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The bits & bites of SPDIF vs. AES..?

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spinjector

I understand that, electrically speaking, SPDIF is simply the unbalanced form of AES, with the same general differences as unbalanced vs. balanced audio.

But...

What about the data? I saw somewhere that the bits are virtually the same, and many systems will seamlessly transcode between SPDIF & AES without blinking.

But...

What if the SPDIF is 5.1 surround going into an AES input? That's six audio channels. Will the FL & FR be recognized as the "stereo pair" and the other four channels ignored? Or is that completely dependent on the architecture of the AES input..?
 
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