Multi-Channel Vorbis WinAmp testers needed

[Antimon]

It sounds identicle

whether or not it is i can't be sure, but ti soudns identicle, it's very noticeable in headphones andn when lsitionign to left or right playback of lfe independently.

[Antimon]

Ok/...all sorts of problems...

usign any direct soudn plugin the nullsoft one, or either of the 2 experimental oens itmakes nodiffnce..

Mono Mode - It works but the volume is atleast halfed if not more, liek you're gettign wave cancelations

Dolby surround 1/2 - They sopudn the same, but here is what happens

left center right all work

Right Surround comes out of the center speaker
Left Surround comes out of both rear chanals *pro logic amp receiving soudn card stereo out*
Also "lfe" which is spoken on left channal comes out both rears also very faintly, but i think thats an encoder thing. Oddly enough it doesn;t coem out when ti says "left front" so i think the lfe and left are bleeding together and it's gettign confused.

downmix to 4 channals *using 4 point suround option on soundcard and on amp*

left center and right work except they ar mirrored onto the back speakers as well,

right suround comes out all 4, left surround is unheard.

in 6 channal leave as is ther eis signifigant channal bleeding but i dont think it's the plugin, i think it's the encoded oog or the drivers

again left and right work fine, rear elft and right dont work at all, i get left and right normal volume, center abotu half fo that and left and right suround half of that

center and lfe dont work at all.

But dont feel bad...both rear chanals and center soudn horrible when usignthsoe outputs of the card even with a vob in 6 channel mode, and intervideo wotninterface with thsoe channals, only powerdvd will, so i dontthink it's so much your plugin but somthign with the creative drivers themselves

it's a sblive 5.1 x-gamer, windows xp

[ivan_alias]

At least we agree on the 4 Channel setup!

[hulkenstrong]

So I did DL the winamp plugins and did encode some ac3 files to ogg 6CH and set upp the winamp plugins at 6ch remap played the files the files no everything sounded quite good only problem I got was that I couldent hear anything from my center speaker. I got a soundblaster 5.1 whit XP and the latest drivers. Just wanted you to know I couldnt try the ac3 test file the links didnt work.

[CaptainN]

Does anyone know if there is a way to play 6 channel ogg vorbis files (5.1) on a 2 speaker setup?

I am trying to encode a movie with 5.1 support using BeSweet and OggMachine, but when I play back the soundtrack, it sounds like only the left and right speakers are playing (no center channel, rear channels, etc.). Are there any players that will downmix the audio to two speakers when playing (like how DVD seem to work)? Or is there something that I'm doing wrong during encoding?

Thanks.

[tiki4]

@CaptainN:

Yes, you have to install a DS filter called ChannelDownmixer. You can find it here (http://www.trombettworks.com/directshow.php). But beware: there are some issues with that filter, AFAIK you kill playback of AC3 audio in AVI files. You can always disable that filter by looking for ChannelDownmixer.ax and using the following command to de-register it:

regsvr32 /u ChannelDownmixer.ax

Have fun!

tiki4

[geort45]

yesterday I created my own testing AC3 in 5.1, then converted it to vorbis 5.1 with besweet, in all 3 channel mapping configurations. Strangely, when using mediaplayer 6, they ALL are mapped correctly. I compared the files with the COMP command, and they're different...

strange

[geort45]

sorry I missed out the important stuff, they we're ALL mapped correctly... strange indeed.

(using my mobo's AC97 audio)