if I make a 4 channel ac3 file - wouldn' t that be ok for people having 5.1 setups ??
the order of the 5.1 is FL/FR/SL/SR/C/LF (or I am mistaken in this?) so if somenody tries to playback a 4-channel file it will be routed to all but the sub and the centre, right ??? m On 26 Nov 2011, at 20:04, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: > On 11/25/2011 06:49 PM, Martin Leese wrote: >> Marinos Koutsomichalis<mari...@agxivatein.com> wrote: >> >>> quite a few ideas thus far.. >>> >>> but still I' m not quite sure about the most important issue: >>> which is the most 'common' file-format for such things ? >> >> Four channel works are not common. >> Therefore, there are no common file formats >> for on-line delivery. > > i'd recommend a 5.1 container format with the center and lfe channels silent. > will do something very reasonable for people who have 5.1 setups already, and > those haven't will need to wire and move stuff around anyways, so no harm > done. just make sure you document what you did very explicitly. > > -- > Jörn Nettingsmeier > Lortzingstr. 11, 45128 Essen, Tel. +49 177 7937487 > > Meister für Veranstaltungstechnik (Bühne/Studio) > Tonmeister (VDT) > > http://stackingdwarves.net > _______________________________________________ > 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/20111127/36a9528e/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
