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Also known as, encoding PCM 5.1 audio stream into a compressed Dolby Digital stream for playing over S/PDIF. No real need to use this if you're using HDMI, as HDMI can handle the bandwith of a PCM 5.1 audio stream. S/PDIF Toslink has also supposedly been upgrade to do so also, but most hardware has yet to be upgraded to the new specifications, and some doubt it will ever happen. (Personally, I think HDMI is evil and only gives me problems, with little benefit.)