7.1 audio... wavs and m2ts

[pittedbull]

Hi Guys,

Im using VLC to help test an audio device capable of 7.1 audio and am having a few problems.

Firstly I downloaded the 7.1 test wav from microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/window ... audio.aspx)
this gave me some issues when played in VLC (although played in 7.1 fine from Wave Editor) the channels were all jumbled up. I put this down to the fact that this wav file
has the channels configured as center left/right rather than side left right (for 7.1 surround/rear-surround). I therefore created my own 7.1. test wav file with the channels labeled correctly (i believe) as SL and SR. Again this plays perfectly in Wave Editor, in VLC i get the channels in the correct positions now (i.e. the 5.1 channels) , but the side channels are ignored.

Can anyone help me?

Also, does VLC support 8 channel audio in m2ts?

Many thanks!

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

You really need to test VLC 1.0.0-dev to check those issues.

[pittedbull]

You really need to test VLC 1.0.0-dev to check those issues.

Thanks for the reply. Where can i get this from please? http://nightlies.videolan.org/ has been down for the last couple days for me.

[The DJ]

VLC's support for 7.1 is extremely limited, especially on OS X. Lack of hardware and samples is the simplest reason for this. Lack of importance the 2nd

[pittedbull]

VLC's support for 7.1 is extremely limited, especially on OS X. Lack of hardware and samples is the simplest reason for this. Lack of importance the 2nd

I have fixed 7.1 support in 9.8 and 1.0 (for osx).
I have hardware device in development at the moment (USB 2.0 7.1 sound card) , and wanted to used VLC to do a demonstration of the device working. It works well now.

I really should submit a patch...

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

pittedbull, I already told you to submit it!! Please!!!

[The DJ]

Yes, please do send it to vlc-devel@ I will review and apply it.