Abstract: Methods and systems for transmission of digital audio in SPDIF format to one or more receivers may include packetizing at least one decoded SPDIF data frame to generate at least one SPDIF packet. The at least one SPDIF packet may be transmitted, via one or more networks supporting packet based communication, for processing. The at least one SPDIF packet may be received via said one or more networks supporting packet based communication. The received at least one SPDIF packet may be de-packetized to generate at least one decoded audio data frame. The generated at least one decoded audio data frame may be transmitted to at least one speaker. The one or more networks may comprise one or more of the Internet, an Intranet, a wireless LAN, and/or a Bluetooth connection. One or more channel status bits may be extracted from the decoded SPDIF data frame, prior to the packetizing.

Abstract: A method and system for processing multi-channel audio data may include selecting one or more SPDIF data frames from a plurality of decoded multi-channel audio data frames. The selected one or more SPDIF data frames, header information corresponding to the one or more SPDIF data frames, and/or one or more channel status bits corresponding to the one or more SPDIF data frames may be packetized. The one or more channel status bits may indicate one or more audio channels for the selected one or more SPDIF data frames. The indication of the one or more audio channels may be stored in at least one multi-channel mode field of the one or more channel status bits. The packetized one or more SPDIF data frames may be from a single audio channel and/or from a plurality of audio channels.