Audio Converter Apk
Ortiz Ullery
Some of you have asked me how to interface our I2S audio converters to an MSP430 microcontroller. Michael Burns has written an application report that focuses on this subject.
Please find it here:
I am working on a design using a MSP430F5438 to analyse an audio stream from a AIC3254. In my case the CODEC is in master mode and generates all clock signal in the Left Justified Mode. I configured the MSP430 in 4-wire SPI mode. With STE (Slave Transmit/receive Enable) connected to the WCLK the interface only receives one channel. If you need both channels then you could take a second SPI interface connected to the same bus but with an inverted STE signal.So no for external components at all.
As mentionned in 'slaa449a.pdf' there is one slight problem that the stream is 16bit and SPI only supports 8bit. In my case I am filling up a larger buffer through DMA. If you fill the buffer from the beginning you will notice that you can't read them as signed integer (16bit) straight away. MSB(byte) and LSB(byte) are inverted (little endian/big endian). If you start filling the buffer from the end this issue is solved as well.
We are going to be doing the same thing, using the CODEC as a timing master. Could you please send me a little more details on how your code and hookup works? We cannot use any external hardware, and we're using the MSP430F5528 device.
Would it be possible to get some assistance directly to my programmer? His name is Layne Phillips, and his email address is LNPS...@aol.com. Please cc me on any email traffic so I can be in the loop.
Since only the direction from the codec to the MSP is needed, I want to use the codec as the timing master as jaiv suggested and use the WCLK as the MSP's slave select input. Only one channel can be captured this way but this is not a serious drawback for my application.
In case I need both channels, is it possible to use the WCLK to initialise the SPI transfer, thus avoiding the syncronisation problem that Howard mentioned, and then "latch" the SPI in "selected" mode so that the MSP keeps receiving words indefinetely using DMA? Maybe turn the WCLK off from the codec side after the reception starts so that the STE remains low?
I have seen that the codec's outpout word length is configurable to 16, 20, 24 or 32 bits. Does this mean that the resolution of each value is increased accordingly, or that for 32-bit word length two 16-bit values are send along with 32 dummy bits? I suspect that the former is the case, however the latter would be preferred for my case if the left and right values are sent in the first 32 bit clock cycles, when the WCLK is constantly LOW or HI (depending on polarity) so that they can be received as a single SPI frame.
I am still working on the interface between the TLV320AIC3256 and the MSP430 and have stumbled upon the following: The audio codec outputs I2S samples of 64bits, 32bits per channel. Using the TLV320AIC3256 eval board and configuring the word length to 16 bits per channel, the length of each sample is still 64 bits, which makes interfacing with the MSP430 more difficult. Is it possible to configure the codec to output 16bit per channel, left-justified I2S?
I am trying to connect Beam to a Sony Bravia Tv using an audio converter. I have coaxial out of tv into converter. and optical into converter from beam using Sonos supplied adapter. I am trying unsuccessfully to connect to to beam. message on sonos app says no signal detected make sure to digital optical adapter and HDMI cable are securely plugged into....
it will not connect to tv
i did exactly what you mentioned. used a coaxial cable from the TV out and plugged it into the adapter/converter. Then an optical cable from the adapter/converter to the Sonos adapter cable and that cable to the beam HDMI. But couldn't connect and no sound from the beam.
You would connect your source(s) to it, and then run an HDMI cable from the output of the switch to your TV, and the optical cable from the appropriate output jack, to the adapter that came with the Beam.
My link was only an example, there are dozens of varied types out there, from the number of ports, to remote controls, etc. I have no knowledge of that specific three port model, so you should shop around for the features and price point that appeals to your needs.
& also to extract / rip the audio tracks from them. i too have a few live show DVD. this app has the wort possible support but it doesn't give problems as such, so you can live with it. i havebacked up my DVD collection to HEVC/H.265 in the mp4 container .. the rips are fantastic .. you will need a super display card to use the accelerations feature.
This is how I normally do it:
1. Use MakeMKV to remux the content to MKV.
2. Extract the audio track(s) with Inviska MKV Extract. On DVD you often have the choice between AC3 and DTS. AC3 is the more efficient codec so it might actually have higher quality even if it has a lower bit rate.
3. If the video contained chapters you can use chapterEditor to convert the chapters in the MKV file to a CUE sheet.
Also works for Blu-rays. On Blu-ray you normally even have lossless audio, generally in form of DTS-HD. Got two lossless 5.1 surround soundtracks that way.
Digital Audio Output is probably fiber optics. Trying to decode the signal using a measly Arduino Uno is quite a stretch. And since its digital, its also probably one of the higher quality audio signal (44 kHz, 96 kHz, etc) and at least 16 bits. That's a bandwidth of about 176 kB/sec for a stereo channel
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