[gst-devel] multi-channel, try#2

[Ronald S. Bultje]

Hi Stefan,

On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 13:51, Stefan Kost wrote:
> here is how M$ is doing it
> http://www.ambisonic.net/mulchaud.html

Thanks, will read through it.

> anyway multi-channels really make things so compilcated, stereo is so easy.
> When one audio-convert needs to reduce four channels to two, it will probably
> just add center and rear channels with -3db to left an right channels (flatten
> the sound field). Alternativly it could do dolby surround encoding, but elements
> like audio-convert work best when they need no parameters (parameter mean user
> intervention required) ...

There will be no user intervention, like in any other part of GStreamer.
Pipelines handle everything themselves, including channel position
negotiation.

Ronald