Flac - Mar 2022 - Support For More Than 8 Channels

Hello, I?m using the Dolby Reference Player to decode and play lossless
TrueHD Atmos files for a 7.1.4 system, on both Mac and Windows. I?d love to
output these files to FLAC, so I can use a different playback application.
I can easily output them to Audacity and save the 12 channels, but in WAV
only because FLAC is limited to 8 channels.

Question: Are there any plans to increase the channel count in FLAC?



Chris Connaker

Founder
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Op zo 27 mrt. 2022 om 19:05 schreef Chris Connaker
<chris at computeraudiophile.com>:
> Question: Are there any plans to increase the channel count in FLAC?
Hi,

There are no plans to increase the maximum channel count. It would be
possible by multiplexing several FLAC streams together into an ogg or
mka container, but this hasn't been implemented anywhere yet.

For your specific use case, I'd recommend trying WavPack. WavPack is
not as widely supported as FLAC, so check your playback application
for support first. You can either export to WAV and use a conversion
tool, or export directly to WavPack from Audacity through ffmpeg.

Kind regards, Martijn van Beurden