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...(FL FR FC LFE BL BR or FL FR FC LFE SL SR, same order so doesn't matter) I looked at the 'flac' command-line front-end code today, and it uses Back Left and Back Right for 4 channel but Side Left and Side Right for 5 and 6 channel files when writing out WAVE from FLAC files without a WAVFORMATEXTENSIBLE_CHANNEL_MASK metadata tag. As you say, the order is the same, and for less that 7 channels the physical speaker configurations are equivalent. The encoder accepts both Side and Back in the input channel mask, but passes them on in the tag, of course. If the input is AIFF the support is more limited, rejecting...

I apologize for the terribly long message, but here goes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First, regarding existing tools that I now about. libavcodec and users (e.g. HandBrake): - if there are 6 channels or less, the layout is set by the decoder as per the FLAC specification - if there are more than 6 channels, the layout is

...R, same >> order so doesn't matter) > > I looked at the 'flac' command-line front-end code today, and it uses > Back Left and Back Right for 4 channel but Side Left and Side Right > for > 5 and 6 channel files when writing out WAVE from FLAC files without a > WAVFORMATEXTENSIBLE_CHANNEL_MASK metadata tag. > > As you say, the order is the same, and for less that 7 channels the > physical speaker configurations are equivalent. > > The encoder accepts both Side and Back in the input channel mask, but > passes them on in the tag, of course. If the input is AIFF the suppor...