I am close to cutting the cable and going itunes and OTA for locals. MY PC has an HDTV capture card that can capture to H.264 with 5.1 and 2.0 AAC audio.
I would like to keep the 5.1 audio as it can record at 320kbps and vs 128kpbs for the 2.0 setting.
Can the AppleTV 3 play back this type of audio via HDMI? Even if its 2.0 that is ok with me. If I "need" the surround, I can always play back on my LG BR and output it as 5.1 PCM over HDMI to a receiver.
Given that MP4, M4V and quicktime trailers have 5.1 aac audio, not sure why Apple would not do more to support it.
THX, JNT
I would like to keep the 5.1 audio as it can record at 320kbps and vs 128kpbs for the 2.0 setting.
Can the AppleTV 3 play back this type of audio via HDMI? Even if its 2.0 that is ok with me. If I "need" the surround, I can always play back on my LG BR and output it as 5.1 PCM over HDMI to a receiver.
Given that MP4, M4V and quicktime trailers have 5.1 aac audio, not sure why Apple would not do more to support it.
THX, JNT