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 quad, but center, left, right, rear surround, but there should be ways to define it as quadraphonic. in flac and ogg/vorbis a 4 channel file is defined as quadraphonic with the channel mapping front left, front right, rear left, rear right.
I don't know how good the support for quad playback in the most common media players is, but there are not much options besides aac, vorbis and flac that are commonly supported. 11/25/11, Marinos Koutsomichalis <mari...@agxivatein.com> wrote: > Hello list, > > I was asked a 4-channel work for an online-release - I' m now trying to > figure out what the best way to "release" it would be.. > > I am totally inexperienced in web-friendly file formats for such things.. > > afaic > - I could use mp3-surround -> but it' s only 5.1 and this could possibly > cause problems > - I could use flac -> but I' m not sure if common media-players support it > - I could try some video format (?) > > are there any other ideas/observations/advices ?? > > what is paramount is that the casual listener can listen to the 4-channel > mix without having to download nothing or in the worst scenario to download > some specialized media-player which is flexible/easy to find and free. > > maybe there is specialized file-format/media-player or some lossy ambisonics > formats for such things ?? > > -- > 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/20111125/08bfe1b1/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
