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