I suggest to take a look at the Web Audio API from the W3C : https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/audio/raw-file/tip/webaudio/specification.html
-- Marc Le Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:26:33 +0200 Marinos Koutsomichalis <mari...@agxivatein.com> a écrit: > > about the 4 channels: they are 4 channels of audio to be played back > by a quad set-up.. In fact they are decoded from a b-format > recording, but what I want to release is a quad version of the piece. > > as I mentioned I cannot consider wav/aiff and other lossless options > because of their size. > > So what I understand from this discussion is that I can use > > mp3 / flac / AC3 or DTS > > and that more or less they will be ok with most recent players, > right ? > > so another question arises, > how can I create an interleaved file in each case ? what encoders are > available and what are the easiest/cheapest options ?? > > can sox do the job ? > > m > > On 25 Nov 2011, at 20:53, Aaron Heller wrote: > > > Marinos Koutsomichalis <mari...@agxivatein.com> wrote: > >> but still I' m not quite sure about the most important issue: > >> which is the most 'common' file-format for such things ? > > > > In terms of installed base of players, AC3 and DTS are the most > > common formats for delivery of surround audio. VLC player can > > decode either one, as can the DVD playing software preinstalled on > > many PCs. Ambisonia and Nimbus have distributed 4-channel G-format > > ('speaker feed') files in DTS-WAV format, which is DTS encoded > > audio in a RIFF/WAV wrapper that can be burnt to a CD and played in > > most home theater setups. Judging form the limited statistics I > > had access to and the comments on the site, many people downloaded, > > played successfully, and enjoyed the DTS-WAV files distributed on > > Ambisonia. If you need help with any of this, feel free to ask. > > > > -- > > Aaron Heller <hel...@ai.sri.com> > > Menlo Park, CA US > > _______________________________________________ > > Sursound mailing list > > Sursound@music.vt.edu > > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > > -- > Marinos Koutsomichalis > Music Research Center, University of York > Contemporary Music Research Centre (CMRC) > www.marinoskoutsomichalis.com > www.agxivatein.com > skype: marinosk_81 > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20111126/99854f56/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound