[FFmpeg-trac] #1149(undetermined:closed): wrong channels / poor playback for 7 channel dts

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#1149: wrong channels / poor playback for 7 channel dts
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             Reporter:  fro          |                    Owner:
                 Type:  defect       |                   Status:  closed
             Priority:  normal       |                Component:
              Version:  git-master   |  undetermined
             Keywords:  dts 6.1      |               Resolution:
             Blocking:               |  worksforme
Analyzed by developer:  0            |               Blocked By:
                                     |  Reproduced by developer:  0
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Changes (by cehoyos):

 * keywords:   => dts 6.1
 * status:  new => closed
 * version:  unspecified => git-master
 * resolution:   => worksforme


Comment:

 Did you test the wav file with WMP?

 I don't think there is a problem with libavcodec and ffmpeg (for this
 sample), there is either a problem with ffplay or SDL, I am closing this
 ticket since the SDL documentation -
 http://www.libsdl.org/docs/html/sdlaudiospec.html - repeatedly mentions
 "mono or stereo", so I don't think SDL supports seven (or eight) channels.
 Please reopen the ticket if you believe I am wrong. (Since SDL has many
 more problems I think the long term solution is to move away from SDL to
 make FFplay a real playback software, imo it currently is more a testing
 tool.)

 To reproduce the "good" behaviour that you get with MPlayer (which
 defaults to stereo) with FFplay, please run
 $ ffplay -request_channels 2 lotr_5.1_768.dts
 To reproduce the "bad" behaviour of FFplay with MPlayer (at least with
 some ao's), run
 $ mplayer -channels 7 lotr_5.1_768.dts

 The wav file produced with ffmpeg -i lotr_5.1_768.dts out.wav plays fine
 with WMP (and is read correctly by FFmpeg.)

 The following commands also work fine here:
 $ mplayer lotr_5.1_768.dts -channels 6
 $ ffmpeg -request_channels 6 -i lotr_5.1_768.dts out.wav

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Ticket URL: <https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/1149#comment:3>
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