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Old 25th October 2007, 15:03   #411  |  Link
madshi
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Originally Posted by honai View Post
I'm not sure I understand the question. But take this scenario:

* PC with software HD-DVD/Blu-ray player
* HDMI video card that does also transport of HD audio over HDMI
* a/v receiver with HDMI that decodes TrueHD (e.g. Pioneer VSX-91)

Bit-perfect transport of audio until the final decoding stage for speaker output.

How would you achieve that with FLAC? You can't, and I don't see it happening in the next few years. Bit-perfect FLAC transport over digital connections to the final decoding stage just isn't possible.
Your example would only work if both video card and receiver have HDMI 1.3. If they have HDMI 1.3 they will also support multichannel PCM transport. So FLAC can be decoded by the PC and sent as multichannel PCM to the receiver. This *is* bit perfect transport over digital connection. It doesn't matter if you transport bitstream or PCM. Audio quality is identical. So in your example FLAC has no disadvantage compared to TrueHD.
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