[mythtv-users] Different Sound Channels?? Can you choose in recording?

[Michael T. Dean]

Nick wrote:

>On 02/10/05, David Bennett <davidbennett1979 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>I wish I had the terminology to explain this better, but here goes:
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>>Here in Japan, many programs are broadcast in Japanese and English.
>>Choosing a different sound channel allows you to hear a movie in its
>>original language. It might be left/right channels, I'm not sure. I
>>suspect it might be similar to SAP.
>>
>>At any rate, I am just wondering if there is a way to choose it to
>>record (or playback) the "other" soundtrack (ie. the non default one.)
>>
>>Are all the sound channels being recorded? (So i just need to find out
>>how to choose in playback?)
>>Or is the sound channel I want something I have to choose at the
>>recording level?
>>
>>Once again, my terminology is off, so I hope someone can wade through
>>what I am asking.
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>You should be able to use the + and - keys to switch between different
>audio tracks. If being recorded like DVB-T, where an entire transport
>stream with perhaps several audio and video streams are contained
>within it, everything is recorded. With analog recordings, I think
>normally different language tracks are on the left and right audio
>tracks for a stereo recording.
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So, you can use the option called something like "mute left/right 
channels independently" to allow you to choose the one you want.

Mike

By the way, your terminology was just fine--actually, quite good.