"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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In article , Michael
Chare
wrote:
Does SPDIF completely define the format of an audio souce so that all
S/PDIF audio outputs coax or optical are compatible with corresponding
inputs?

From the orginal Sony/Philips spec you can give the usual engineering
answer.... erm, 'yes' except when 'no'. :-)

However all of the sources I've had like DVD players allow
you to set the source to convert MP2/AC3/etc into spdif LPCM. Thus they do
the conversion for you if your chosen receiver can't. So this should be an
option. But again, I don't think there is a universal guarantee, so you'd
need to check in a specific case. Seems likely, though, for modern kit.


Thanks for all the replies.

Neither my Humax HDR PVR or my Topfield PVR allow me to set the format of
the digital output, but interestingly my Philips DVD player (which I had
overlooked) does.


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Michael Chare