[mythtv-users] Am I getting full channel sound?

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard<jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/9/1 Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com>:
>
>> Is there some sample I can download and test to make sure I am getting
>> more than 2 channels?
>
> Are you running trunk or 0.21-fixes?
>
> Try this one
> http://www.avenard.org/files/media/videotest/Test%20AC3%20v2.0.avi
>
> That's a 5 channels AC3 video
>
> There are ways in MythTV to get upmixed sound from stereo to 5.1
> audio, similar to what Pro-Logic does, except the decoding is done on
> the PC directly. It gives a nice surround audio effect, even for plain
> stereo audio
> Like this video:
> http://www.avenard.org/files/media/videotest/channelsPLII.mpg
>
> While pure stereo, thanks to ProLogic II, will give you discrete 5.1 audio.
> Check ticket #5900 , there's a patch for both 0.21-fixes and trunk

Thanks, those files will be useful!