Re: [Sursound] online multichannel release

2011-11-27 Thread Oliver Oli
I don't understand the long discussion on this list. quad surround is a standard supported by many audio codecs. mp3 is not an option, even mp3 surround is not discrete 5.1. the most common formats for multi-channel audio are aac, ogg/vorbis and flac. the default aac mapping for 4 channels is not q

Re: [Sursound] online multichannel release: HTML5 test

2011-11-27 Thread Oliver Oli
I don't see the player in webos, because the browser doesn't show any default controls (but audio and video with custom controls work). my tablet wouldn't play surround sound, but I was interested if it plays embedded 5.1 files at all. you can offer multiple formats in an audio or video tag. see

Re: [Sursound] Surround formats and lossy compression

2013-04-06 Thread Oliver Oli
For me the lowest acceptable bitrate for listening to music is 256kbps with MP3s. I still prefer lossless over any MP3. It's not that I can spot or describe any specific artifacts with 320kbps compression, but listening to lossless audio just feels betters. On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 2:52 AM, Eric Ca