Player with Dolby E support?

[edimmax]

Hi,

Is there any media player on the market which support Dolby E sound without converting it first on PC?

Thanx for any help

[teodz1984]

Dolby E is an audio encoding and decoding technology developed by Dolby Laboratories that allows 6 to 8 channels of audio to be compressed into an AES-EBU digital audio stream that can be stored as a standard stereo pair of digital audio tracks.


Up to six channels, such as a 5.1 mix, can be recorded as 16 bit Dolby E data. However, if more than six channels are required, such as 5.1 plus a stereo LtRt, the AES3 data must be formatted as 20 bit audio. This increases capacity to eight channels.


It is very important to ensure that a Dolby E stream is never played through monitors or headphones without decoding. Undecoded Dolby E data will be converted to analog as full scale (0 dBfs) digital “noise” that can easily damage loudspeakers and/or hearing. Unambiguous media labeling is essential to avoid this.


Dolby E never reaches home viewers as it is intended for use during post-production when moving multichannel material between production facilities and/or broadcasters. It is decoded prior to transmission.


Dolby E encoding and decoding is implemented using commercially available hardware or software.
Hardware[edit]

• Dolby DP571
• Dolby DP572
• Dolby DP600
• Dolby DP600C

Software[edit]

• Minnetonka Audio SurCode for Dolby E[1]
• Neyrinck SoundCode For Dolby E
• Minnetonka Audio 'AudioTools Server'[2]
• Emotion Systems 'eNGINE'[3]

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_E

[pandy]

Seem Dolby E decoder is implemented in ffmpeg (ffplay is player).