Jan Stary <h...@stare.cz> writes: > These are some example files from Dolby: > https://ott.dolby.com/OnDelKits/DDP/Dolby_Digital_Plus_Online_Delivery_Kit_v1.4.1/Test_Signals/muxed_streams/MPEG2TS/MPEG2TS_Muxed_Streams.html > > Thesr contain 5.1 audio. Playing it on my stereo gear > (I only have two ears anyway), I would expect the players > (mplayer, ffplay, mpv, vlc) to do the reasonable thing: > figure out the "right" position in the stereo panorama > and play it "there". > > But it seems only mplayer does that - for example, > all the other players play the "center" channel on the left. > > If anyone cares about this, can you plese confirm/report what > the various players do with this on your stereo hardware? > > Thanks > > Jan
Morgan provided a more detailed explanation in their response. As a TLDR, I have audio-channels=stereo on my mpv.conf, which is my player of choice. Before that, some movies with 5.1 or 7.1 had weird issues like dialogs only on the left channel and some audio missing.
