Le 2019-01-12 à 3:03 p.m., David Pickett a écrit :
At 20:33 12-01-19, Marc wrote:
What seems to be still missing (but I could be wrong), is a
"standard" standalone ambisonics audio player. If such a player could
play and decode ambisonics audio streams (hosted on a audio streaming
web site), then it'd be an excellent start. Something similar to what
audio streaming is for stereo, and that we take for granted. What
went wrong with surround sound in general is still a mystery to me...
But there's hope.
If I understand you correctly, the idea is to stream WXY (to keep it
simple) and have this decoded in the browser, rather than 4.0
directly. This seems to me to be akin to using M&S files rather than
L&R. It involves a further layer of complication at the client end,
and I am not sure of the advantage, other than it reduces data
bandwith by 25%; but bandwidth is surely not a problem these days.
But I am always ready to be corrected!
Decoding in the browser would be for casual use, mostly for binaural
listening, but decoding to speaker arrays would be nice, for exemple
with 5.1 system (as a 4.1 system with a square or rectangular setup).
Decoding from a desktop (or mobile) app would be a better start, like in
the good old days of "helper apps" for the first web browsers. I guess
that ambisonics support could be added to VLC or Volumio, or a custom
multi-platform app. Internet radio stations exists because stereo
streams can be played on any audio player that can connect to the
Internet, so the same could be done for ambisonics. Is it just wishful
thinking?
Marc
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