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On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 05:48:32PM -0700, kevin ernste wrote:

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> The Pioneer doesn't do the real-time MLP encoding, it's done in

> software.  An encoding app writes an .mlp file which is then burned

> from a separate tool.

Ah, that explains it. Thanks. So its just video it can do in realtime.
> Regardless of MLP (highly unlikely, as you say, because of patents) or

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> something like it, DVD-A support for linux would be a great thing.

Yes, thats very true. Are any other formats allowed for DVD-A? The

audio part of DVD video can use MPEG streams IIRC, and we have free-ish

MPEG encoders. 9+ MB/s of 4 channel MPEG would be pretty high quality.
Otherwise, maybe pioneer would licence thier linux version of the MLP

tools.
- Steve