
Not to enable AC3 passthrough in DVD Player. Apple doesn't endorse any method for ripping DVDs (within the boundaries of fair use or otherwise), so they have no reason I'm going to go out on a limb and speculate that they haven't turned it on because they have no reason to.ġ. The only thing at this point that appears to have no solution is DTS (or I suppose anything BUT AC3) via Quicktime and the apps that depend on it. Just to be clear, I'm totally aware I can pass out anything via S/PDIF, including DTS, using third-party VLC/Mplayer, Mac's DVD player app, Front Row DVD player. Unfortunately Google University has failed me in this specific case the Perian + Output Settings trick doesn't seem to work on DTS. The built-in Apple apps make the best media center on the planet, so there are going to be a lot of people out there who want to make the best of our digital audio out.Īt any rate it IS possible to get AC3 via S/PDIF working this way, so I'd be surprised if a similar "hack" wasn't out there for DTS, if anyone has the secret please let us know. with iPhone Remote) for DTS encoded media. ITunes doesn't pass out via S/PDIF because it depends on QT, and there are lotsa reasons we want to do it, in particular high quality sound output in Front Row / iTunes (e.g.
