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author gabucino
date Sat, 25 Aug 2001 14:17:40 +0000
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--- a/DOCS/codecs.html	Sat Aug 25 12:47:56 2001 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/codecs.html	Sat Aug 25 14:17:40 2001 +0000
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@
 focus on ffdivx, and it's unlikely that this will change.</P>
 
 
+<P><B><A NAME=2.1.2.3>2.1.2.3.  Hardware AC3 decoding</A></B></P>
+
+<P>You'll need an AC3 capable soundcard, with digital out (SP/DIF). The
+card's driver must support the AFMT_AC3 format (like SB Live! does).
+Connect your AC3 decoder to the SP/DIF output, and use the '-ac hwac3'
+option. It may or may not work (experimental).</P>
+
+
 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.4>2.1.4. Codec importing howto</A></B></P>
 
 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.4.1>2.1.4.1. VFW codecs</A></B></P>