Tongfamily Website

Tips, Tricks and Traps from the Tong’s

Tongfamily Website header image 4

Playing 5.1 audio from a MacBook

September 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Geek

This Much I Know – » 5.1 surround sound playback on Mac (and maybe Apple TV)
QuickTime doesn’t come with an [tag]AC-3[/tag] codec by default. There is an open-source QuickTime component available, called A52Codec, which enables QuickTime to open, import and export AC-3 audio. (It does this using a free AC-3 library called liba52.) A52Codec provides [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ················

The perfect home theater system using Macbook’s

September 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Geek

Been experimenting with the Macbook’s as a way to drive a home theater. it is actually quite awesome what you can do assuming you really want something easy to use. Here is what I’ve found:

MacBook Pro’s has DVI and can convert to VGA. With older televisions (like my 10 year old Mitsubishi 73903) that have [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ·······················