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7.1 sound possible?
Posted: 22 Oct 2011 18:44
by stekun
Hi i have a file with 7.1 sound. My soundcard support 7.1 and i have a 7.1 surround audio setting. but when i play the file with vlc , i can only see 5.1 sound
How can i get this to work?
Re: 7.1 sound possible?
Posted: 23 Oct 2011 09:36
by Rémi Denis-Courmont
What VLC version and what audio output? are you sure the input stream has 7.1 ?
Re: 7.1 sound possible?
Posted: 23 Oct 2011 10:04
by stekun
i use version 1.11.1
ans audio output is on default.
do i need to change some settings to get 7.1?
Re: 7.1 sound possible?
Posted: 23 Oct 2011 11:39
by Rémi Denis-Courmont
Default does not tell me what your system uses...
VLC does not support 7.1 through ALSA or OSS yet. It should work with PulseAudio though. I have not checked other operating systems.
Re: 7.1 sound possible?
Posted: 23 Oct 2011 16:28
by stekun
i am new to this. sorry but i don't understand what you are saying.
i work with windows 7. is that what you mean?
how can i use this pulse audio?