[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Add surround50 to autodetected devices

[Giacomo Comes]

On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 06:12:57PM +0200, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> Piotr Kaczuba wrote:
> > I don't know if 4.1 or 5.0 files are more common, though.
> 
> It seems 5.0 isn't supported by any of the Dolby standards.

What do you mean? The ac3 dolby standard supports various combination
of n channels (1<=n<=5) plus an optional lfe channel

> 
> AFAIK five-channel files aren't common at all, compared to the number of
> 5.1 files.
> 
> Where did you get your 5.0 file that caused you to write your patch?

5.0 ac3 dvd do exist although rare.
For example: Trois Couleurs (Three Colors)

Ciao
Giacomo