Client has an audio track on a CD recorded in Dolby 5.1 for this project, s=
o the first pass to just "get some audio playing" was to use the FTDI VMUSI=
C2, but the audio was moved to MP3 format and L/R stereo output.  It works =
but.....he wants to play the track in its original surround format, so I ha=
ve some choices

1. Put an IR transmitter in front of his amplifier and send commands to pla=
y the CD or from a USB stick
2. Get a stand alone player that has a serial interface (hopefully) to play=
 the track on demand and has digital (S/PDIF) to feed to the amplifier
3. Find some sort of embedded audio player that can accept serial commands.
4. Use a CD player that has S/PDIF coaxial out and interface with a PIC to =
control it.

    I'd be happy with a stand alone player as long as I can just send some =
sort of command to start playing the one track that's on the media.  I don'=
t want to have to hack into the box in the event it fails...they just put a=
 replacement in, plug in the serial cable..back in business.  If the player=
 could be configured to auto play on powerup...I can control that easily.

This is a smallish run product, 100 or so per year.

So just looking for anyone that's had experience with such a device.

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