--On 07 November 2018 19:02 +0100 David Pickett <d...@fugato.com> wrote:
> In the basic installation, there is an "Ambisonics renderer and > binauralizer" plugin listed under "Tools/Plugins and extensions". > I don't know whether it needs some action to install it, but in any > case, I am not interested in Binaural. My reading is that the renderer works on its own, and the binauraliser is separate. However, I can find no clue how to invoke it; when I offered it a .amb file, the codec information claimed it had three front channels and one LFE! And how does it decide otherwise what convention the file is made to? > In April 2014 (how time flies!), when I was putting some test 4.0 > multichannel .mp4 files on my website, I feel sure that I had them > play back locally through VLC, but I could be mistaken, and I cant > recall how I might have done it. In Windows, the key is to have configured the audio device (default, or whichever is selected in VLC) in Control Panel/Sounds to have the right number of channels - then VLC (and any browser) will play 4.0 or 5.1 files appropriately for the number of speakers you have. I have hundreds of 4.0 files on my web site (behind a password, sorry)*, and they simply play as required. It does require the driver to have the Windows multi-channel mode implemented though - so MOTU interfaces don't work, because they haven't bothered (I've been using VB-Audio's ASIO Bridge to get around this, though its setup is far from intuitive). Paul * OK, there are just a few here if you scroll down a bit: https://tetrahedral.audio/ta-recording -- Paul Hodges _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
