Al Limberg wrote: > DTV receiver designers apply the term MPEG-2 decoder > to the packet decoding apparatus that decompresses > video packets to recover video, and the term AC-3 > decoder to the packet decoding apparatus that > decompresses sound packets to recover multi-channel > sound. I don't know what the issue is. You're right, of course, and all one has to do is read the literature and see how these products are being designed and built in practice. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.