Multichannel audio (e.g. 5.1) in Resolume Arena?

[0x43]

For last few days I've tried to play QT files with audio tracks encoded in ac3, as 5.1 surround sound. I discovered, that even in the version 4 Arena it's impossible to play such footages.
I wonder if it'll be possible to play footages with multichannel audio in the final version of Resolume 4 Arena? I think it's necessary nowadays, especially by software from the 'media server' category...

[Joris]

There is no 5.1 audio support in the beta of Arena, nor will there be in the final release. But I'll gladly make a feature request for you.

[Basic]

+1 for this

[0x43]

would be nice, thanks

[0x43]

Actually, I think the only thing to do with audio is to make possible the audio streaming 'as is' encoded in the footage... I don't know, if it's as simple as I've written above, but maybe it is, I hope

[kmifflin]

I have a client asking me about surround sound during playback. I haven't started testing, but I'm wondering if a ProLogic play is possible. To my knowledge ProLogic II is decoded from a stereo audio track.

In the next week I'm going to try to test the follow.
Use the built-in "Realtek Digital Output(Optical)" plugged into an older ProLogic II System.

[Colivarese]

Any feedback of the test ?

We have also a project and need to solve the multi channel audio playback from a clip

[Oaktown]

Assuming your Dolby Digital 5.1 audio has been encoded into a stereo mix and your playback device supports Dolby Pro Logic II 5.1 decoding, you should have no problems passing the stereo mix through Resolume and getting a 5.1-channel surround sound.

[kmifflin]

If you encode your audio to ProLogic, you can play it back as a stereo WAV or AIFF. But you'll need a Hardware Pro Logic DeCoder to break the surround back out.

[Babcom]

+1