How to play 5.1 audio files
MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2)
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I did the Magical Solution above and was able to get the same results up until I went to playback 5.1 music files. On my PC though HDMI set to 5.1 output, I only hear stereo. When I play the FLAC version (that was converted to ALAC and renamed to .mov) on PowerDVD on the same PC I get all channels.
Any ideas?
bradyholt wrote:
I want the file in m4a format.
I would also like to play my DVD-A's and BD-A's on my iphone 4. I have extracted the audio from the DVD-A and encoded it to 24/96/5.1 FLAC and want to convert it to 24/96/5.1 ALAC and use the HDMI out on the iphone 4 to plug into home receivers as well as car audio (in the future). Apple please make sure iTunes can handle 5.1 24/96/5.1 ALAC files and that it can encode 5.1 FLAC files to the same in ALAC. Otherwise, just support FLAC, which may be simpler.
Thanks
totally agree. I'm finding myself with the exact same issue.
5.1 ALAC M4A doesn't even import in iTunes. This is a ridiculous oversight.
KurianOfBorg wrote:
5.1 ALAC M4A doesn't even import in iTunes. This is a ridiculous oversight.
You may provide suggestions directly to Apple by using theiTunes Feedback page.
I would like to know, how exactly you convert the dvd-a to flac.
I have Vespertine from Bjork, and the complete scores of lord of the rings in dvd-a. I want to heard them in my computer.
Cool if I get them in surround, but Ill be happy if I get the 96/24 version. Could somebody explain that part of the process? Thanks
@abel, if you're just trying to convert dvd-a audio, you can do this with DVD Audio Extractor (among other apps).
But as has been noted, there's apparently no way to play 5.1 audio files with iTunes (you'll just get stereo).
[There's a convoluted way to end up with a "movie" of 5.1 audio that'll play in full 5.1 from iTunes just like other movies do, but it's a total pain, and then you've got a set of individual video files rather than an easily-playable album of audio]
How to play 5.1 audio files