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authorJosh Coalson <jcoalson@users.sourceforce.net>2006-10-06 05:51:59 +0000
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multichannel assignments in format and documentation
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Channel assignment
<ul>
<li>
- <tt>0000-0111</tt> : (number of independent channels)-1. when == 0001, channel 0 is the left channel and channel 1 is the right
+ <tt>0000-0111</tt> : (number of independent channels)-1. Where defined, the channel order follows SMPTE/ITU-R recommendations. The assignments are as follows:
+ <ul>
+ <li>1 channel: mono</li>
+ <li>2 channels: left, right</li>
+ <li>3 channels: left, right, center</li>
+ <li>4 channels: left, right, back left, back right</li>
+ <li>5 channels: left, right, center, back/surround left, back/surround right</li>
+ <li>6 channels: left, right, center, LFE, back/surround left, back/surround right</li>
+ <li>7 channels: not defined</li>
+ <li>8 channels: not defined</li>
+ </ul>
</li>
<li>
<tt>1000</tt> : left/side stereo: channel 0 is the left channel, channel 1 is the side(difference) channel