Chappell <jesse@essej.net>]

Robert Jordens wrote on Wed, 31-Dec-2003:

 > Hello!
 > 
 > [CC-ing Jesse Chappell because the text is essentially his.]
 > 
 > [Tue, 30 Dec 2003] Alexander Winston wrote:
 > > On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 16:35, Robert Jordens wrote:
 > > > Package: wnpp
 > > > Severity: wishlist
 > > > 
 > > >   Package name    : ac3jack
 > > >   Version         : 0.1.0-1
 > > >   Upstream Author : Jesse Chappell <jesse@essej.net>
 > > >   URL             : http://essej.net/ac3jack/
 > > >   License         : GPL
 > > >   Description     : realtime AC3 stream encoder for JACK
 > > > 
 > > >  ac3jack is a tool for creating an AC3 (Dolby Digital) multichannel
 > > >  stream from its JACK input ports. Using this tool, an AC3 stream (up
 > > >  to 5.1 channels) is created in realtime and either written to a file or
 > > >  streamed to standard output.
 > > >  .
 > > >  When streamed to stdout and piped through the ALSA tool "ac3dec -C",
 > > >  the AC3 stream can be passed out the SPDIF port on your audio interface
 > > >  for connection to a multichannel surround receiver. In this way, you
 > > >  can achieve full 5.1 surround mixing and monitoring of your JACK
 > > >  applications with a single digital cable, and no need for hardware
 > > >  supporting discrete outputs and inputs.
 > > >  .
 > > >  AC3 is a compressed audio stream, so quality will suffer somewhat, but
 > > >  it is the price you pay for easy surround sound.
 > > >  .
 > > >  JACK is a low-latency sound server. JACK allows the connection of multiple
 > > >  applications to an audio device, as well as allowing them to share audio
 > > >  between themselves. ac3jack also supports the features of the JACK
 > > >  transport extension.
 > > >  .
 > > >  Further information can be found at
 > > >  http://essej.net/ac3jack/.
 > > 
 > > Here are my suggestions:
 > > 
 > > 	* Change "AC3" to "AC-3," which is the way that Dolby Laboratories Inc.
 > > punctuates its technology.
 > 
 > Yes. Thanks. But people might expect "ac-3jack" or something similar then.

In the text, changing it to AC-3 makes sense.  I am not going
to change the name of the program, however.

 > > 	* Change the first instance of "realtime" to "real-time," and change
 > > the second instance to "real time."
 > 
 > Out of my immediate judgement. English is not my native language. 
 > Will do.

Sounds fine your way.

jlc