audio-spdif doesn't passthrough aac or flac
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Description
Expected behavior of the wanted feature
Wouldn't it be wonderful if mpv also could passthrough AAC and FLAC encoded audio straight to a users' AVR, soundbar or TV?
What's stopping us from expanding the functionality of audio-spdif to include this for the people who'd like this?
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Research direction
The issue names audio-spdif but no source file or test. Start by locating the audio-spdif implementation and tracing how encoded audio is selected for passthrough; done means AAC and FLAC can be sent directly to a compatible AVR, soundbar, or TV.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- audio-video-rtc
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100