DTS decode with mplayer?

[Andrew P.]

On 12/25/05, Yuan Jue <yuanjue02 at gmail.com> wrote:
> hello, all
>
> does anybody knows how to configure mplayer to decode DTS soundtrack
> while playing a DVDRip movie? recently more and more movies seem to use
> XViD+DTS technology.
>
> Any suggestion will be appreciated. thanks
>
> --
> Best Regards.
> Yuan Jue
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DTS is absolutely great in comparison to AC3. But to fully
appreciate all of its benefits you're gonna need a hardware
DTS decoder

I've got this one and it sounds terrific:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00009N8TC/

Non-commercial software DTS decoding is far behind its
Dolby counterpart. You can set "WITH_DTS=yes" and rebuild
mplayer to be able to (try and) play those movies.